Author: 21st Century Competition

EU: Amazon eBook deal complaints spread (Competition Policy International)

Just one day after a Germany booksellers association filed a complaint with national competition authorities over Amazon’s alleged anticompetitive contracts with eBook publishers, reports say the feud could be spreading as publishers in the UK are now fighting back against the top online retailer.

Now, reports say the European Commission has …read more

CASL (Anti-spam) Update: CRTC Head Outlines CASL Enforcement Priorities (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

June 27, 2014

With Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL) coming into force right around the corner (next week on July 1st) Canadian and international businesses that market to Canadians are finalizing initial CASL compliance preparations (including a flurry of consent request e-mails – which will not be permitted to request consent …read more

Bulgaria: Officials push watchdog merger forward (Competition Policy International)

Bulgaria has continued the process to merge the nation’s consumer protection and antitrust watchdogs into a single entity as officials in Parliament pushed the proposal forward.

The nation’s parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy and Tourism approved the proposed merger Thursday. The plan would combine the Commission on Consumer Protection and the …read more

India: CCI to fill two vacancies (Competition Policy International)

The Competition Commission of India has begun the process of filling two vacant spots available at the authority, reports say.

The spots, left open by SN Dhingra and Geeta Gouri when they departed the regulator earlier this year, will be open to application submissions until July 24, the CCI said. Reports …read more