by 21st Century Competition | May 27, 2014 | Global Blogs
May 27, 2014 Earlier today, the Competition Bureau announced that a Canadian telemarketer has been sentenced, following a guilty plea, to an 18 month prison sentence in a misleading advertising and deceptive telemarketing case. According to the Bureau, the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 27, 2014 | Global Blogs
One of the distinct and unique features of European antitrust law is (and has always been since its enactment in 1957) that the rules on restraints of trade and monopolization are complemented by a set of provisions, as embedded in the Treaty on the Functioning of the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 26, 2014 | Global Blogs
Chillin’Competition has encountered its first serious legal problem after a third party requested us to remove some content. As usual readers will remember, we took particular interest in the French endives cartel case. A number of posts were devoted to endives...
by 21st Century Competition | May 26, 2014 | European Commission
European Commission Press release Brussels, 26 May 2014 The European Commission has concluded that tax relief granted by France to the French post office (La Poste) to ensure that a high density of postal services is maintained over the period 2013-2017 is in line...
by 21st Century Competition | May 24, 2014 | Global Blogs
One of two named defendants in Michigan’s lawsuit accusing the firms of conspiring to manipulate land lease costs is reportedly asking a judge to toss the antitrust suit, say reports. US-based Chesapeake Energy and Canada-based Encana were charged last March...
