June 3, 2014
Recently I had the opportunity to chat with some competition law colleagues about some of the ways Canadian and international competition/antitrust agencies were increasingly using social media, video and other digital channels for compliance and outreach.
After this conversation, I became a bit curious about just what some of …read more
As I self-advertised in my previous post, I participated yesterday at the European Data Protection Supervisor’s impressive workshop on Privacy, Consumers, Competition and Big Data, where, by the way, this blog received a few mentions.
My impression is that it provided a useful opportunity for …read more
The Philippines Department of Justice’s Office for Competition is set to focus on the energy and telecommunications industries to ensure proper competition and crack down on possible cartel behavior, reports say.
The OFC has reportedly chosen the industries as the ones where it is most “likely to achieve the greatest impact” …read more
Germany-based Henkel has reportedly reached an agreement to acquire three major US personal home care brands by TSG consumer Partners.
The $367 million transaction will transfer SexyHair, Kenra and Alterna brands to Henkel’s operations. The three names are all personal hair care lines and will join Henkel’s Schwarzkopf and Syoss hair …read more