Author: 21st Century Competition

Recent Judgments of the EU Courts (Chillin’ Competition)

In the past few days there have been some remarkable competition-developments coming from EU Courts, the last of which took place only minutes ago in the Greek lignite case (if you’re only interested in that one you can go directly to the bottom of the post). This is just …read more

Associations: CSAE Workshop: “Competition Law: Codes of Ethics, Surveys and Recent Developments for Associations” (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

July 17, 2014

I am pleased to be a guest speaker at the Canadian Society of Association Executives’ (CSAE) National Conference 2014 in Niagara Falls this fall (October 29-31). I will be co-presenting with Mark Katz of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, the co-author of our competition …read more

Chile: SMU & Supermercados del Sur Fusion: Breach of conditions established by TDLC (Competition Policy International)

The National Economic Prosecutor presented a requirement to the Court of Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) accusing SMU of not meeting the conditions set by the TDLC in December. This terms were upheld by the Supreme Court when it was approved the merger of SMU with South Supermarkets.

SMU had a …read more

Brazil: CADE penalize 4 driving schools for price fixing (Competition Policy International)

Anticompetitive practices were carried out in the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso. Companies Aika, Nova Aclimação, Fred and Montana and an individual of San Pablo were sentenced to pay a fine of U.S. $ 115,262. The parties were associated with SINDAUTO (the Union of Driving Schools and Training …read more