by 21st Century Competition | Aug 21, 2014 | Global Blogs
On Tuesday, July 29, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “clarified certain aspects of [its] false advertising jurisprudence” and held that, where literal falsity and deliberate deception have been proved in a market with only two players, it is...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
August 15, 2014 CBC has reported that Canada’s Conservative Government still plans to introduce new competition rules in Canada to address the “Canada-U.S. price gap”. Despite significant criticism from Canadian businesses, competition law practitioners and...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 14, 2014 | Global Blogs
The co-chairman of DLA Piper’s antitrust unit has reportedly joined Baker & Hostetler, its first expansion of the Philadelphia office beyond an intellectual property focus. Reports say DLA Piper’s Carl Hittinger will join the Philadelphia firm as...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Zhang (Global Economics Group) presents: Antitrust Regulation of IPRS – China’s First Proposal – Adrian Emch (Hogan Lovells) & Liyang Hou (KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)1 Click here for a pdf version...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs
South Africa construction conglomerate Group Five said Wednesday that it has warned shareholders of a “contingent risk” of civil claims and possible fines lodged against the company following a report by the Competition Commission that found evidence of...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 13, 2014 | Global Blogs
Germany-based ContiTech and US-based Veyance are still expecting to close their merger by this year’s fourth quarter, despite antitrust probes that are ongoing in both jurisdictions to review the $1.91 billion rubber merger. ContiTech first announced plans to...
