The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is reportedly planning to fine a former Duetsche Bank trader for his alleged role in the manipulation of the Euribor benchmark.
Reports say Christian Bittar is the target of the FCA’s latest fine, according to unnamed sources.
Some reports say the FCA’s fine could top $16.8 …read more
A federal judge has issued a ruling that sides with the Federal Trade Commission’s rules regarding pharmaceutical patents, according to reports.
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America launched a legal challenge to the FTC’s 2013 Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act addition, which required two types of patent transfers within the pharmaceutical …read more
June 6, 2014
Canada’s CRTC, one of three federal agencies responsible for administering and enforcing Canada’s new federal anti-spam legislation (“CASL”), has published new Information Sessions (video) on the upcoming CASL law that comes into force in Canada on July 1, 2014.
This CASL update includes a forty-five minute video, an overview …read more
June 6, 2014
A new competition law blog caught my eye earlier today, entitled Cartel Capers (by Robert Connolly).
Readers of my blog will know that in the competition/antitrust law area, I find cartels (i.e., price-fixing, bid-rigging, market division and other illegal agreements among competitors) particularly interesting. I also …read more