Category: Global Blogs

Ad Law: Interesting Time Roundup of Recent Advertising Enforcement Trends (Canadian Competition and Regulatory Law)

May 21, 2014

Now and then I like to think about, and post, a roundup of recent advertising law enforcement trends. In Canada, over the past few years these have tended to remain, at least from the perspective of the federal Competition Bureau, false or misleading price, performance or headline/banner claims …read more

Poland: Coal market chosen as next antitrust target (Competition Policy International)

Poland’s competition authority UOKiK announced Tuesday it has launched an in depth investigation into the nation’s coal industry.

According to reports, the regulator will look at how the product is sold and distributed throughout the country following the rise of less expensive imports impacting competition in the market. In a statement, …read more

South Africa: New commissioner takes on nation’s antitrust challenges (Competition Policy International)

South Africa’s Competition Commission has a new leader, and he has taken on the burden to tackle some of the nation’s greatest antitrust challenges.

According to reports, Tembinkosi Bonakele has been announced has the new Commissioner of the regulator following last year’s investigation into, and subsequent resignation of, former Commissioner Shan …read more

India: Water irrigation deal cleared, merges US and Israeli firms (Competition Policy International)

The Competition Commission of India has reportedly given its approval for the merger of water irrigation systems companies FIMI V 2012 and Deere & Company.

Israel-based FIMI V will acquire US-based Deere to merge their water segment operations that include the sale of products like sprinklers and drip lines The Competition …read more