by 21st Century Competition | Jun 30, 2014 | Global Blogs
In In Re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:08-Md.-02002-GP (E.D. Pa., June 10, 2014), the plaintiffs alleged that they purchased eggs from the defendant egg producing cooperatives, and that the plaintiffs had required that defendants provide only eggs...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 30, 2014 | Global Blogs
The past couple of years have seen many significant and influential developments in Israeli competition law and in the enforcement authorities of the General Director of the Israeli Antitrust Authority, inter alia, against the backdrop of unprecedented social protest...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 30, 2014 | Global Blogs
One of the big questions of English competition law is whether there is such a thing as a “passing-on defence” – – i.e. whether the damages suffered by a purchaser of a cartelized product are reduced or mitigated if he “passes on” some of the overcharge to his...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 29, 2014 | Global Blogs
June 29, 2014 After a last minute flurry of inquiries and companies and individuals finalizing preparations to comply, Canada’s new federal anti-spam legislation will at long last (or as dreaded) come into force early next week on July 1st. So, for companies and...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 29, 2014 | Global Blogs
Schiff Hardin LLP On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division held a workshop on “conditional pricing practices”—loyalty discounts, bundled discounts and similar pricing techniques. Many economists, academic experts...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 29, 2014 | Global Blogs
A roundup of last week’s newsworthy job changes, agency hires and law firm openings across the antitrust world. < ul> June 24 – Former FCC chief Robert McDowell speaks out against proposed net neutrality rules. June 25 – EU tech commissioner...
