This post sets out one way to analyse evidence in cartel cases. It is probably of most interest to people in competition authorities but may also be of interest to anyone who has to put a complex story together from many pieces of evidence. There are certainly ways this can be improved, and completely different […]
Do the fining rules treat small companies badly? This is an occasional criticism of the 2006 Guidelines on Fines. Is it accurate? Let’s take an intentionally simplified example. Nine companies each have value of sales of 10m euros per year in a product which they cartelise. All are equally culpable (no aggravating or mitigating circumstances […]
I’ll be speaking together with Johan Ysewyn at this conference on cartel developments over the last 12 months. You can take a look at the slides from the last conference here.
GCR has an interview with Judge Forwood – subscribers only I’m afraid – which touches on a number of issues of competition, and more specifically, cartel, enforcement, in particular the evolving nature of the enforcement system now that public and private enforcement are increasingly intertwined. Worth reading in particular for comments on the standard of judicial […]