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OFT consults on new penalty regime of 30% of turnover for competition law breaches

31 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading, the UK’s competition law regulator, is consulting on proposals to revise its guidance as to the penalties for breaching the Competition Act 1998. Currently, organisations...

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OFT points to successful impact of first abuse of dominance fines under Competition Act in Napp Pharmaceuticals case

26 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Competition Act 1998 came into force in 2000. Under it, the Office of Fair Trading can impose large fines and declare void arrangements that are either agreements between undertakings whose object...

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Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

6 May 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Purple Parking (PP) and Meteor Parking (MP) brought a claim against Heathrow Airport (HA) alleging that HA had breached the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act 1998 by limiting access to the...

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OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has issued its largest fine for an abuse of a dominant position, contrary to the Chapter II Prohibition of the Competition Act and Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning...

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Microsoft makes complaint against Google in heavyweight competition showdown

5 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Microsoft has indicated that it intends to file a complaint with the European Commission against Google. The complaint alleges that Google has abused its dominant position in relation to the search engine...

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Google investigated over allegations of abuse of dominant position in search engine market

2 December 2010 | Mark Weston

Google is being investigated by the European Commission over allegations that it abused its dominant position in the search engine market, contrary to European Union competition law. The fact that...

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Ofcom decides no abuse of dominant position by BT

17 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg

Ofcom has published its decision in relation to the investigation of BT and its pricing for residential broadband between June 2002 and December 2004. The investigation stemmed from an initial complaint...

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IBM becomes latest IT giant to be investigated by European Commission over possible competition law issues

11 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission is investigating whether IBM has abused its dominant position contrary to Article 102 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article 82 of the EC Treaty)....

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European Commission investigates allegations of abuse of dominant position by Google

19 July 2010 | Mark Weston

The European Commission is investigating a complaint by three of Google’s competitors that it has been abusing its dominant position, contrary to Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...

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England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

1 June 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Asda is taking on the dominant might of Umbro after the supermarket bought official England shirts from the European Union grey market for re-sale in the UK – at half of Umbro’s recommended retail...

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Latest news and views tagged abuse of dominant position

OFT consults on new penalty regime of 30% of turnover for competition law breaches

OFT points to successful impact of first abuse of dominance fines under Competition Act in Napp Pharmaceuticals case

Heathrow abused dominant parking position – Purple Parking Limited and Meteor Parking Limited v Heathrow Airport Limited, High Court

OFT issues largest ever fine for abuse of dominance – to Reckitt Benckiser for de-listing out-of-patent Gaviscon product from NHS prescription channel before generic product appeared

Microsoft makes complaint against Google in heavyweight competition showdown

Google investigated over allegations of abuse of dominant position in search engine market

Ofcom decides no abuse of dominant position by BT

IBM becomes latest IT giant to be investigated by European Commission over possible competition law issues

European Commission investigates allegations of abuse of dominant position by Google

England football shirt trade war hits fever pitch as Asda sells shirts at half their RRP after sourcing from grey market

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