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Survival of the fittest as one participant in animal feed cartel gets total immunity from €175m fine

9 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Five members of an animal feed cartel have received a hefty €175m fine from the European Commission for breaching Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (formerly Article...

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Too wide a restriction on contractual non-compete clause between non-competitors breached EU competition law – Jones v Ricoh, High Court

23 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

C assisted its clients in obtaining photocopying equipment. C put forward R as the preferred supplier for its clients. C was concerned not to get cut out of its relationship with its clients by those clients...

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Directors watch out: OFT vows to get tough with directors who should have known their companies were breaking competition laws

21 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has vowed to get tough with directors who should have know that their companies were breaking competition laws. The OFT wants to use powers under the Company Directors Disqualification...

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Prestressing Steel Producers fined €519m for price fixing and market-sharing cartel

15 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

17 producers of prestressing steel have been fined €519m by the European Commission for their involvement in a cartel in which they fixed prices and shared markets, contrary to Article 101 of the Treaty...

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Chips are down for DRAM cartel as they are fined €331m

20 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Nine suppliers of Dynamic Random Access Memory chips to PC and server original equipment manufacturers have been fined a total of €331m for breaching European Union competition law. Those fines were...

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BA executives cleared for their careers to take off following collapse of criminal competition law trial

17 May 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Four British Airways executives have been cleared of dishonestly agreeing to make or implement arrangements whereby different entities would engage in prohibited cartel activity. A person convicted of...

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Suppliers and customers braced for new competition law block exemption

11 May 2010 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has recently adopted a new exemption from breaching Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (previously Article 81 of the EC Treaty). Article 101 prohibits...

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It is not necessary to show consumer detriment when showing an agreement had the object of distorting competition – GlaxoSmithKline v Commission, European Court of Justice…

18 November 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Glaxo’s Spanish subsidiary notified conditions relating to the sale of its products to Spanish wholesalers, to the European Commission for confirmation that they did not infringe Article 81 of the EU...

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Latest input tagged Article 81

Survival of the fittest as one participant in animal feed cartel gets total immunity from €175m fine

Too wide a restriction on contractual non-compete clause between non-competitors breached EU competition law – Jones v Ricoh, High Court

Directors watch out: OFT vows to get tough with directors who should have known their companies were breaking competition laws

Prestressing Steel Producers fined €519m for price fixing and market-sharing cartel

Chips are down for DRAM cartel as they are fined €331m

BA executives cleared for their careers to take off following collapse of criminal competition law trial

Suppliers and customers braced for new competition law block exemption

It is not necessary to show consumer detriment when showing an agreement had the object of distorting competition – GlaxoSmithKline v Commission, European Court of Justice…

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