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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...

Tags on this discussion: anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 cartel competition law EC Treaty European Union fine illegal TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union unlawful Whistleblower Whistleblowing

Restrictive covenant was justified to protect franchisor’s know-how – Pirtek v Joinplace, High Court

14 July 2010 | Mark Weston

P had granted a 10 year franchise agreement to X. Following the termination of the agreement, the franchisee and others were involved in competing with P’s business. P alleged that this was in breach...

Tags on this discussion: breach breach of contract Chapter I Prohibition Competition Act competition law contract contract law contracts franchise agreement franchisee franchisor High Court injunction restraint of trade restrictive covenant Restrictive Covenants

17 bathroom fittings companies fined total of €622m for price fixing cartel

1 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

17 bathroom fittings companies, including some from outside the European Union, have been fined €622m by the European Commission for taking part in a cartel in which they agreed to fix the prices for...

Tags on this discussion: anti-competition cartel competition competition law EU European Union fine price fixing Whistleblower Whistleblowing

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...

Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 102 Chapter II Prohibition competition law European Union Intellectual property intellectual property rights IP parallel import trade mark trade mark infringement trade marks

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...

Tags on this discussion: anti-competition anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 cartel collusion competition law DRAM EC Treaty EU European Commission European Union fine illegal TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union unlawful

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...

Tags on this discussion: anti-competition anti-competitive anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 competition law EC Treaty fine illegal Office of Fair Trading OFT Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union unlawful Whistleblower Whistleblowing

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...

Tags on this discussion: active sale active selling advertising anti-trust Article 101 Article 81 block exemption Chapter I Prohibition commercial agreement Competition Act competition law distributor EC Treaty European Commission Guidelines Internet passive sale passive selling search engine search engines selective distribution supplier TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union vertical agreement

Airlines experience turbulence as OFT alleges illegal sharing of confidential information

28 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has issued a statement of objections to Virgin Atlantic and Cathay Pacific over an alleged breach of the Chapter I Prohibition of the Competition Act 1998. Following a tip-off...

Tags on this discussion: Article 101 cartel Chapter I Prohibition competition law confidential information fine illegal Office of Fair Trading OFT statement of objections unlawful Whistleblower Whistleblowing

OFT sends out clear messages to avoid pricing agreements between different supply levels with £225m fine on tobacco companies and retailers

20 April 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has imposed its largest ever fine for a single case on tobacco suppliers and retailers for unlawfully having an agreement or arrangement that had an anti-competitive object or...

Tags on this discussion: anti-competition anti-competitive competition Competition Act competition law fine illegal Office of Fair Trading OFT price price fixing resale price supply contract unlawful

Pharmaceutical company not abusing dominant position by refusal to supply drug as refusal was not for anti-competitive reasons – Intecare Direct v Pfizer, High Court

23 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Pfizer held a dominant position in the market for the supply of a particular cancer drug called SUTENT in the UK. Pfizer introduced a policy where it had to limit the supply of the drug to customers having...

Tags on this discussion: abuse of dominant position anti-competitive competition Competition Act competition law High Court refusal to supply

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Latest news and views tagged competition law

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

Restrictive covenant was justified to protect franchisor’s know-how – Pirtek v Joinplace, High Court

17 bathroom fittings companies fined total of €622m for price fixing cartel

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

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

Airlines experience turbulence as OFT alleges illegal sharing of confidential information

OFT sends out clear messages to avoid pricing agreements between different supply levels with £225m fine on tobacco companies and retailers

Pharmaceutical company not abusing dominant position by refusal to supply drug as refusal was not for anti-competitive reasons – Intecare Direct v Pfizer, High Court

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