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Small win for sports clothing retailers in alleged cartel investigation but investigations continue

21 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Serious Fraud Office has announced that it is no long continuing its criminal investigation into suspected fraud by Sports Direct and JJB Sports relating to an alleged price fixing cartel. However,...

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Well-behaved teenager jailed for 16 weeks for failing to hand over computer password to police

18 October 2010 | Mark Weston

A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after failing to hand over the password to his computer to police. His failure to do so is a criminal offence under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000....

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Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

7 October 2010 | Mark Weston

ACS:Law may be the first business to incur the recently introduced expanded fines of up to £500,000. The controversial law firm has made its name by sending out thousands of letters to alleged peer-to-peer...

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Fines for silent calls by marketing companies rises to £2m

24 September 2010 | Mark Weston

Fines for silent calls made by marketing companies are to rise massively from tomorrow. Telemarketing companies often make more calls than there are operators. This is due to logistical reasons so as to...

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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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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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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...

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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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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...

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Latest news and views tagged fine

Small win for sports clothing retailers in alleged cartel investigation but investigations continue

Well-behaved teenager jailed for 16 weeks for failing to hand over computer password to police

Could law firm sending out mass letters for copyright infringement be first to incur new £500,000 fines for serious data protection breaches?…

Fines for silent calls by marketing companies rises to £2m

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

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

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

Airlines experience turbulence as OFT alleges illegal sharing of confidential information

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