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European Union - March 7 2013
The Commission has imposed a €561 million fine on Microsoft for having breached a binding (Article 9) commitments decision, agreed with the…
China - January 14 2013
On 4 January 2013, China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") announced that it had imposed fines and penalties totaling RMB 353…
European Union - December 13 2012
On 12 December 2012 the EU General Court dismissed Electrabel's appeal against the €20 million fine the European Commission had imposed on it for failing to notify a transaction - the acquisition of a minority shareholding - to the Commission under the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) and completing the deal without prior clearance from the Commission.
European Union - December 6 2012
The Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) has dismissed AstraZeneca's appeal against the Commission's and General Court's findings that the company abused its dominant position under Article 102 TFEU by misusing the patent system and pharmaceutical marketing procedures in order to exclude generic competitors to its ulcer drug Losec from the market and to restrict parallel imports of the drug (Case C-457/10P).
European Union - December 3 2012
During the course of 2012 there have been various developments at the EU level in relation to the unannounced inspections or "dawn raids" regularly conducted by the Commission in competition law cases.
