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Criminal and related antitrust developments in 2012: Canada and the world

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 2 2013

This article outlines the major global criminal and related antitrust developments in 2012, with a focus on Canada. Three salient realities

Does it ever make sense for foreign companies to “roll the dice” in an antitrust case?

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • March 27 2013

On March 14, a jury sitting in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York found that Chinese suppliers of Vitamin C had acted in

Chinese vitamin C producers price-fixing verdict raises questions of comity and conflict with executive branch views

  • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • March 27 2013

In a case that potentially has important implications for U.S. antitrust enforcement and for U.S. trade relations with the People's Republic of China

Solyndra pursues the Chinese

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 15 2012

Solyndra, a now-defunct American manufacturer of photovoltaic solar panels, filed an antitrust suit against three Chinese companies Suntech, Trina and Yingli in October alleging the companies conspired to drive Solyndra, and about a dozen other solar panel manufacturers, out of business and thus monopolize the American market

FTC finalizes new rules related to Part 2 (non-adjudicative) investigations and attorney conduct

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • USA
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  • October 31 2012

On 20 September 2012, the US Federal Trade Commission announced final changes to its internal Rules of Practice regarding Part 2 (nonadjudicative) investigations and attorney conduct

New York federal court refuses to dismiss Chinese company from U.S. price-fixing case

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 17 2012

In a decision filed on August 7, 2012, in a federal court in New York, a judge ruled that a Chinese company could not evade jurisdiction of the U.S. courts and must face the prospect of a trial for colluding to fix the price of vitamin C exported from China into the United States

FTC proposes changes to HSR reportability of patent licenses

  • Ropes & Gray LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 14 2012

The Federal Trade Commission has announced proposed rule changes that will impact the reportability of pharmaceutical patent licenses under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

Competitor collaborations in the exploration and production industry: lawful or unlawful

  • Baker Botts LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 13 2012

A variety of agreements among competitors that are common in the energy industry (such as joint operating, joint bidding, joint venture, teaming, alliance agreements and even gas and oil participation agreements) can raise significant antitrust issues and expose the participants to both criminal sanctions and civil treble damages

FTC policy reversal signals an intention to make increased use of monetary equitable remedies for violations of U.S. antitrust laws

  • Dechert LLP
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  • USA
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  • August 8 2012

The FTC will no longer limit disgorgement and restitution to “exceptional” cases, signaling an intention to make increased use of monetary equitable remedies

DOJ, FTC testimony before Congress indicates enforcement focus on standard-essential patents and concern over ITC exclusion orders

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • USA
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  • July 13 2012

Recent testimony from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before the Senate Judiciary Committee focused on issues relating to standard-setting activities and competition policy