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Antitrust cooperation agreement would permit EU and Swiss competition authorities to share evidence and confidential documents without the consent of the investigated party

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union, Switzerland
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  • May 17 2013

On 17 May 2013, the European Union (EU) and Switzerland signed the first "second generation" antitrust cooperation agreement (the Agreement)1. Going

Record 20 million EC fine for failure to notify minority acquisition upheld by EU General Court

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 12 2012

Three years after the European Commission (EC) fined Belgian electricity and natural gas company Electrabel 20 million (US$26 million) for acquiring Compagnie Nationale de Rhône (CNR) of France without obtaining prior clearance to do so, the European General Court fully upheld the EC decision

Global electronics brands fined 1.47 billion for anti-competitive cartels

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • December 5 2012

Following a five-year-long investigation, the European Commission has fined Samsung, Philips, LG Electronics, Technicolor, Panasonic and Toshiba a total of 1.47 billion for price fixing, market sharing, customer allocation and output restrictions between 1996 and 2006

Travel industry faces UK price-fixing fines

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 31 2012

The UK Office of Fair Trading today announced that it has reached the provisional view that online travel agents Expedia and Booking.com and International Hotels Group have infringed UK competition law by agreeing to restrict the online travel agents' discount levels

European Commission finds airlines guilty of fixing prices of air cargo and imposes fines of 799m

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 12 2010

Eleven airlines have been fined a total of 799m (approx. $1.1bn) as a result of the European Commission’s finding this week that they fixed the price of fuel and security surcharges on cargo flights worldwide

Broke and can’t pay: reduced fines under Almunia?

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 6 2010

Two recent cartel decisions in which defendants have received reductions in fines because of economic hardship have led some to wonder if new Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia might prove more lenient than his predecessor

EC approves Kraft’s takeover of Cadbury

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
  • -
  • August 6 2010

The EC has cleared the acquisition by US-based Kraft of British confectionery group Cadbury

Energy groups settle investigations

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 6 2010

The EC has recently accepted remedies offered by two major European energy groups

AstraZeneca loses its appeal

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 6 2010

In 2005, the EC fined pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca 60 million for abusing its dominant position in the supply of ulcer drugs

EC clears JV between Orange and T-Mobile

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • European Union
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  • August 6 2010

The EC has given the green light to the joint venture between France Télécom's Orange and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK operations

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