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House of Lords judgment in Norris: price fixing did not constitute a criminal offence in the UK prior to 2003

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • March 19 2008

Ian Norris, former chief executive of Morgan Crucible Plc, has avoided extradition to the United States to face trial for his part in price fixing arrangements and perverting the course of justicefor the time being at least

Extradited foreign executive jailed for obstructing DOJ antitrust investigation

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 28 2010

On March 23, 2010, for the first time in the history of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), a foreign defendant, Mr. Ian Norris, a U.K. citizen and the retired CEO of the Morgan Crucible Company plc, was extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States to face charges that he obstructed DOJ's criminal investigation of a cartel among carbon manufacturers

"Banged up" - imprisonment for breach of competition law in the UK now a reality

  • Cobbetts LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 18 2008

After some years of talking about the possibility of imprisonment in the UK for competition law infringement, it has finally happened

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

Japanese company settles FCPAantitrust charges arising from Latin America sales

  • Jenner & Block
  • -
  • Central & South America, Japan, USA
  • -
  • January 31 2012

Bridgestone Corporation, a Tokyo-based manufacturer of marine hose and other industrial products, will plead guilty to conspiracy to violate the Sherman Act and the FCPA regarding its alleged involvement in conspiracies to rig bids and to make corrupt payments to foreign government officials in Latin America

Justice Department issues guidance on antitrust criminal leniency program

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 9 2008

On November 19, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") issued new guidance on its leniency program, under which cartel participants that cooperate with the government may avoid prosecution

Eighth Circuit allows recovery by two whistleblowers on a claim that wasn’t part of the original suit

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 7 2013

Relators may be able to recover on claims additional to those they originally brought if the additional claims are closely related and would not

Federal jury returns verdicts in rare price-fixing trial of global liquid-crystal displays conspiracy

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 6 2012

Companies and individuals that are accused of price-fixing rarely go to trial

The sentencing of Morgan Crucible’s Ian Norris

  • Pepper Hamilton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 16 2010

Another chapter just closed in the long, sad case of Ian Norris, the former CEO of Morgan Crucible Co

Commercial litigation: 10 significant developments in Australia in 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • December 21 2012

In May 2012 the High Court upheld the original decision in favour of ASIC against the James Hardie directors and officers in relation to a misleading draft

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