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Copper cartel participant’s human rights appeal rejected by ECJ

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected arguments by two participants in a copper cartel that the General Court infringed community law and their fundamental right to a fair trial by failing to carry out an adequate review of the Commission’s decision

The OFT’s case goes up in smoke

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) handed down a judgment on 12 December 2011, in which it refused to permit the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to alter and refine its case against members of an alleged tobacco cartel

OFT considers market reference into the private healthcare market

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 16 2011

Following an initial review and report the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is proposing to ask the CC to undertake a detailed investigation of the competition in the £5bn privately funded healthcare services market

Is there sufficient competition for auditing services?

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The UK market for auditing services over the past decade has been dominated by four large firms

Fines imposed as refrigerator cartel participants settle

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The Commission has imposed fines totalling 161m on four producers of refrigeration compressors for operating an illegal cartel

Antitrust rules on patent and know how agreements under review

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

On 6 December 2011, the European Commission announced its review of the antitrust rules on assessment of technology transfer agreements which includes patent, know-how and software licensing

Italian authorities get their hands on airline merger after a three year postponement

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The Italian competition authority launched a long-delayed investigation into the Alitalia-CAI merger to determine its impact on the profitable Rome-Milan route and 17 other destinations

Commission opens formal antitrust proceedings in e-book publishing sector

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 16 2011

The European Commission has opened formal antitrust proceedings to investigate whether five international publishers (Hacette Livre, Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin and Macmillan) engaged in anti-competitive, illegal agreements for the sale of e-books

Local bus investigation twists and turns

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 10 2011

The Competition Commission (CC) has unexpectedly added to its provisional findings in its local bus investigation, outlining concerns that certain operators may be segregating areas, seeking to protect their “core” territories

Battle for the books

  • Nabarro LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 10 2011

Despite strong opposition from The Booksellers Association and other third parties, the OFT approved Amazon.com Inc.’s proposed acquisition of The Book Depository International Limited on 26 October 2011