China - October 29 2020
On August 6, 2020, the Chinese antitrust agency, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), published new IP antitrust guidelines—the…
Ian L. Papendick
China, USA - October 27 2020
The long-awaited leniency guidelines in China were recently published by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) (China’s antitrust…
Molly M. Donovan
USA - September 10 2020
On September 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new antitrust policy guide—the Merger Remedies Manual (the Manual),[1] which…
David Dahlquist, Conor A. Reidy
European Union - June 23 2020
On June 17, 2020, the European Commission (the Commission) published a White Paper proposing new mechanisms (including three modules) for the…
Peter Crowther, Lisa Hatfield
Japan - June 8 2020
Since its enactment in 2004, Japan’s Whistleblower Protection Act has been criticized for being “toothless” and unable to adequately protect…
Jeffrey J. Amato, Yukio Kaiju