688 results found
Lexology PRO | France | 29 Nov 2023
French court upholds voucher cartel fines
France’s Competition Authority has successfully defended its decision to impose nearly €415 million fines on a meal voucher cartel, but at least one business has said it will appeal against the ruling.
Lexology PRO | European Union, Germany | 14 Nov 2023
Coca-Cola faces abuse of dominance probe in Germany
Germany's Federal Cartel Office has begun probing the world’s largest bottler and seller of Coca-Cola products, nine months after the European Commission closed its own abuse of dominance investigation into similar suspected conduct.
Lexology PRO | China | 9 Nov 2023
SAMR sanctions cement cartel following parallel criminal case
China’s antitrust authority has fined 21 companies over €22.3 million for fixing cement prices in a local province after a regional court uncovered the conspiracy during a separate criminal probe.
Lexology PRO | European Union, South Korea, United Kingdom | 3 Nov 2023
UK court combines “Dieselgate” damages claims
An English court has grouped together over 100,000 claimants seeking damages from BMW over the “Dieselgate” emissions scandal, with the claimants relying on cartel decisions in the EU and South Korea to help prove the allegations.
Lexology PRO | Austria, European Union | 2 Nov 2023
Austrian agency seeks €4.4 million fine for welding cartel
Fronius International and two of its distribution partners have agreed to pay nearly €4.4 million in fines to settle allegations in Austria that they colluded to fix prices in the welding technology market.
Lexology PRO | Czech Republic, European Union | 1 Nov 2023
Czech meal voucher cartel fine annulled over legal overlap error
An €11.4 million fine imposed on a Czech meal vouchers cartel should be recalculated due to “formal shortcomings” in the penalty calculation by the country's antitrust authority, its chair has said.
Lexology PRO | Canada | 25 Oct 2023
Canadian prosecutor files criminal bid-rigging charges
Two former employees of an asphalt company could face up to 14 years in prison in Canada for allegedly rigging bids for a public highway.
Lexology PRO | South Korea | 20 Oct 2023
Korea sanctions steel wire cartel using new fining powers
Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has imposed a €38.3 million price fixing penalty on 10 steel wire producers, marking the first time it has used new fining powers.
Lexology PRO | Australia, European Union | 19 Oct 2023
EU issues first-ever pharmaceutical cartel decision
Boehringer Ingelheim and five other drugmakers have agreed to pay the European Commission €13.4 million in a hybrid settlement decision after admitting to participating in a global cartel to fix the price of an essential stomach medicine.
Lexology PRO | European Union, Turkey, United Kingdom | 18 Oct 2023
UPDATE: Sika, Saint-Gobain and Cinven-owned business targeted in cross-border cartel probe
Sika, Saint-Gobain and Masters Business Solutions have confirmed they are involved in a cross-border cartel probe from competition agencies in the UK, EU and Turkey over suspected cartel violations in the chemical admixture market.
