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PRO Compliance | Central & South America, Chile | 4 Nov 2020
Walmart Chile sued for abusive contractual terms
A food suppliers association, which includes Coca Cola, Nestlé and Unilever, has sued Walmart Chile for allegedly abusing its dominance in the food retail market by imposing unfair contract conditions on suppliers.
PRO Compliance | European Union, Germany, Global, etc. | 16 Sep 2020
Mundt: fines against large digital companies are ineffective
Fines do not work as an effective remedy to unilateral conduct in the digital economy, the president of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has said.
PRO Compliance | USA | 5 Dec 2019
Warren’s planned antitrust law fights bigness
Democratic senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has drafted legislation that mandates more expansive enforcement of antitrust law, with companies singled out for merger prohibitions and market power designation based on their global revenues.
Steptoe & Johnson LLP | USA | 8 Apr 2019
When Dating Becomes a National Security Concern: CFIUS Forces Sale of Chinese Owned Dating App
In recent weeks, Reuters and other media outlets have reported that Beijing Kunlun Tech Co., Ltd. (Kunlun), the owner of the popular gay dating app…
Walker Morris LLP | United Kingdom | 28 Mar 2019
FCA guidance on fairness of variation terms in financial services consumer contracts
One of the three operational objectives of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to protect consumers. The high-cost credit sector has seen much…
Tadmor Levy & Co | Israel | 14 Mar 2019
Major competition law reform comes into force
Parliament recently passed an amendment to the Economic Competition Law that represents its most significant overhaul since its enactment in 1988. The amendment covers nearly all of the law's substantial chapters and affects the regulation of restrictive arrangements, the merger control regime, the regulation of monopolies and criminal and administrative enforcement measures.
Shawe Rosenthal LLP | USA | 28 Feb 2019
Fourth Circuit Offers Useful Guidance on ADA/Rehab Act and FMLA
In a wide-ranging case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit offered employers guidance on a number of interesting and significant issues…
Macpherson Kelley | Australia | 1 Feb 2019
Fair Work Commission finds demotions can amount to dismissal
The demotion of an engineering company employee was found to equate to termination of his employment, despite the employee continuing to work for the…
Schoenherr | Hungary | 23 Jan 2019
'Slave act': changes to working time rules
In Hungary, as is the case in other EU countries, recent economic growth has been accompanied by a labour shortage. Under pressure to find a solution, the government introduced a new law to amend the working time rules. Since its adoption, the new law has come under close scrutiny from opposition parties and trade unions, and in December 2018 thousands of people took to the streets to protest......
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP | USA | 15 Jan 2019
Proposition 65—Under Construction
California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, otherwise known as Proposition 65, continues to be amended to address errors and…
