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Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 11 Mar 2023
How-to guide: How to deal with an ICO dawn raid (UK)
This guide will assist in-house counsel, private practice lawyers and risk and compliance teams with the steps their organisation should take when faced with a dawn raid by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Lexology | Canada, China, Cyprus, etc. | 3 Mar 2023
Cartel crackdowns: are you on top of the latest enforcement trends?
A look at the latest global developments in cartel enforcement and key issues to watch out for in 2023.
Lexology PRO | Austria | 24 Feb 2023
Austria seeks more fines in construction cartel probe
Austria’s antitrust enforcer has asked the country’s specialist competition court to fine a construction company €4.8 million for its role in the country’s largest-ever cartel.
Lexology PRO | Japan | 16 Dec 2022
Report: JFTC secures confession as Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging probe intensifies
One of Japan’s top advertising companies has reportedly admitted to its role in rigging bids to plan test events for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, while another has filed for leniency.
Lexology PRO | Greece, Spain | 14 Dec 2022
Spain raids major oil companies
Spain’s competition enforcer has raided BP, Repsol and Cepsa over alleged anticompetitive conduct, while Greece’s Competition Commission has raided an unnamed business as part of its probe into a suspected toy cartel.
Lexology PRO | Belgium | 30 Nov 2022
Belgium targets DPG Media in rare bid-rigging case
The Belgian Competition Authority has raided DPG Media and a press distributor over suspicions that they colluded to rig a government tender for the nationwide delivery of newspapers and magazines.
Lexology PRO | European Union | 29 Nov 2022
EU fines chemical buyers €157 million for purchasing cartel
The European Commission has fined five buyers of styrene monomer a combined €157 million after they admitted to colluding on purchase price negotiations and exchanging sensitive commercial information.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP | United Kingdom | 17 Nov 2022
Checklist: Managing a dawn raid
This checklist will assist in-house counsel and risk and compliance teams with the steps that their organisation should take when dealing with an unannounced inspection or dawn raid.
Grau & Angulo | Spain | 14 Nov 2022
Court confirms legality of actions which led to criminal procedure instruction in IP matter
🕑 4 minutes Criminal Court No. 6 of Fuenlabrada recently issued an order confirming that the proceedings in an IP matter were legally compliant. One of the defendant companies had requested that they be declared null and void on the grounds of alleged irregularities during the police raid and at the beginning of the investigations. The company is unable to appeal the Court's ruling and......
Lexology PRO | Czech Republic | 11 Nov 2022
Czech enforcer issues more fines for dawn raid obstruction
The Czech Republic’s Office for the Protection of Competition has fined an electronic appliances distributor for obstructing a dawn raid after a company executive refused to hand over his phone and another deleted content from his mobile and laptop.
