Canada has the oldest antitrust authority in the world and they always seem to be pacesetters in competition policy. Our Canadian collection, organized by Mark Katz, highlights recent activities/controversies that…

David Evans, Elisa Mariscal, Sep 13, 2012 A consumer types the name of a brand into a search engine. In most cases, the search-results page shows two sets of results:…

Kevin Ackhurst, Sep 13, 2012 Canada’s Commissioner of Competition announced on June 28, 2012 that she would resign her position on September 21, 2012. Since her appointment as Interim Commissioner…

John Campion, Antonio Di Domenico, Sep 13, 2012 Administrative Monetary Penalties (“AMPs”) are monetary penalties where payment is ordered by a decision maker acting under a statutory power. AMPs are…

Richard Elliott, Sep 13, 2012 The Canadian Competition Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has issued its first decision in a fully contested application under the merger provisions of the Competition Act (the…

Erika Douglas, Mark Katz, Sep 13, 2012 In March 2009, the Canadian Competition Act‘s merger review process was amended to align it more closely with U.S. merger review under the…

Graham Reynolds, Sep 13, 2012 To date, most Canadian antitrust cartel cases have been resolved by means of guilty pleas by defendants. The means of accomplishing this in Canada is…

Stefano Grassani, Sep 13, 2012 As reported in the July edition of this Chronicle, on Jan. 11, 2012, the Italian Antitrust Authority (“IAA”) found Pfizer Inc. and its Swedish and…

Jonathan Gleklen, Kelly Smith, Sep 13, 2012 A striking aspect of the Third Circuit’s decision on Hatch-Waxman patent settlements in the K-Dur litigation is the panel’s repeated reliance on conclusions that…