Why should corporations spend time and money in developing compliance programs when their efforts don’t count with the regulators? Are compliance programs worthwhile irregardless? Given such incidents as the diverse…

Ingrid Breit, Jeroen Capiau, Andrew Essilfie, Feb 22, 2012 Any effort by a company to ensure compliance with EU competition rules is important. But what is critical is the fact…

Feb 22, 2012 On February 10, the Autorité de la Concurrence in France issued its framework document on compliance programs; we’ve attched a link to it below. Compliance programmes are…

Steven Preece, Feb 22, 2012 But enforcement is only one aspect of the OFT’s work. The OFT recognizes that the majority of businesses wish to comply with competition law. The…

Feb 22, 2012 Competition policy is somewhat analogous to healthcare policy. The underlying policy objective is to foster public health (competitive markets). As an essential part of its execution, the…

Jeremy West, Feb 22, 2012 “In the last two decades, the world has seen the proliferation of effective leniency programs, ever-increasing sanctions for cartel offenses, and a growing global movement…

Bill Dee, Feb 22, 2012 Competition law in Australia is set out in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 which essentially picked up the competition law provisions of its precursor…

Patrick Harrison, Kristina Nordlander, Feb 22, 2012 In the landmark 2005 Article 102 TFEU case regarding Losec, AstraZeneca was fined EUR 60 million for conduct that would not have been…