Tag: Cartels
The Criminal Prosecution of Hardcore Cartels in the USA and the...
By Raphael Reims1
The criminal prosecution of hardcore cartels, i.e. the fixing of prices, imposition of output restrictions or the allocation of sales territories or...
Vertical Mergers and Coordinated Effects: Implications for Merger Policy
Vertical relationships can have coordinated effects with important implications for planned revisions of the U.S. Department of Justice merger guidelines. Despite increased efforts to...
Companies That Alerted The EU To Cartels Dodged $10B In Fines
Companies that alerted European authorities to cartels in the last 16 years dodged 10 billion euros ($9.97 billion) in potential fines, EU antitrust regulators said...
Cartels 2022 — Halfway There Update: Policy Shifts, Labor and Trial...
By Ann O’Brien & Kayley Sullivan1
I. INTRODUCTION
The first half of 2022 has been an exceptionally busy time for criminal antitrust enforcement and policy announcements....
Cartel Corner | August 2022
By: Justin P. Murphy, Paul M. Thompson, Han Cui, Alexandra Lewis & Reese Poncia (Antitrust Alert)
Without question, 2022 has been a remarkably busy time for the US Department of...
Antitrust Chronicle® – Cartels: Recent Developments
Dear Readers,
Cartels are the quintessential antitrust offence. Though more fashionable (or at least more visible) concerns may dominate the headlines, cartelization remains the cardinal...
Antitrust Division Updates: Enhancing Accessibility
In April of this year, the Antitrust Division announced changes to its Corporate Leniency Policy as well as updates to that policy’s FAQs. The...
Cartel Enforcement and Challenges in Europe
The European Commission has in recent times adopted a number of decisions and imposed significant fines against cartels. The landscape of cartel enforcement is,...
Developing More Vigorous Anti-cartel Enforcement by Promoting Deterrence
In spite of the many successes in the fight against cartels, enforcement is likely to be suboptimal because competition authorities systematically underdeter cartel formation....
UK Public Procurement – Increasing Risks for Cartel Participants
Risks are increasing for those involved in cartel activity in the UK and in particular bid-rigging in public procurement. The UK Government has recently...
