Tag: Price Fixing
UK Watchdog Warns Of Price Fixing Among Money Transfers Firms
The UK’s consumer watchdog has accused three money transfer firms of price fixing.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) alleged in a Wednesday (Jan. 25) news release that Dollar East, Hafiz Bros...
Turkey Probes Nestlé, Danone For Price-Fixing
Nestlé and Danone are among four companies under investigation in Turkey for allegedly violating competition laws on sharing pricing information.
Swiss food giant Nestlé, meanwhile,...
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....
Pilgrim’s Pride Settles Chicken Price-Fixing Suit, Again
A pair of producers, Pilgrim’s Pride and Mar-Jac Poultry, have agreed to pay US$75.5 million and US$1 million respectively to end chicken price fixing...
Pilgrim’s Pride Execs, Koch Foods Charged With Chicken Price-Fixing
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday, July 29, announced charges against Koch Foods and four Pilgrim’s Pride executives over their roles in a...
Buyers’ Cartels: Prevalence and Undercharges
This article supplements information on 24 U.S. domestic buyers’ cartels cited in a 2010 book by Blair & Harrison by assembling and analyzing a...
Patents and Price Fixing by Serial Colluders
By William E. Kovacic (George Washington University), Robert C. Marshall (Pennsylvania State University) & Michael J. Meurer (Boston University)
Antitrust law has long been mindful...
CEO Compensation and Product Market Collusion
By Sangeun Ha, Fangyuan Ma & Alminas Žaldokas1
Introduction
Product market collusion cases are rampant and span different industries. Recent and ongoing investigations in the U.S....
Canada’s Regulator Says Wage-Fixing Is Not Price Fixing
On November 27, 2020, the Canadian Competition Bureau released a statement regarding the application of the Competition Act to no-poaching, wage-fixing, and other buy-side agreements. Canadian legal...
Portugal Issues Statements Of Objections To Six Supermarkets & Two Drink...
The AdC – Portuguese Competition Authority issued Statements of Objections to 6 large food retail chain groups and 2 suppliers, one of non-alcoholic beverages...
