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antitrust investigations
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Cleary Antitrust Watch
The Commission Imposes €172,000 Fine on Eurofield and Unanime Sport for Submitting Incomplete Information During an Antitrust Investigation
By Anita Magraner Oliver, Jon Polanec, Aleksandra Wierzbicka, Ingrid Campi
On September 8, 2025, the Commission imposed a fine of around €172,000 on Eurofield SAS and its parent company, Unanime Sport SAS, for providing incomplete information during an ongoing antitrust…
ComplexDiscovery
FBI Ramps Up Antitrust Investigation into Housing Market, Focusing on RealPage Algorithm
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has intensified its focus on the multifamily rental sector, specifically targeting RealPage’s price-setting software. This software has been at the center of…
All About Advertising Law
The FTC’s and DOJ’s New Magic Act: Vanished Messages Will Reappear in Discovery
By Mary M. Gardner, Ellis McKennie, Leonard L. Gordon
In late January, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Justice Department (DOJ) announced a collaborative effort to update their instructions regarding preservation of electronic communications to targets of pre-litigation information…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
How to Deal with U.S. Government Enforcers in Antitrust Investigations
By Bona Law PC
Authors: Jon Cieslak & Molly Donovan Having recently defended an investigation brought by the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division—which was closed without prosecution of our client—we had the opportunity…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
DOJ Investigates PGA Tour Over Potential Antitrust Violations in LIV Golf Rivalry
By Jessica Lin
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating whether the PGA Tour engaged in anticompetitive behavior against its Saudi-backed competitor, the LIV Golf Invitational Series, according to the Wall Street…
China Justice Observer
China's Largest Academic Publisher CNKI Faces Antitrust Investigation
By Publisher
On 13 May 2022, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced that it had launched an antitrust investigation into China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) based on preliminary verification. CNKI, an…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The Facebook Investigation: A Fishing Expedition?
On June 1, 2022, the General Court heard arguments from Meta (previously Facebook) and the Commission in the case relating to Meta’s challenge of a Commission decision dated May 4,…
Competition chronicle
Can Foreign Investigations Establish Some Basis in Fact of an Alleged Conspiracy?
By Alexandra Mitretodis, Maud Rozee
Competition class actions are often sparked by regulatory or criminal investigations, especially when there are admissions of anti-competitive conduct or guilty pleas. In the recent Jensen decision, the Federal Court…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
The Court of Justice Confirms Parallel Antitrust Investigations at European and National Level Are Possible if Different in Scope
On February 25, 2021, the Court of Justice held that the Commission and the Slovak competition authority did not infringe EU law when conducting two parallel investigations against Slovak Telekom.[1]…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
New Investigative Power for the French Competition Authority to Access Telephone Communications Data
Decree n°2019-1247 of November 28, 2019, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on November 29, 2019 (the “Decree”), provides the procedural framework for the FCA’s new power…