Topic
price fixing
544 published works
Agricultural Law Weekly Review
Agricultural Law Weekly Review—Week Ending October 28, 2022
Antitrust: Court Approves $42 Million Smithfield Settlement in Pork Antitrust Litigation On October 19, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued an order approving a $42…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Price-fixing class action lawsuit against Amazon should go to arbitration: Federal Court
Amazon's conditions of use contain arbitration clauses that bound purchasers
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Competition Appeal Tribunal Sets Aside CMA’s First Antitrust Fine for Most Favoured Nation Clauses in its Compare the Market Decision
By Jonas Zenger
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) on 8 August 2022 set aside a £17.9 million fine against price comparison website Compare The Market, criticising the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA)…
China Law Insight
反垄断与特许经营：固定加盟商销售价格被认定违法
By King & Wood
作者：刘成 李雨濛 杨静茹 2022年7月27日，北京市市场监督管理局（“北京市监局”）公布了其对某校外儿童英语培训企业的行政处罚决定。在该案件中，该校外儿童英语培训企业对其特许经营模式下的加盟商采取固定课程销售价格的限制。北京市监局认为这构成了《反垄断法》下所禁止的固定转售价格。 阅读更多
Cartel Capers
Don’t be Chicken to Meet–The Case for Preindictment Meetings
If you have been following the price-fixing trials against the chicken industry executives, you know that after failing to convict any of the ten defendants in two previous trials, the…
Litigation Finance Journal
Therium Funds Multi-Billion Pound Action Alleging Truck Cartel Price Collusion
By John Freund
Six producers of big rigs have allegedly conspired in a 14-year scheme to defraud government regulators over emissions mandates. The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved a £2B claim marking a…
Litigation Finance Journal
Global Electricity Cartel Faces Class Action
By John Freund
Burford Capital is funding litigation exploration of a potential claim that alleges that some of the world’s largest electricity cable makers conspired to inflate cable prices in a fraud paid…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
ICA accepts commitments in investigation into price comparators and insurance companies for alleged collusion on motor vehicle insurance policies
On May 10, 2022, the ICA accepted and made binding the commitments offered by the parties in an investigation concerning an alleged exchange of information in the direct sales of…
Grand Jury Target
How Many Times Can DOJ Try a Case After a Hung Jury? DOJ “Jury Shopping” for a Conviction
By Sara Kropf For the government to win at trial, it must convince all 12 jurors to vote guilty. For the defendant to win at trial, he must convince all…
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…