Today’s links sample some of the cooperation agreements among competition agencies.
Chile
Russia
US DOJ
US FTC
EU
Nordic Cooperation
Japan
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Archive for the ‘General competition news’ category
Web Wednesday #12: Cooperation
New competition blog
If this blog isn’t enough for you, there’s a new kid on the block – a blog by Kluwer Competition Law. See here.
Quantifying a culture of competition
The Danish Competition Authority recently released a report that identifies and quantifies the competition culture in Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The results are based on empirical data from a qualitative survey among more that two thousands firms and several thousands consumers. The report concludes that Danish firms have a potential to increase their [...]
Web Wednesday #11: News and Updates
Many agencies dedicate space on their homepage to the latest news and updates, here are a few samples:
Colombia
El Salvador
Fiji
Finland
France
Iceland
Japan
Korea
Lithuania
Pakistan
Singapore
Slovakia
Taiwan
Ukraine
European Competition Day
Last month, the Spanish Competition Commission hosted European Competition Day. Documents, photos, and videos from the event can be found here.
Celebrate South Africa
Some of the best competition that world football has to offer is on display in South Africa this month. In honour of the on the field competition and South Africa’s hospitality (its agencies played host to the 2006 ICN Annual Conference), we celebrate the South African Competition Commission and South African Competition Tribunal with today’s [...]
The Future of the ECN (European Competition Network)
Ireland recently hosted a panel discussion analyzing the present and future role of the ECN in terms of competition regulation. Particular focus was paid to the current level of interaction between the national competition authorities (NCAs) and the Commission, as well as the policy debates such as Private Damages and Article 82 Guidance, and formal [...]
Can’t Get Enough: Part II
For those of you who still can’t get enough of antitrust, below are more competition policy related blogs submitted by a reader, Julie Clarke. She also sent along her netvibe, see here.
Australian Competition Law and Policy (from Julie Clarke, Deakin University)
Antitrust Today (from Constantine Cannon LLP)
Antitrust Law Blog (from Sheppard Mullin)
Antitrust Lawyer Blog (from Doyle, [...]
Member News
Looking for another way to follow antitrust law and developments in the Europe Union? The European Competition Network (ECN) has just published its second ECN Brief with contributions from national competition authorities of the European Union and the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission. Available here.
Earlier this month, amended provisions of the Canadian Competition [...]
Web Wednesday #2: Inviting Public Complaints
Today is the second installment of “Web Wednesdays”: each Wednesday we highlight one aspect of competition agencies’ websites, showcasing how members address a particular issue as well as relevant ICN work product on the topic.
ICN’s Anti-Cartel Enforcement Manual chapter on Cartel Case Initiation notes that “to encourage disclosure of cartel activities, agencies widely publicise methods [...]