Unfair terms and B2B now meant to be?
1 February 2013
The Abbott Coalition has resurfaced a proposal to extend the protection of unfair contract term provisions to small business
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EC delivers anticipated prohibition to UPS/TNT
31 January 2013
Further to our previous post, the EC has prohibited the proposed UPS/TNT merger on the basis that competition in 15 European countries will be harmed
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All that glitters is not gold
27 January 2013
Zamels finds that all that glitters is not gold after fined for misleading "was/now" pricing for jewellery
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MyCC hardens its enforcement stance
25 January 2013
The MyCC has warned that it will its increase enforcement activity and focus on bid rigging in 2013
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In the Blue Corner… FTC comes out swinging on product switching
24 January 2013
Louise Beange has written an interesting post on our sister blog In Competition about an ‘amicus brief’ issued by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) indicating that an incident of ‘product switching’ in the pharmaceutical industry by Warner Chilcott may be a breach of anti-trust laws. Read more about it here.
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In the blue corner… FTC comes out swinging on product-switching
24 January 2013
The US FTC supports generic drug-makers in claims that product-switching breaches antitrust laws
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ACCC dealt a bad hand in TPG appeal but will not fold
23 January 2013
TPG's $2 million fine has been substantially reversed on appeal but the ACCC is refusing to accept the penalty reduction being the second in the telco arena
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Read all about it! Natalie’s article on potential legal implications of Lance Armstrong’s confession
21 January 2013
Our very own IP Partner Natalie Hickey has written an op-ed piece on the legal implications of Lance Armstrong’s confession in his interview with Oprah Winfrey last week. Will Lance Armstrong have to pay back those he sued? The question may not be as simple as you think.
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UPS pre-empts delivery of an EU prohibition
21 January 2013
UPS has abandoned a €5.16 billion deal with TNT Express after the EC case team advised it was working on a decision to prohibit the proposed deal
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Record antitrust penalties imposed in China
19 January 2013
China's NDRC has imposed record antitrust fines totalling US$ 56 million on six international LCD manufacturers for participating in a price fixing cartel
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