Guest Post: CARTELS AND LENIENCY IN BRAZIL
Today’s post is from Mauro Grinberg who is a partner at Grinberg Cordovil in Brazil. Mr. Grinberg is one of the leading competition lawyers in Brazil and is a former Commissioner of CADE, the...
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In the competition for compliance $$, don’t forget Antitrust. Here’s Why…
I was recently a speaker at both the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics conference in Chicago and the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association conference in Atlanta. I learned a lot from the...
View ArticleAntitrust In Emerging and Developing Countries Conference
Since I began practicing antitrust law a very long time ago I have observed two significant developments. First, antitrust law is called competition law in other places around the world and today there...
View ArticleGuest Post by Dr. Markus Röhrig on Review of EU Enforcement System
Today’s Guest post is from Markus Röhrig who is a partner at the European law firm Hengeler Mueller. He is admitted to the German and the New York bars. Mr. Röhrig specialises in German and European...
View ArticleCanadian Cartel News–The Immunity and Leniency System
Today’s guest post is by James Musgrove and Joshua Chad of the leading Canadian law firm, McMillan LLP ************************************ Welcome Back to Canadian Cartel News. Following Volume 1’s...
View ArticleSome Impressions from the ABA Antitrust Section Program on Antitrust and...
I attended a program on Wednesday night sponsored by the ABA Section of Antitrust Law on “Hot Topics in Antitrust and Criminal Enforcement in the Financial Sector.” The program was hosted by Jones Day...
View ArticleA Tribute to Phil Warren (Don’t Worry—He’s Alive and Well)
Ed. Note. I’ve decided to start an occasional feature on “Why I Love Antitrust.” This thought popped into my mind when I learned that my good friend Phil Warren was being honored with the California...
View ArticleBelgium and Japan (Again) Weigh in On Seventh Circuit Motorola Mobility FTAIA...
Belgium has joined the ranks of foreign countries asking the Seventh Circuit to uphold its original ruling in Motorola Mobility v. AU Optronics. The Seventh Circuit originally ruled that the purchase...
View ArticleDOJ Recognizes Auto Parts Team
On October 15, 2014 the Department of Justice recognized the historic achievements of the auto parts cartel investigation team, which was led by the Antitrust Division and the FBI. While the...
View ArticleDOJ Seeks to Freeze Capacitor Civil Litigation
Today’s post is by Joan Marshall, my partner at GeyerGorey. Joan and I both worked in the Antitrust Division, DOJ but in different offices. Joan prosecuted many major price fixing and bid rigging...
View ArticleCanadian Cartel News – Volume 4 – the Walls Have Ears – Lots of Them!
Ed Note: James Musgrove and Joshua Chad of McMillan continue to keep us well informed of developments in Canada. ******** Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) jurisprudence in the cartel space is rare –...
View ArticleCompetition Commission of India fines chemists trade association for...
Ed. Note: The post below is from guest contributor Avinash Amarnarth. Avisnash is an attorney with the law firm ‘Vinod Dhall and TT&A’ in New Delhi, India. ******************* Hello from India...
View ArticleGetting the Judge to Budge on the Nudge From Conceivable to Plausible under...
It is not exactly “breaking news” that in Bell Atlantic v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 577 (2007) the Supreme Court held that a complaint may be dismissed if it does not allege “enough facts to state a...
View ArticleThe Associative Contract Conundrum In Brazil
Today’s guest post is from Mauro Grinberg, a former Cade Commissioner in Brazil. Mr Grinberg heads the law firm Grinberg e Cordovil Advogados. ***************** Do you know what...
View ArticleAudio of Seventh Circuit Motorola Mobility Oral Argument is Available Online
The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments in Motorola Mobility v. AU Optronics, on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. The panel was U.S. Circuit Judges Richard A. Posner, Ilana Diamond Rovner and Michael S....
View ArticleGuest Contributor, Masayuki Atsumi: Japan
I am pleased to announce that Masayuki Atsumi will be contributing posts on Cartel Capers about cartel related developments in Japan. Mr. Atsumi is with the Japanese law firm of Mori Hamada &...
View ArticleIs the Antitrust Division Starting a Broad Investigation of Price Fixing in...
Ed. Note: This post is by Joan Marshall, a partner at GeyerGorey and a former Antitrust Division prosecutor who worked on the global vitamin cartel prosecutions. ************ Last month, Elijah E....
View ArticleArticle by Hans Greimel: “Confessions of a Price Fixer”
I am posting and recommending an excellent article by Hans Greimel, Asia Editor, Automotive News titled: Confessions of a Price Fixer. The article discusses some of the “facts of life” known to cartel...
View ArticleGuest Post From India: “Of Price Bulletins and Dawn Raids”
This post below is from guest contributor Avinash Amarnath. Avinash practices in New Delhi, India and advises clients across various sectors such as automobiles, financial services, pharmaceuticals,...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Reform the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Antitrust Violations
I have written in several venues advocating for reform of the antitrust sentencing guidelines. Last week I posted an article on the ABA Section of Antitrust Law’s website–Antitrust Connect. I signed...
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