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A recent South African High Court judgment has yet again set aside findings made by the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission. The High Court, in Sasol Oil Limited v The [...]

The CNMC has sanctioned Enel Green for committing two violations constituting abuse of dominant position ( S/0022/20). In total, the fines imposed amount to 4.9 million euros for two infringements [...]

Policy towards private enterprise and competition 2022-23: Contracts for independent power producers face closer scrutiny, owing to government efforts to relieve pressures on business stemming from Kenya's high-cost environment. Reforms [...]

The 'Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022' (Guidelines) issued by the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) have been notified on 9 June 2022, and [...]

MOSCOW, Russia -- The following information was released by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation: The Volgograd Territorial Office of FAS established that the companies Energostroy+, Volgastroyservice, the [...]

Mumbai: Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 this is to intimate that SEBI has issued order no. WTM/AB/CFD/CMD-2/16388/2022-23 dated May 13, 2022 [...]

U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9), led a bicameral letter to President Biden to express their support for the Department [...]

On March 7, 2022, the US Department of the Treasury issued a report entitled 'The State of Labor Competition,' (the 'Report')1 making clear once again that the regulation of anti-competitive [...]

MOSCOW, Russia -- The following information was released by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation: The Arbitration Court of the Moscow District dismissed the causation appeal of RusHydro [...]

Late last week, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed an antitrust complaint against Amgen Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Regeneron alleges that 'Amgen is engaged in [...]

MOSCOW, Russia -- The following information was released by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation: In June 2021, FAS recognized these persons as violated the Law on Protection [...]

Competition policy: Overview With the exception of a few protected industries, local Saudi economic regulations are nominally based on laissez-faire, free-market principles, qualified in part by sharia (Islamic) law. Import [...]

The European Commission is considering sweeping powers to impose punitive sanctions on those seeking to influence its political policies through economic pressure. BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Wednesday proposed [...]

2023 JAN 21 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Marketing Weekly News -- Researchers detail new data in sustainability research. According to news originating from the University [...]

Sales promotions are an essential marketing tool for most businesses. They can boost sales by building brand awareness and providing incentives for consumers to buy products and services. Sales promotions [...]

Policy towards private enterprise and competition 2022-23: Contracts for independent power producers face closer scrutiny, owing to government efforts to relieve pressures on business stemming from Kenya's high-cost environment. Reforms [...]

In 2022, the Commission issued 6 warnings about the need to eliminate signs of violation of the general rules of competition in cross-border markets without applying administrative sanctions. Half of [...]

Competition policy: Overview The Philippines enacted a comprehensive antitrust law-Republic Act (RA) 10,667-in 2015, with more detailed regulations coming into effect in 2016. The law, also known as the Competition [...]

Competition policy: Overview After the 1979 revolution, Iran's foreign-exchange system was characterised by its anticompetitive policies. It gave privileges to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and bonyads (charitable foundations that play a [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by National Farmers Union (NFU): Today, the House Agriculture Committee approved H.R. 7606, the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022. [...]

On May 4, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a consent order concerning Bank of America's garnishment practices whereby Bank of America agreed to: Refund at least $592,000 to [...]

I. Introduction Competition ensures that the undertakings offer goods and services to the consumers on the most advantageous terms by encouraging efficiency and reducing prices. An effective competition policy is [...]

1 Overview of the law and enforcement regime relating to cartels The 'Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade' (Law No. 54 of 1947), commonly known [...]

During the Federal Trade Commission's April 28 open meeting, Commissioners utilized the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC to highlight the implications [...]

MOSCOW, Russia -- The following information was released by the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation: FAS has initiated a case on the violation of antimonopoly law* against BaltEnergoKomplekt-XXI [...]

HARRISBURG, PA -- The following information was released by the Pennsylvania State Senate Republicans: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 10:30 a.m. Main Capitol, Room 461 Agenda Meeting to consider SB895, [...]

Advertisements, via both print and digital methods, act as a powerful medium for promotion of a product, brand or service. The main objective of an advertisement is to inform the [...]

On March 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intent to address discrimination as an 'unfair practice' under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (commonly known as Dodd-Frank). [...]

On March 23, Governor Brad Little signed the Idaho Subscription bill into law ('Idaho Subscription Law'). The Idaho Subscription Law will regulate subscription offers and automatic renewals that are marketed [...]

The upshot, for busy people: On March 22, 2022, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a compliance bulletin on 'Unfair and Deceptive Acts or Practices That Impede Consumer [...]

In 2010, the Competition Act was passed to promote fairness in the market and furthermore to protect the consumer. Ever since there have been a lot of filings by businesses [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-March 31, 2022-: Stronger regulation to promote competition passes third reading (C)1994-2022 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:30032022 * strengthening New Zealand's anti-monopolisation prohibition (section 36 of the Commerce Act) * repealing [...]

A law to better protect competition has passed its third and final reading, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister, David Clark announced today. The Commerce Amendment Bill, brings in a host [...]

On 18 February 2022, the Australia Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) announced that it had joined forces with its counterparts in the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand to form [...]

(JURIST) - The European Parliament and Council agreed to changes to the Digital Markets Act Thursday, ending anti-competitive behavior of big tech companies.The agreement introduced gatekeeper platforms, which would function [...]

On March 10, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) advanced its commitment to investigating and prosecuting anticompetitive conduct impacting labor markets by entering into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with [...]

Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India ('SEBI'), issued an Interim Order cum Show Cause Notice dated February 11, 2022 ('Interim Order cum Show Cause Notice'), under Sections 11 [...]

Post-employment restraints In an employment context, post-employment restraints seek to protect an employer's business by preventing employees from engaging in a range of competitive activities during, and after, their employment. [...]

Homebuyers invest their hard earned savings into the real estate projects with a hope that they will own their dream house one day. However, their dreams gets shattered when the [...]

Competition policy: Overview The Swedish Competition Act (revamped in 1995 and 2008) was drafted explicitly to reflect competition rules prevailing in the EU. Among its major provisions, the law specifies [...]

In this edition: Major changes to the Canadian Competition Act, Bureau focuses on greenwashing, new merger notification and Investment Canada Act thresholds announced, and more. _____________________________ News You Need to [...]

Last week, 49 State Attorneys General joined in a National Association of Attorneys General letter authored by Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee responding to the FTC's Request for Public [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the U. S. House Committee on Small Business: Today, the House Small Business Committee under Chairwoman Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) held [...]