March 28, 2012
Arkema France’s sodium chlorate price-fixing fine increased by 90 percent...
The European Commission has fined four chlorate paper bleach producers for allocating sales and price-fixing. EKA Chemicals, Akzo Nobel, Finnish Chemicals, Erikem Luxembourg, Arkema France, Elf Aquitaine, Aragonesas Industrias y...
March 28, 2012
Czech energy companies’ obstruction of Commission investigation leads to €2.5...
The European Commission has fined two Czech energy companies for tampering with information and obstructing a 2009 Commission antitrust investigation at their premises. The Commission was investigating possible restrictive business...
March 28, 2012
Sony consortium offers compromises to ease antitrust concerns in EMI...
A Sony consortium for a bid to buy EMI’s publishing unit has offered compromises to the European Commission. The Commission will consider the offer and has extended the deadline for...
March 28, 2012
Professor sued for defamation because of blog post accusing Promusicae...
A professor at the IE Business School and a blogger has been sued for calling a Spanish copyright lobby a monopoly that violates antitrust laws. Promusicae has brought a defamation...
March 28, 2012
Autorité de la concurrence takes bank check cashing fee case...
The Autorité de la concurrence has appealed the intermediate court’s ruling against the antitrust authority in the check handling fee case. The Autorité had fined 11 French banks in 2010–including...
March 28, 2012
Cofeco finds America Movil to be dominant, opening door to...
The Federal Competition Commission has unanimously found America Movil to be dominant in the mobile-phone Mexican market. America Movil had appealed the finding of its dominance. Cofeco’s ruling allows America...
March 28, 2012
Sirius XM sues SoundExchange and A2IM for right to obtain...
Sirius XM has brought a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against SoundExchange and American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). Sirius XM...
March 27, 2012
SAA and Singapore Airlines settle price-fixing charges
The South African Competition Commission has concluded settlement agreements with South African Airways (SAA) and Singapore Airlines for price fixing of flights between Johannesburg and Hong Kong. SAA is to...
March 27, 2012
DENSO executive agrees to guilty plea and prison sentence for...
DENSO executive and Japanese national Norihiro Imai has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to rig bids for and to fix, stabilize, and maintain the prices of heater control panels...