Antitrust

Why it pays to come clean - the companies holding their hands up to competition breaches

By Legal Week | September 21, 2011

In April of this year, the European Commission (EC) fined Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Henkel a total of €315.2m (£275m) for fixing the prices of laundry detergents in Europe. Procter & Gamble was fined €211.2m (£184m) and Unilever received a fine of €104m (£91m), while Henkel escaped penalty because it acted as the whistle-blower on the cartel. The case is an example of how perfectly legitimate, and even desirable, co-operation between competitors can go horribly wrong. In the late 1990s, the trade association representing the manufacturers of detergents in Europe launched an environmental initiative to promote sustainable consumption of laundry detergents by recommending manufacturers to reduce dosage and weight of their detergents as well as package sizes.

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For whom the whistle blows - the rise of corporate whistle-blowing

By Charlotte Edmond | September 21, 2011

Charlotte Edmond assesses the growing trend for competition watchdogs to pursue cases via corporate whistle-blowing

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No safe havens anymore - the global spread of competition enforcement

By Legal Week | September 21, 2011

In recent times, much attention has focused on the significant increase in financial services regulation and anti-bribery law. At the same time, a more steady – some would say relentless – growth story has been the continuing trend towards far more sophisticated competition law enforcement around the world. While agencies in countries with more developed competition regimes are turning to new economic techniques and ever more onerous information demands are becoming the norm, agencies with newer regimes are fast becoming aggressive enforcers. The blank spaces on the map of global competition law enforcement are rapidly being coloured in as countries such as China and India apply their laws in complex cases.

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CC signs up former Linklaters Brussels antitrust chief

By Sofia Lind | September 13, 2011

Clifford Chance (CC) has made a high-profile hire in Brussels with the addition of former Linklaters competition partner Johan Ysewyn. Ysewyn, who joined CC yesterday (12 September), was head of Linklaters' Brussels antitrust group and co-head of the firm's global cartel group. Before his departure in March this year, he had spent 16 years at the magic circle firm, including 11 years as a partner.

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Linklaters Germany partner opts against move to Mayer Brown

By Friederike Heine | September 2, 2011

Linklaters competition partner Carsten Grave has decided to remain with the magic circle law firm nearly two months after it was announced that he would join Mayer Brown's practice in Cologne. The news comes after the US law firm last month announced the closure of its Berlin and Cologne offices, with Mayer Brown set to launch an office in Duesseldorf at the start of 2012.

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Bird & Bird relaunches trade and customs practice with Steptoe hire

By Sofia Lind | July 6, 2011

Bird & Bird is relaunching its dedicated trade and customs practice with the hire of a partner from Steptoe & Johnson in London. The firm brought in Iain MacVay earlier this week (4 July), with the hire making MacVay the sole partner dedicated to the practice, following the departure of Amsterdam-based trade and customs partner Jasper Helder last year.

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Linklaters launches antitrust practice in Amsterdam with Freshfields hire

By Legal Week | June 20, 2011

Linklaters has launched an Amsterdam antitrust practice with the hire of Paul Kreijger from magic circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, reports The Am Law Daily. Kreijger, who specialises in European antitrust and regulatory matters and also has niche energy sector expertise, joins the firm as counsel. In addition to working with the firm's Dutch clients, he will also work closely with the firm's four-partner antitrust team in Brussels.

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Slaughters ally De Brauw reopens in Brussels

By Simon Petersen | June 17, 2011

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek has reopened in Brussels almost 10 years after the Dutch independent closed its former base in the Belgian capital. The office, which opened yesterday (15 June), will focus on international competition and European law issues and will be headed by competition and regulation partner Douwe Groenevelt.

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Linklaters sees antitrust team shift as global chief steps down

By Friederike Heine | June 15, 2011

Linklaters' global antitrust head Gerwin Van Gerven is stepping down after eight years in the role, with London competition partner Michael Cutting set to take over at the helm of the practice. Cutting, who headed the firm's London competition practice between 2004 and 2007, will split his time between Linklaters' London and Brussels offices as part of the new post.

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BLP recruits former Office of Rail Regulation chairman for competition group

By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2011

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired the former chairman of the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) Chris Bolt as a consultant for its competition, EU and trade group. Bolt, who joined the firm last month, has spent the last twenty years managing and shaping regulatory issues in the transport and utility sectors, most recently as the public-private partnership arbiter for the London Underground.

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Pro Mid Market

Amid Civil Jury Trial Decline, Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell Works with Clients to Give Juniors First-Chair Experience

By Dan Roe | September 27, 2022

"It is not always enough to be among the best civil trial lawyers—clients want lawyers who have handled the precise type of claim," said Wheeler Trigg co-managing partners Carolyn Fairless and Michael Williams.

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National Law Journal

Bobbi Liebenberg Talks Class Action Woes, Gender Equity and the Challenges of E-Discovery

By Christine Schiffner | September 26, 2022

"We are in really perilous times and it is so important for lawyers to be speaking out about the rule of law, what the Constitution means, what it protects and why we need to ensure that it is safeguarded."

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Daily Report Online

Merger of Southeast-Based Sugar Refiners Survives Biden Administration's First Antitrust Suit

By Ellen Bardash | September 23, 2022

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika found the acquisition of Imperial Sugar Co. by ex-rival U.S. Sugar Corp. doesn't violate Chapter 7 of the Clayton Act. The decision was a win for litigation teams led by Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Latham & Watkins.

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Delaware Business Court Insider

Merger of Sugar Refiners Survives Biden Administration's First Antitrust Suit

By Ellen Bardash | September 23, 2022

U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika found the acquisition of Imperial Sugar Co. by ex-rival U.S. Sugar Corp. doesn't violate Chapter 7 of the Clayton Act. The decision was a win for litigation teams led by Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Latham & Watkins.

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Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: The Kirkland Team Who Helped UnitedHealth Beat Back DOJ's Antitrust Challenge to a Health-Tech Deal

By Ross Todd | September 23, 2022

After a two-week trial, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. greenlighted UnitedHealth Group's $13 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc., handing a big win to Craig Primis, Matt Reilly and Winn Allen of Kirkland & Ellis.

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National Law Journal

Yet Another Government Lawyer Returns to Covington

By Bruce Love | September 21, 2022

Government lawyers keep coming back to Covington because the firm's culture matches their government experience in important ways, said Covington's James Garland.

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The Recorder

Judge Tosses Claim in State Bar Data Breach Lawsuit

By Cheryl Miller | September 19, 2022

Magistrate Judge Douglas McCormick will allow the plaintiffs to amend another claim before deciding the fate of the proposed class action.

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National Law Journal

DC Circuit Questions if State AGs Waited Too Long to Sue Meta for Alleged Antitrust Violations

By Avalon Zoppo | September 19, 2022

The solicitor general for New York argued a four-year state of limitations doesn't apply and the lawsuit should be revived.

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The Recorder

Circuit Court Questions if State AGs Waited Too Long to Sue Meta for Alleged Antitrust Violations

By Avalon Zoppo | September 19, 2022

The solicitor general for New York argued a four-year state of limitations doesn't apply and the lawsuit should be revived.

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The Recorder

Calabasas Car Dealership Sues GM Over Antitrust Claims

By ALM Staff | September 16, 2022

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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