March 27, 2015

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News from Global Authorities

Today's top headlines from around the world.

EU: E-commerce companies face antitrust probe

The European Commission plans a competition inquiry into cross-border trading by companies.
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US: American Express to fight antitrust ruling

EU: Regulators extend Cargill & Archer Daniels Midland's chocolate review

China: Train merger must follow market rules says cabinet

UK: Aviva, Friends Life shareholders vote for merger



South Korea: Regulator levies $3.2 million fines against Japan Auto Parts for price fixing

UK: FCA to examine asset management fees, pensions

US: First Security Group to merge with Atlanta bank in $160 million stock deal

UK: Neotel approval delay frustrates Vodafone

Tanzania: Tanga Fresh angry over heavy fines by Competition Commission

US: Orbitz, Expedia deal faces further antitrust review

Antitrust Buzz

A Brief Overview of Qualcomm v. Korea Fair Trade Commission

Yoonhee Kim & Hui Jin Yang
The KFTC's enforcement action against Qualcomm should create little surprise. All the more so, because Korea was the first country that successfully commercialized Qualcomm's CDMA technology.

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Economic Insights

In Re Libor: More Light, Please! -- Questions and Observations as the Decision Dismissing Antitrust Claims for Lack of Antitrust Injury Now Faces Appellate Review
Richard Wolfram, Esq.

A key ruling by a New York federal district court almost two years ago, in In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, can now finally proceed on appeal, and the implications are significant both in the law and for a number of financial markets dependent on benchmark mechanisms.

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In Case You Missed It

The Best of Yesterday's News

Antitrust Agencies

FTC says it regrets release of documents on Google probe

Mergers and Acquisitions

Heinz, Kraft agree to merge, forming a new food giant

Antitrust Investigations

Regulators suspend Siemens, Dresser-Rand probe

Antitrust Papers

Margin Squeeze: An Above-Cost Predatory Pricing Approach

From The Archives

Canada's Proposed Legislation to Prohibit Cross-Border Price Differentials

Marissa Ginn & Marc Van Audenrode
In its most recent budget released on February 11, 2014, the Government of Canada announced its intent to introduce new legislation guarding against what it terms "unjustified cross-border price discrimination" resulting from "country pricing strategies-that is, when companies use their market power to charge higher prices in Canada that are not reflective of legitimate higher costs."

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