January 2009
This update includes the following articles:
UNITED STATES
- Guilty Pleas in LCD Price-Fixing Conspiracies Yield Near Record Fine
- ABA Antitrust Section Offers Recommendations to Incoming Obama Administration
- DOJ Revises Amnesty Guidelines
- InBev Required to Divest Labatt USA in Anheuser-Busch Acquisition
- Investment Funds to Pay US$800,000 for HSR Act Violations
EUROPEAN UNION
- Record Fines Totaling Nearly €1.4 Billion Against Car Glass Cartel
- The Commission Issues Guidance on Rescue Aid to Banks in Financial Distress
- EC Fines Banana Importers €60.3 Million for Price-Fixing Cartel
- More Dawn Raids in the Pharmaceutical Sector
- Commission Seeks Comments in Review of R&D and Specialization BERs
AROUND THE WORLD
- GLOBAL – BHP Billiton Faults Economic Slowdown, Not Antitrust Hurdles for Merger Withdrawal
- AUSTRALIA – Labor Party Pushes to Criminalize Cartels
- CHILE – Three Major Pharmacy Chains Accused of Collusion
- CHINA – First Publicly Known Complaint Filed Under China’s New Antitrust Law
- JAPAN – The JFTC Files Criminal Charges Against Galvanized Steel Sheet Cartel
- MEXICO – Federal Competition Commission Investigates Ground Freight Industry