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The Oil & Gas: Ezine December 2015

Regulatory & Judicial Development - IndiaMARKET DEVELOPMENTS [GLOBALFEATURE [UNDERTAKE GAS]Regulatory & Judicial Development - India Alaya Legal presents its ninth issue of the Oil and Gas: Ezine to its Readers. Web-links are provided for ready access to certain reference material. The contents are presented with a view to allow comprehensive update in a systematic manner, [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, Nov 2015

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsUnited KingdomCompetition and Market Authority (‘CMA’) Investigation into online booking of hotels closed, dated September 16, 2015 The Office of Fair Trading (’OFT’) had commenced its investigation on September 10, 2010 into whether agreements between InterContinental Hotels Group and each of Booking.com and Expedia.co.in (‘Parties’) placing discounting restrictions on online hotel agents [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis Covering December, January, February and March 2013-2014

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsEuropean UnionEuropean Commission fines banks € 1.71 billion for participating in cartels in the interest rate derivatives industry[1] December 4, 2013 The Commission has fined eight international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the EEA. Four of [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, July 2015

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsRepublic of IndiaCompetition Commission of India (‘Commission’) Mr. Pankaj Agarwal and others v. DLF Gurgaon Home Development Private Limited. [Case No. 13 of 2010] May 12, 2015 In the instant case, along with the contention of abuse of dominance by the opposite party, the opposite party challenged the jurisdiction of the Competition [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, May 2015

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsUnited States of AmericaFederal Trade Commission (‘FTC’) Federal Appeals Court upholds FTC Order that found McWane, Inc. unlawfully maintained monopoly in Domestic Pipe Fittings April 17, 2015 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a FTC decision and order finding that McWane, Inc., the largest U.S. supplier of ductile [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, Mar 2015

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsEuropean UnionEuropean Commission fines broker ICAP plc (‘ICAP’) € 14.9 million for participation in several cartels in Yen interest rate derivatives sector February 04, 2015 The European Commission fined the UK based broker ICAP € 14 960 000 in accordance with point 37 of the European Commission’s 2006 Guidelines on fines, for [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, Jan 2015

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsUnited KingdomInformation Resources Inc. / Aztec Group December 19, 2014 Information Resources, Inc. (“IRI”) and Aztec Group (“Aztec”) (together, the parties) both supply retail measurement services (RMS) in the UK. IRI acquired the entire issued share capital of Aztec from its owner Aegis on 3 September 2013 (“the Merger”). The Merger was [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, Nov 2014

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsUnited Kingdom (UK)Merger: Anticipated acquisition by EVO Business Supplies Limited (part of Endless which also controls Vasanta Group) of Office2Office plc November 14 2014 Vasanta Group Limited (Vasanta) and Office2Office plc (O2O), together the ‘Parties’ are in the business of providing a range of business services (including office stationery) through the wholesale [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis, Sep 2014

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsEuropean UnionAntitrust: Commission fines Servier and five generic companies for curbing entry of cheaper versions of cardiovascular medicine July 9, 2014 Facts: Through a technology acquisition and a series of patent settlements with generic rivals, Servier, the French pharmaceutical company, implemented a strategy to exclude competitors and delay the entry of cheaper [...]

Competition Law: Information, Updates and Analysis (Covering August, September, October and November 2013)

Legal PronouncementsMarket DevelopmentsLegal PronouncementsUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America v. JTEKT Corporation[1] September 26, 2013 JTEKT Corporation, Japan (‘JTEKT’) and the United States of America have entered into a Plea Agreement dated September 19, 2013, in respect of two count charges contained in the Information, whereby it is alleged that ‘JTEKT’ and its co-conspirators [...]

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