A new competition law summit bringing together academics, public officials and legal experts will be held in Eskişehir this week to examine emerging issues in digital markets, artificial intelligence and European Union regulation. The “Competition […]
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Policy developments, initiatives.
Turkish Competition Authority To Hold Competition Policies In The Digital Age Workshop
The Turkish Competition Authority will host a workshop in Ankara next month focused on the challenges digitalization and artificial intelligence pose for competition policy and regulation. The event, titled “Competition Policies in the Digital Age,” […]
EU Judicial Training Project on Digital Competition Law Concludes in Athens
A European judicial training project aimed at strengthening the application of EU competition law in digital markets has concluded following a final international conference in Athens. The project, titled CompEUte – Multidisciplinary judicial training for […]
Norwegian Authority Launches Search for New Chief Economist
The Norwegian Competition Authority has begun recruiting a new chief economist as current Chief Economist Hans-Petter Håvås Hanson moves into another leadership role within the agency. The position is considered central to the authority’s efforts […]
New Zealand Competition Watchdog Finds Weakening Competitive Pressure Despite Lower Market Concentration
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission on Tuesday released its first nationwide assessment of competition across the economy, finding that while market concentration has generally declined over the past two decades, competitive pressure has weakened in many […]
Latvia Competition Council Launches Anonymous Survey on Fair Practices in Food Supply Chain
Latvia’s Competition Council has invited suppliers of agricultural and food products to take part in an anonymous survey aimed at assessing cooperation with buyers and identifying potential unfair trading practices in the food supply chain. […]
Brazil Antitrust Staff Recommends Conviction of Fuel Retail Union Over Alleged Price Coordination Signals
Brazil’s antitrust authority has recommended the conviction of Sindicombustíveis/DF and its president over allegations that public communications by the fuel retailers’ union encouraged coordinated pricing behavior in the Federal District’s fuel retail market. The recommendation, […]
US DOJ Antitrust Chief Signals Aggressive Merger Enforcement While Emphasizing Transparency
Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed A. Assefi said Thursday that the Justice Department will continue aggressively scrutinizing anticompetitive mergers while seeking to provide businesses with a more predictable and transparent review process. Speaking at the […]
Czech Authority Upholds Cybersecurity-Related Restrictions in Public IT Tender
The head of the Czech Competition Authority has ruled that contracting authorities may impose stricter conditions in public tenders related to cybersecurity, even if those requirements partially restrict competition, provided they are objectively justified and […]
UK Supermarkets Urge CMA to Extend Land Restriction Rules to Aldi and Lidl
Major UK supermarket chains including Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland have urged the Competition and Markets Authority to extend restrictions on the use of land covenants to Aldi and Lidl, arguing the German discounters now wield […]
