Even more car trouble…
The automotive industry just cannot catch a break these days. You may remember a couple of months ago we blogged about some serious fines being imposed by US regulators. Then it was a $55.5 million...
View ArticlePfizer, Flynn Pharma fined for abusing dominant market positions
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has fined pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer and pharmaceutical distributor Flynn Pharma a combined total of nearly £90m for abuse of their dominant market...
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Not so model behaviour leads to CMA fines
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has shown that no matter what industry you operate in that competition law still applies. While a cartel amongst suppliers of galvanised steel tanks might...
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Statement of objections may lead to more pharma fines from the CMA
This blog recently covered the CMA’s decision to fine Pfizer and Flynn Pharma for abusing their dominant market positions in order to massively increase the price of an anti-epilepsy drug. This final...
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Further CMA allegations of anti-competitive pharma agreements
In yet more bad news for pharmaceutical manufacturer Actavis UK, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has issued a statement of objections alleging that it entered into anti-competitive...
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Record antitrust fine for Google
Much has already been written about yesterday’s announcement from the European Commission that Google is to be fined a record €2.42 billion for the abuse of a dominant market position amounting to a...
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More companies drawn into excessive pricing investigation
There have been further developments in the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) investigation into unfair and excessive pricing for hydrocortisone tablets. The CMA has now issued statements of...
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CMA warns creative sector against competition law faux pas
To coincide with London Fashion Week, which drew to a close on Tuesday, the Competition & Markets Authority (“CMA”) issued an open letter to the UK creative industry. The letter drew attention to...
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End of the road for truck cartel case
The European Commission has hit Swedish automotive manufacturer Scania with a substantial €880 million fine for breach of EU antitrust rules. Scania was found to have colluded with five other major...
View ArticleHold the presses: contempt of court
The High Court of Justiciary last week published a judgment, originally given in October 2017, finding the Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail Ltd guilty of contempt of court for its reporting on the...
View Article£200,000 fine for NHS Data Protection breach
Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued NHS Surrey with a monetary penalty of £200,000 after more than 3,000 patient records were found on a second hand computer bought through an...
View ArticleData Security and Pivot tables – Information Commissioner issues fine of £70,000
The Information Commissioner has imposed a monetary penalty of £70,000 on Islington Council, after personal details of over 2,000 residents were released online. This is not as high as some recent...
View ArticleCMA guidance for the property sector
The CMA has today published an open letter to the property industry warning of potential breaches of competition law, as well as a similar letter to the newspaper industry. It has also sent warning...
View ArticleAn eye for an eye: CMA fines medical trade association for competition law...
The Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) has recently fined Consultant Eye Surgeons Partnership Limited (‘CESP’), an organisation formed by a number of partnerships providing private medical and...
View ArticleCMA to take tougher stance on competition law breaches
The Competition and Markets Authority’s new Executive Director for Enforcement has said that the CMA will take a tougher line on cartel infringements. In an interview with the Financial Times, Dr...
View ArticleEuropean Commission imposes €137.8 million fine for car parts cartel
The European Commission has imposed a hefty fine on Melco (Mitsubishi Electric) and Hitachi for their involvement with another Japanese car parts manufacturer (Denso) in a cartel for car engine...
View ArticleEuropean Commission has no truck with cartel, imposing record €2.9 billion fine
What has happened? The European Commission handed down record fines totalling nearly € 2.93 billion on four truck manufacturers yesterday after concluding that they were involved in a price fixing...
View ArticleMore Car Trouble
There was more bad news for the automotive industry last week when the Japanese manufacturer Hitachi Automotive Systems was handed a $55.5 million criminal fine in the US for fixing the price of shock...
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