Competition economics)

Cartel Blue, Inc. Cartel, Inc. Merge Announces New President & CEO Now offers premium hemp cigars

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Thursday, May 13, 2021
Biofuels, Hemp, Herbs, Cartel, Competition economics), Marketing

Cartel accessories, cartel cultivation and our line of hemp-hip-hop clothing Cartel Blue.

Key Points: 
  • Cartel accessories, cartel cultivation and our line of hemp-hip-hop clothing Cartel Blue.
  • With the merger, Cartel Blue announces retired judge\nPhillip Larocca as PRESIDENT and Philip Moreb as CEO.
  • Cartel Blue, Inc. continues to offer Hemp Clothing now in collaboration with several designers which will be unveiled in their summer hemp clothing 2021 collection.
  • When the merger is over, Cartel Blue, Inc. is about to be the leader of Hemp Cigars.

DGAP-News: Siltronic AG: Combination of Siltronic and GlobalWafers clears first important hurdles - minimum acceptance threshold reached and clearance from German Federal Cartel Office

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Monday, February 15, 2021
Articles, Competition economics), Business, Cartels, Anti-competitive practices, Federal Cartel Office, Government procurement, Siltronic, Procurement, Wafer

Munich, Germany, February 15, 2021 - The combination of Siltronic and GlobalWafers has cleared the first important hurdles.

Key Points: 
  • Munich, Germany, February 15, 2021 - The combination of Siltronic and GlobalWafers has cleared the first important hurdles.
  • The minimum acceptance threshold of 50 percent of GlobalWafers' voluntary public tender offer was reached with 56,92percent.
  • The German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) had also given its clearance for the business combination on February 9, 2021, as it saw no indications that competition in the wafer industry could be impeded by this transaction.
  • In the view of the German Federal Cartel Office, semiconductor producers will have sufficient current and potential procurement alternatives after the business combination.

Traliant Announces New Antitrust and Competition Law Training

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Anti-competitive practices, Price fixing, Compliance training, Competition economics), Competition law, Articles, Business law

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Traliant, an innovator in online sexual harassment training and diversity training , today announced a new course, Antitrust and Competition Law one of the essential topics for an effective ethics and compliance program.

Key Points: 
  • MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif., Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Traliant, an innovator in online sexual harassment training and diversity training , today announced a new course, Antitrust and Competition Law one of the essential topics for an effective ethics and compliance program.
  • "Providing antitrust and competition law training is a proactive step that organizations can take to minimize the risk of antitrust violations, and ensure employees understand what business practices and behaviors are and aren't acceptable, and, when in doubt, to ask questions and report concerns," said Mike Pallatta, Traliant CEO and Co-Founder.
  • Antitrust and Competition Law features antitrust scenarios, real-world examples and interactive exercises and challenges to raise employee awareness of antitrust risks and business practices, such as price fixing, bid rigging, monopolies and mergers and customer allocation agreements.
  • Traliant was founded by industry veterans from some of the world's most successful compliance training companies to meet the challenge of transforming compliance training from boring to brilliant.

Senior DOJ Antitrust Official Rejoins Paul, Weiss

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Monday, September 9, 2019
Legal, Professional services, United States antitrust law, United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Competition law, Brad S. Karp, Microeconomics, Anti-competitive practices, Competition economics), Imperfect competition, Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies, Donald F. Turner

Mr. Finch returns as Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, resident in the New York office.

Key Points: 
  • Mr. Finch returns as Co-Chair of the Antitrust Practice Group, resident in the New York office.
  • Andrew was a key player in setting and executing on the DOJs current antitrust policies and priorities, said Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad S. Karp.
  • He is the highest-ranking lawyer from the current Antitrust Division to return to private practice, and we are thrilled that Andrew is returning to Paul, Weiss.
  • He also played a leadership role in developing and implementing the Antitrust Division's policies and priorities, including the consideration of effective antitrust compliance programs in criminal enforcement decisions.

Collective Action Led by Scott+Scott Europe LLP Launched in the UK Against Major Banks for Foreign Exchange Market Manipulation

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Monday, July 29, 2019
Legal, Professional services, Competition economics), Cartel, Imperfect competition, Class action, European Union competition law, Market failure, Law

This collective action is being funded by Therium Capital Management, a leading global litigation funder.

Key Points: 
  • This collective action is being funded by Therium Capital Management, a leading global litigation funder.
  • This legal action follows the European Commissions (EC) ruling on 16 May 2019 that the above banks had violated EU competition law.
  • The EC held that the banks had exchanged commercially sensitive information and trading plans, coordinating their trading strategies via two cartels.
  • The FX class action in the US led to widespread relief, said David R. Scott, Managing Partner of Scott+Scott.

Jerry S. Cohen Award for Antitrust Scholarship Selects Winning Articles Highlighting Labor and U.S. Airline Industry

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Thursday, June 20, 2019
Legal, Professional services, Herbert Hovenkamp, Competition law, Microeconomics, Anti-competitive practices, United States antitrust law, Competition economics)

Although the antitrust laws prohibit firms from restricting competition in labor markets as in product markets, the government does little to address the labor market problem, and private litigation has been rare and mostly unsuccessful.

Key Points: 
  • Although the antitrust laws prohibit firms from restricting competition in labor markets as in product markets, the government does little to address the labor market problem, and private litigation has been rare and mostly unsuccessful.
  • One reason is that the analytic methods for evaluating labor market power in antitrust contexts are far less sophisticated than the legal rules used to judge product market power.
  • 1170 (2018)
    Best Horizontal Shareholding Article: Fiona Scott Morton and Herbert Hovenkamp, Horizontal Shareholding and Antitrust Policy , 127 Yale L.J.
  • The Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award was created through a trust established in honor of the late Jerry S. Cohen, an outstanding trial lawyer and antitrust scholar.