The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) describes recent substantive and procedural amendments to the Hungarian competition law, including impacts on merger procedures and its leniency program.

The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) recently launched a new handbook explaining what is bid rigging and ways to detect it. Read “Help Us Detect Bid Rigging” here.

The Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) recently adopted a decision that defines the terms and the procedure for the acceptance of commitments offered by undertakings, focusing on accelerating the procedure and making it more efficient. The HCC’s decision is described here.

  Presentation materials from the joint public workshop held by the US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on Conditional Pricing Practices are available here (look under Event Details/Event Speakers for speaker bios and 17 sets of presentation slides).  Archived webcast videos of panel discussions are available here.

Celebrating its first anniversary, the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently organized an international conference on ‘Innovation in Oversight, Oversight and Innovation.’ Attendees included representatives from the corporate sector, government, academia and other regulators from around the world. Read – and watch – more about it here.

The Competition Commission of Mauritius recently launched a competition advocacy program with the objective of deepening its engagement with local authorities, tailored to suit the work undertaken by municipal, district and village councils. Read more about the program here.

The Competition Commission of Singapore recently conducted its biennial stakeholder perception survey to understand the perception of stakeholders on the relevance and quality of its work. Here’s a glimpse of what that looks like.

The Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) describes recent amendments to its competition law, including impacts on its leniency program and M&A notifications.

The Swedish Competition Authority has a specific grant for funding research on competition issues, how markets work and on public procurement. Read about this year’s eight new research projects here.

  The US Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice will hold a one-day public workshop on June 23, 2014 to explore the economics and legal policy implications of certain pricing practices, such as loyalty and bundled pricing. The workshop, which will consist of presentations and roundtable discussions, will focus on […]