The ICN UCWG’s report on the analysis of loyalty discounts and rebates (2009) identifies a range of views as to the appropriate legal framework for analysing this type of unilateral conduct. While some agencies consider loyalty rebates and discounts as equivalent to offering a price discount on a single product and apply a standard […]

  Earlier this year, Mr. Andreas Mundt was elected to be the new ICN Chair. He will be joined by the ICN Vice Chairs Mr. Bruno Lasserre and Mr. Vinicius Marques de Carvalho, responsible for member and NGA engagement, and outreach and implementation, respectively. Join them as they: 1. Give an overview of their “Roadmap […]

  Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the use of economics in merger analysis and the related MWG work-product: the updated Chapter 4 of the ICN Investigative Techniques Handbook for Merger Review!   During the Teleseminar, you will be guided, by means of practical case studies from jurisdictions like Canada, Brazil and USA, on […]

   Want to know more about the MWG? Don’t miss the Welcoming Call on Nov 7, 2013.  The Merger Working Group (MWG) invites you to the teleseminar on Nov 7, 2013. The Competition Commission of India, together with the other co-chair of the MWG, will welcome you and guide you through the main MWG activities […]

OFT and the UCWG will be hosting a tele-seminar on Wednesday 24 July at 8:00am (Washington time)/ 1:00 pm (London time) / 2:00 pm (Stockholm time) / 3:00 pm (Ankara time). Check with the UCWG co-chairs for dial-in details. The tele-seminar will address Unilateral Conduct and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). In particular it will look at […]

  On this teleseminar representatives from agencies in India, Singapore and the United Kingdom will present their recently updated merger procedures and discuss issues related to the revision and implementation. DATE:         6 March 2013 TIME: 10am (London), 3.30pm (New Delhi), 6pm (Singapore), 9pm (Sydney). To check your time zone click here. […]

  The ABA Antitrust Section’s Unilateral Conduct Committee presents a Committee Program on Remedies in Monopolization Cases.  The program will explore the thorny question of remedies for single firm anticompetitive conduct, including the structural, behavioral and damages remedies, from the EU and US perspectives. Panelists will discuss the efficacy of remedies in high tech and […]

  Explaining the benefits of competition is a challenge for many competition agencies, particularly younger agencies. Strategies and approaches on how better to explain the benefits of competition to a variety of stakeholders, including the media, legislators, government, public authorities, business, and the general public, as well as how to evaluate, measure and present effects […]

   On Tuesday, November 15, the ICN Merger Working Group will host a webinar featuring speakers from the EC and US who will discuss economic tools and techniques for  analyzing unilateral effects in differentiated product markets. The program will cover topics such as diversion ratios and upward pricing pressure, econometric studies, natural experiments, demand estimation […]

On November 8, the ICN’s Unilateral Conduct Working Group will present a webinar on “Abuse of Dominance in the Energy Sector:   The EU experience.”  A representative from the European Commission will present an overview of antitrust enforcement in the energy sector followed by discussion of two case studies presented by the Italian and Spanish competition […]