Cost benchmarks often are used to determine whether an alleged predator is selling at a loss or sacrifice, and also may be considered to evaluate the legality of loyalty discounts and rebates.  There is no single cost measure used by all member agencies.  Indeed, agencies may use more than one measure depending on the […]

  SAVE THE DATE — MARCH 1, 2011 UCWG TELESEMINAR ON PRICE DISCRIMINATION The Unilateral Conduct Working Group invites you to a teleseminar on price discrimination, moderated by Alden Abbott, with opening remarks by Damien Geradin. The teleseminar will set out the rationale for price discrimination and discuss the forms of price discrimination, as well […]

  SAVE THE DATE — January 25, 2011. The Merger Working Group’s Teleseminar on Merger Guidelines Developments in the UK and the US: The View from the Chief Economists will be held on January 25, 2011 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. Ottawa and Washington, D.C./1:00 to 2:30 p.m. London. In recent months, competition agencies from […]

  The ICN Advocacy Working Group is pleased to invite you to attend a teleseminar on competition advocacy in the transportation sector on Thursday, December 16, at: 08:00-09:30 (Washington, D.C. — Eastern Standard Time) 14:00-15:30 (Brussels — Central European Time) 22:00-23:30 (Tokyo — Japan Standard Time).  In this session, speakers from Bulgaria, Russia, Spain, the […]

  On November 2, 2010, the Unilateral Conduct Working Group held a teleseminar on unilateral conduct in the pharmaceutical industry.  To listen to a recording of the program, click here.  To view the accompanying slide deck, click here. <HR>

Unilateral Conduct in the Pharmaceutical Industry SAVE THE DATE — Tuesday, November 2, 2010 The Unilateral Conduct Working Group will present a teleseminar on unilateral conduct in the pharmaceutical industry. Speakers from the European Commission, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States will discuss whether certain practices are or are not anticompetitive and […]

The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has a unique way of publicizing its involvement in the ICN – press releases. Here are a few recent examples of how FAS has gotten the word out about its ICN involvement: ICN cartel call series on criminalization ICN Steering Group meeting ICN annual conference ICN advocacy teleseminar

  Today, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010 at 8:00-9:30 Washington DC time, 14:00-15:30 Brussels time, the ICN Merger Working Group will host a teleseminar and webinar, TOOLS FOR CHANGE. Participants will present brief case studies on the role the ICN and its resources have played in helping member agencies and their governments enact changes to their […]

  On TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2010 at 8:00-9:30 Washington DC time, 14:00-15:30 Brussels time, the ICN Merger Working Group will host a teleseminar and webinar, TOOLS FOR CHANGE. Participants will present brief case studies on the role the ICN and its resources have played in helping member agencies and their governments enact changes to their merger […]

  Following on the success of the merger remedies program last month, the second ICN teleseminar in our two-part series on remedies will be presented by the Unilateral Conduct Working Group on Thursday, March 11 from 8 to 9.30 EST. Remedies in dominance cases cover a spectrum, from prohibitory remedies designed to stop and prevent […]