Today is the second installment of “Web Wednesdays”: each Wednesday we highlight one aspect of competition agencies’ websites, showcasing how members address a particular issue as well as relevant ICN work product on the topic. ICN’s Anti-Cartel Enforcement Manual chapter on Cartel Case Initiation notes that “to encourage disclosure of cartel activities, agencies widely […]

  From time to time, the ICN blog gets questions, and hopefully, provides some answers – but the questions are nowhere near the level of requests that competition agencies get for explanation of their policies and procedures. Today’s links are devoted to a specific kind of online tool agencies use to address basic, routine questions: […]

  For those of you who can’t get enough of antitrust blogs, we did a quick review of other competition policy related blogs, and below are the results. We welcome additions, please send to: icn@ftc.gov.    English Language Antitrust and Competition Policy Blog, Daniel Sokol, University of Florida Antitrust Review, Hanno Kaiser, David Fischer and Manfred Gabriel Chillin’ Competition, […]

  Responding to positive feedback on the March 5th posting, today’s posting highlights two additional ‘nominees’ for best use of video or film for antitrust outreach. See Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection new website here. Be sure to view the animated television advertisement on leniency available at the lower right portion of the […]

  This weekend the Academy Awards will be presented in Hollywood. Since the categories do not include a best antitrust film, the ICN Blog would like to draw your attention to some of the good (and entertaining) awareness and outreach work agencies are accomplishing via film and videos. For our first nomination, see the Netherlands Competition […]

  A number of ICN members recently issued guidelines, drafts for comments, or other initiatives. We invite you to share information about activities in your jurisdiction, by sending an e-mail to icn@ftc.gov. Japan: On October 28, 2009, the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) published its Guidelines for Exclusionary Private Monopolization under the Antimonopoly Act. The guidelines set […]

  UNCTAD’s new Competition Policy and Consumer Protection Newsletter, Issue 1 (February 2010) is available here. The newsletter includes information about preparations on the way for the UN Sixth Review Conference, a brief review of UNCTAD’s recent and future activities, and links to papers from the 2009 IGE. Last week the OECD hosted the 9th […]