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 […]

  Over 100 ICN members and NGAs participated in the Unilateral Conduct Working Group webinar on remedies earlier this month. If you missed it, you can still listen to a recording of the program on the ICN website, here. A copy of the slides accompanying the program are available here, and opening remarks by Howard […]

  Dear ICN community, Welcome to the ICN’s quarterly update. In this message I am pleased to provide brief updates of the ICN activity for the last three months. Annual Conference The Turkish competition authority (TCA) has graciously offered to host the annual conference which will take place in Istanbul on April 27-29, 2010, click […]

  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 […]

  2010 is the Year of the Workshop. ICN is holding a seminar on agency effectiveness for agency heads on July 12 and 13 in London, England. The annual cartel workshop will be held from October 4 – 7 in Yokohama, Japan, and the Unilateral Conduct Working Group will hold a workshop on December 2 […]

The complete set of 13 ICN Recommended Practices on Merger Notification & Review Procedures (RPs) were adopted five years ago. More than half of ICN members with merger control have made or proposed changes that bring their merger regimes into closer conformity with the RPs. The Practices have served as an impetus for legislative and […]

  The ICN is running a two part teleseminar program on remedies in February and March 2010. The first teleseminar, presented by the Merger Working Group on merger remedies, will take place on February 10 from 8am to 9.30am EST and will be presented by the UK Competition Commission and the UK Office of Fair […]

Dear ICN community, Welcome to the ICN’s new quarterly update. At least year’s annual conference, David Lewis said, “One of the real eye-openers in taking over the chair of the ICN was the realization that the ICN is engaged in an extraordinary amount of activity.” I confess to a similar experience, and in response have […]

The Cartel Working Group is planning a series of cartel enforcer discussions on adopting criminal sanctions for hard-core cartel conduct. The topic for the first session is “Drafting Legislation with Criminal Sanctions: Issues to Consider” was held on Nov 10. Stay tuned for further discussions. Subgroup 2 of the working group is undertaking a review […]