You are welcome! The conference hosts at the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKIK) and the ICN’s Annual Conference Planning Committee have designed new and innovative aspects for this year’s conference agenda. This update highlights the host’s showcase programs and the “Welcome Track” of optional breakouts. Host Showcase Programs Day 1 of the […]

Conference Countdown: 35 days International Competition Network Calling all Economists:  Register Your Attendance at the ICN Annual Conference The ICN is exploring ways to increase economists’ engagement in the ICN.  Deepening and expanding economists’ participation is thought to enhance the quality of ICN work products and provide further catalyst for convergence. All ICN members are […]

The Competition Bureau of Canada recently launched a revamped website AND a Twitter account. The Bureau can be followed at @CompBureau.

The Swedish Market Court (the Court) has annulled on 18 December 2012 the Swedish Competition Authority’s (SCA) interim order prohibiting the Swedish ice hockey league association, Svenska Hockeyligan AB (Hockeyligan), from boycotting players from North America’s National Hockey League (NHL). The Court considered that Hockeyligan’s decision to prohibit its member clubs from entering into short-term […]

On 20 December 2012, the Swedish Market Court (the court) adopted a decision stating that the Swedish Automobile Sports Federation (the Federation) cannot apply its loyalty rules in the future. In May 2011, the SCA issued a decision ordering the Federation to change its loyalty rules. The rules contained a total ban on participating in […]

  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. […]