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Competition & Antitrust: September 2022

This Update discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of July & August, 2022. Some of the recent decisions in the competition space, including findings of collusive conduct by Chennai based Trailer Owner association and investigation into the practices of Bookmyshow for alleged abuse of dominance.

Competition & Antitrust: July 2022

This edition discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of April - June 2022. Some of the recent decisions in the competition space, include findings of bid-rigging in public procurement tenders and abuse of dominance by the Amateur Baseball Federation by preventing other private leagues to be conducted.

Competition & Antitrust: April 2022

The April 2022 edition of Competition Law Update discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of February – March 2022. Some of the recent decisions in the competition space, include findings of abuse of dominance against the National Egg Co-ordination Committee,...

Competition & Antitrust: January 2022

This month’s edition discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of December 2021-January 2022. At the enforcement front, the CCI directed investigations into alleged abuse of dominance by Google and Apple. The CCI recently also cleared several combinations, including the acquisition of mutual fund business of Indiabulls by Nextbillion and a few acquisitions by the HDFC Group in the insurance space, amongst others.

Competition & Antitrust: November 2021

‘’This month’s edition discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of October-November 2021. The newsletter features an article analysing the CCI’s decision relating to cartelization in the beer industry where a staggering penalty of INR 870 crore was imposed.

Competition & Antitrust: September 2021

‘’This month’s edition discusses the various antitrust and merger control decisions from the months of August-September 2021. Some of the recent decisions in the competition space, include the Supreme Court of India dismissing the petitions filed by Amazon and Flipkart and allowing an antitrust probe against them.

Competition & Antitrust: July 2021

This edition of Competition & Antitrust Update discusses the various antitrust decisions from the months of June-July 2021. Some of the recent decisions in the competition space, include initiation of a third in a series of investigations against Google by the CCI.

Competition Law: May 2021

This month’s edition discusses the various antitrust decisions from the months of April-May 2021.

Competition Law: March 2021

This month’s edition discusses the various antitrust decisions and merger orders from the months of February-March 2021. Some of the recent CCI decisions discussed in this issue include, investigation into WhatsApp’s updated Privacy Policy, a first of its kind interim order directing Makemytrip to re-list Treebo and FabHotels on its platform and a decision to not investigate the corrugated box manufacturer’s association for allegations of cartelization.

Competition Law: January 2021

In this edition, we analyse the regulatory and policy measures proposed by various antitrust jurisdictions such as the United States, European Union, United Kingdom and of course India for the regulation of digital markets.

Competition Law: October 2020

In this edition, we discuss the evolution of competition law with respect to the e-commerce sector and detail the challenges likely to emerge and steps taken in order to address them. We have also reviewed recent competition law decisions regarding allegations of unilateral conduct against Ashiana Housing, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Hexagon India & Yamaha as well as anti-competitive conduct by Amazon.

Competition Law: August 2020

In this edition, the Competition Law team discusses the new approach adopted by the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) in dealing with cartels in two recent orders - despite finding the parties to be engaged in bid-rigging and cartelisation, the CCI refrained from imposing penalties.

Competition Law: June 2020

The June 2020 edition of Competition Law Update discusses the regulatory tussle between the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Controller of Patents in the recent case of Monsanto Holdings.

Competition Law: April 2020

In this edition, we discuss the competition law implications that companies need to be conscious of as they make their post-lockdown strategic business decisions. Next, we examine the jurisprudence and emergent trend of competition law judgments at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT).

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