By Atty. Teresita J. Herbosa.
A summary of the proposed Competition Act of 2009

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Drew and Napier LLC
A brief article on the Proposed Infingement Decision (PID) issued by the Competition Commission of Singapore against 14 electrical and building works companies for infringing section 34 of the Competition Act.

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By Luke Woodward, Graeme Edgerton, Tadeusz Gielas and Genevieve Harris
New cartel provisions in the Trade Practices Act took effect in July 2009. The most significant change is the introduction of criminal sanctions for individuals and corporations which gives effect to parallel civil prohibitions and criminal offences for cartel conduct. Significant fines and jail terms are possible under the new provisions.

ACCC investigations will now be supported by the Australian Federal Police with wire tapping and other surveillance powers. As the ACCC has made it clear it will refer all serious cartel conduct to the DPP, it is important for businesses to understand the implications of the changes.

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By Rikrik Rizkiyana, Vovo Iswanto, and Albert Boy Situmorang
The existence of a (or collective) dominance in economic should be carefully assessed and viewed. It is not the status of dominance that endangers the competition and economics as a whole, but the potential or existing conduct of abuse of dominance that could jeopardize the business competition. The article is answering 38 crucial questions regarding the definition of dominance, the assessment, the forms of abuse, and the enforcement of dominance under the Indonesian Competition Law.

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The Institute of Competition Law is a European competition law database, covering the competition laws of 32 jurisdictions. There are various useful resources and publications on this site, including: (a) an e-Competition Bulletin (published weekly); (b) a Mergers Remedies Matrix (covering summaries of merger cases); and (c) The Revue Concurrences (review of European competition law).

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