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19 Apr 2013

Norton Rose announces six director promotions in South Africa

Leading international legal practice, Norton Rose, is proud to announce the promotion of six South African associates to directorship. New directors Christina Pretorius and Ismail Laher joined the...

27 Mar 2013

Law firm competition department announces co-head

BOWMAN GILFILLAN

Jean Meijer, Head of Competition at pan-African corporate law firm Bowman Gilfillan, has announced that, with effect from 1 April 2013, Derek Lotter will join her as co-head of the competition...

18 Mar 2013

Werksmans e-Learning Tool: Competition Law

Werksmans Attorneys

The Werksmans Competition Law e-Learning Tool is a compliance, testing and management tool around all key areas of competition law. By Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director, and Paul Coetser, Director at...

01 Mar 2013

Competition compliance programme important for companies

Competition Law

The increase in the number and severity of anticompetitive-conduct fines in South Africa is likely to continue this year, especially as more competition authorities become active and effective.

More construction companies come forward on anticompetitive conduct

Competition Law

The Competition Commission of South Africa’s fast-track settlement for firms in the construction sector has resulted in more than 20 companies disclosing information pertaining to bid-rigging and...

13 Feb 2013

Competition law trends 2013

ENS

South African competition law, in its current form, commenced almost 15 years ago. The institutions responsible for regulating competition law have developed a stable and respected regime. ...

25 Jan 2013

Competition Appeal Court prefers narrow interpretation of Competition Tribunal's powers

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

The scope of the competition authorities' powers has been the subject of various decisions of the courts in recent times. In particular, certain of these decisions flow from the fact that the...

26 Oct 2012

SA: Statement by Total, South African petroleum and oil company, on the Competition Commission's diesel price fixing probe (25/10/2012)

STATEMENT

We have a deep commitment to upholding competition laws and as a result we take competition law into account in all our daily dealings with our valued customers. Having just received the...

14 Sep 2012

Competition Commission urged to err on the side of caution

WEBBER WENTZEL

Competition law is evolving, on a policy and academic level, to further support the competition regulatory framework in South Africa. The nature and extent of papers presented at the Sixth Annual...

31 Aug 2012

Dedicated partners tackle postgraduate diploma in European Competition Law

ADAMS & ADAMS

Our competition law experts say that Competition Law, known in the United States as antitrust law, can be defined as law which promotes or maintains market competition by regulating...

11 Jul 2012

Rules of the game continue change as competition law sprouts in Africa

NORTON ROSE

Companies doing business in Africa need to be aware that African countries are increasingly adopting competition law, and that merger control is on the rise. One of the main challenges faced by...

27 Jun 2012

The case of Pioneer and Pannar Seed: What is the purpose of competition law?

ADAMS & ADAMS

In the words of Robert Bork ‘antitrust has vacillated between the policy of preserving competition and the policy of preserving competitors from their more energetic and efficient rivals’....

10 May 2012

Senwes: A victory for the Competition Commission but a potential Pandora’s Box

ADAMS & ADAMS

The spirits at the Competition Commission were certainly high when the Constitutional Court (“the Court”) ruled in favour of the Competition Authorities[1] by holding that Senwes did indeed...

19 Apr 2012

Outcome of a high-level meeting between Competition Commission and the Law Society of South Africa regarding an exemption application decision by the Competition Commission

COMPETITION COMMISSION

The Competition Commission (“Commission”) and council members of the Law Society of South Africa (“LSSA”) met on 2 April 2012 to discuss the implications of the Commission’s refusal to...

02 Mar 2012

Change to merger control considerations has begun

Competition Law

The role of public interest considerations in company mergers has seen a substantial change in the past few years, says Africa’s largest law firm Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs director and...

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