In Short -
The Situation: China’s antitrust enforcer, State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR"), published draft amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law ("Amendments") for public comment that target the...more
In late June 2022, the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee adopted the First Amendments to China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”). The amendments will take effect on August 1, 2022. Although the First Amendments to...more
In August 2020, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China's State Administration for Market Regulation released four long-awaited sets of anti-monopoly guidelines addressing issues relating to leniency, commitments, the automobile...more
10/26/2020
/ Administrative Authority ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
China ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Monopolization ,
New Regulations ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR)
Over the first decade of China's Antimonopoly Law, we have seen a divergence between the approaches adopted by the Chinese antimonopoly enforcement agencies and the Chinese courts towards agreements that restrain trade; what...more
In Short - The Situation: In early September, three local Chinese chemical manufacturers received penalty notices from China's National Development and Reform Commission ("NDRC") for attending an association conference,...more
10/5/2017
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Cartels ,
China ,
Collusion ,
Competition Authorities ,
Manufacturers ,
NDRC ,
New Guidance ,
Price-Fixing ,
Social Media