…properly applied, “self-regulation” of this type can protect consumers, reduce regulatory burdens for industry members, and enhance an industry’s reputation with government bodies and the public at large. That said,…
…an association that does not itself compete in the market for residential real estate brokerage services, the Bureau’s case did not satisfy any of the above criteria. First, the Bureau…
…must provide to customers. If there is a specific concern in relation to the cost of repairing products that are under warranty, it could choose to fund this itself, rather…
…82 and 86 to 88). It is trite and self-evident that hard-core price-fixing and output limiting cartels restrict competition ‘by object’. As the CJEU itself observes in Cartes Bancaires, the…
…measures in the case of completed mergers. Through these powers, the CMA can prevent or limit the integration of the merged businesses pending completion of the CMA’s merger review. Self-evidently,…
…than the notification system originally contemplated. But it nonetheless and invariably results in an increase in regulation (even if it is primarily self-regulation in the first instance) and potential legal…
…transparency procedure” Under the proposed procedure, the parties will be required to self-assess whether a transaction creates a “competitively significant link”, and if so, submit an information notice to the…
…3(2) of the Regulations are met is one that can only be made by the CCC itself. The CCC has explicitly stated that any unilateral self-assessment by the parties or…
…and efficiency is nowadays overly dependent on the Commission’s self-discipline. The sources of that systemic deficit are essentially three-fold: (i) the reduced voluntariness of commitments resulting from firms’ lack of…
…the digital economy, health care and self-regulated professions all being areas of particular interest to the Bureau). The Bureau is also reviewing advertising restrictions imposed by certain professional associations, and…
