Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court has clarified the limits of cooperation between competitors in public procurement, ruling that a group of bus companies unlawfully restricted competition by submitting joint offers in public transport tenders in the Turku region.
Dun & Bradstreet has agreed to pay more than $5.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated a prior order issued by the Federal Trade Commission, according to a statement released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Italy’s competition watchdog has opened a broad market investigation into how large-scale grocery retailers shape pricing and value distribution across the agri-food supply chain, as food prices continue to rise faster than inflation and farmers report mounting pressure on margins.
Affiliates of Kaiser Permanente have agreed to pay $556 million to resolve federal allegations that they improperly inflated Medicare Advantage payments by submitting unsupported diagnosis codes, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Malaysia’s competition watchdog has issued a proposed decision against two enterprises over alleged bid-rigging linked to a major highway construction project valued at approximately $61 million (RM285 million).
Amazon plans to appeal an Italian antitrust ruling even after a court sharply reduced a record competition fine imposed on the company, signaling that a closely watched regulatory battle in Europe is far from over.
Spain’s competition watchdog, the CNMC, has fined ICON €1.2 million and barred it from public-sector contracts for five months, concluding that the company ran a long-standing strategy to tightly control prices and commercial conditions in the professional hairdressing products market.