Implementing Effective Leniency Programs -- CWG webinar 26 January
Please join us to the first webinar of the Cartel Working Group on “Implementing Effective Leniency Programs: Lessons Learnt and Challenges Ahead” which will take place on 26 January 2022 (Wednesday) at – 2:00 pm CET – Europe Time.
Moderator:
– Mr Pedro Callol – Partner, Callol, Coca & Asociados , Spain
Speakers:
– Mr Juan David Gutiérrez- Professor, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
– Mr David Fernández – Advisor of the Direction of Investigation and Promotion of Defense of Competition, INDECOPI, Peru
– Ms Armine Hakobyan – Deputy Director of the Department of Competition and Public Procurement Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission
– Mr Nick Wilkins- Principal Adviser Criminalization, Cartel Investigations Team, New Zealand Commerce Commission, New Zealand
– Mr David Anderson – Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Belgium
With the increased enforcement efforts against cartels, many ICN member agencies have adopted leniency programs over the years. “Leniency programs” are an important instrument in the fight against cartels since competition agencies can more easily uncover and sanction cartel participants by protecting the first applicant immune from punishment or by giving other applicants reduced sanctions. Information or evidence can be obtained “first-hand” and faster by competition agencies. They also form a deterrence mechanism for those who plan to be a part of cartel arrangements.
On the other hand, there are also some challenges that might prevent effective and efficient leniency programs such as private enforcement and regulatory interventions. Furthermore, the globalization of business and the consequent rise in the number of cartels with international scope together poses new difficulties and challenges in the investigation, in light of the proliferation of leniency systems among competition authorities, highlighting the importance of increased co-operation on both procedural and substantive issues.
The ICN CWG has addressed these issues in many of its work products, including Guidance on Enhancing Cross-Border Leniency Cooperation (2020) http://internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CWG-Leniency-Coordination-Guidance.pdf and Report on Good Practices for Incentivising Leniency Applications (2019) http://internationalcompetitionnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CWG-Good-practices-for-incentivising-leniency.pdf
For more information about this seminar, please contact the organiser at: [email protected]
Intersection of Competition, Consumer Protection, & Privacy - September 7
THIRD ICN WEBINAR ON
COMPETITION LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF COMPETITION, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND PRIVACY
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at 8:00 am EDT/ 2:00 pm CEST
Please join us for this ICN Webinar on the ICN Steering Group’s project on competition law enforcement at the intersection of competition, consumer protection, and privacy, and more specifically, on its issues identification paper.
The webinar – which will take place on Tuesday, September 7 at 8:00am EDT/ 2:00pm CEST – is the third of four series for ICN members and Non-Governmental Advisors to hear from academia, privacy forum, private practitioners. The relationship between competition and consumer laws and policies has been topical for a decade or more and, if anything, has become more complex. The webinar will explore how the competition/consumer/privacy intersection should be navigated through an examination of the varied ways in which the different regimes may in practice interact with one another.
Moderator:
John Fingleton, Fingleton
Speakers:
Andrea Minuto Rizzo, Italian Competition Authority (AGCM)
Morag Bond, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Eliana Garces, Facebook
Emily Hart, Motion Mobs
For more information about the call, please email the co-chairs of the intersection project.
ICN Town Hall for Younger Agencies - June 22
Join us for a
ICN Town Hall
Younger Agencies in the Third Decade of the ICN
(For competition agencies only)
Tuesday June 22, 2021 08:00 EDT (Washington D.C.) / 14:00 CEST (Bonn)
Moderator: Alejandra Palacios, ICN Vice-Chair for Younger Agencies and Regional Diversity and Chairwoman of the Mexican Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE)
Opening Panel: Gabriel Vásquez, Superintendence for the Control of Market Power, Ecuador • Alessandra Tonazzi, Italian Competition Authority, Italy • Ninette Mwarania, Competition Authority of Kenya, Kenya
Join us for a Town Hall discussion on the role of younger agencies in light of ICN’s third decade of existence. This session will focus on three topics: implementation of ICN work products, leadership and overall benefits of active ICN participation.
For more information about the call, please email the organizers at: [email protected]
Assessing Crisis Cartels at times of Covid 19 -- CWG webinar materials
Webinar Materials: Assessing Crisis Cartels at times of Covid 19
In May 2021, the Cartel Working Group organized a webinar on crisis cartels and the COVID-19 pandemic. The materials from the call are available.
Compliance in Cartels -- CWG webinar materials
Webinar Materials: Compliance in Cartel Cases
In April 2021, the Cartel Working Group organized a webinar on compliance and cartels. The materials from the call are available.
Compliance in Cartel Cases - April 7
The Cartel Working Group
Presents a Webinar on:
Compliance in Cartel Cases
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
8 am New York/ 2pm Brussels
An earlier CWG webinar on ‘Compliance in Cartel Cases’ received great interest from the member agencies and NGAs. Therefore, the ICN Cartel Working Group aims to discuss this topic more in detail in this webinar.
Moderator:
Mr. Diogo Thomson, Deputy Superintendent, Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE), Brazil
Panelists:
Ms. Alessandra Tonazzi, Director of the EU & International Affairs, Italian Competition Authority (AGCM), Italy
Mr. Joseph Walser, Deputy Director, Criminal Enforcement Division Irish Competition Authority, Ireland
Ms. Paula Yanguas, Senior case handler, Spanish Competition Authority, Spain
Mr. Hideyuki Shimozu, Senior Investigator for International Cartel, Japanese Competition Authority (JFTC), Japan
Mr. Eyitayo St. Matthew Daniel, Assistant Chief, New York Field Office, DOJ Antitrust Division, USA
Ms. Charlotte Ho, Head (Investigations I), Competition Commission Hong Kong (HKCC), Hong Kong
Mr. Subrata Bhattacharjee, Partner, BLG, Canada
Ms. Christina Hummer, Attorney at Law / Partner, SCWP Schindhelm, Austria
For more information about the call, please email the CWG organizers at: [email protected]
Contact CWG Working Group Co-Chairs:
- Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS)
- French Autorité de la Concurrence
- Italian Competition Authority AGCM
AWG Webinar on Effective Competition Advocacy Initiatives - March 29
ICN AWG Webinar on “Effective competition advocacy initiatives: re-thinking the ICN Advocacy Toolkit”
Monday, March 29th, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. (Colombia time)
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. (Washington time)
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. (Norway time)
8:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time)
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. (Melbourne time)
Join here: https://bit.ly/3tREgsx
Documentation: ICN Advocacy Toolkit Part I
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The ICN Advocacy Working Group is currently reviewing the components/steps for effective advocacy projects displayed in the ICN Advocacy Toolkit. The purpose of this multi-year project is to ensure these components are relevant and useful for competition agencies’ current operating environment, and also, to refresh the case studies in the Toolkit with recent and diverse experiences from ICN members.
This webinar will help us explore (i) how operating environments have evolved since the toolkit was launched; (ii) what are the most relevant competition policy challenges of our time; (iii) what are the most exemplar advocacy approaches to these challenges; and, finally, (iv) what is next to come for competition authorities.
Moderator:
Mr. Juan Pablo Herrera Saavedra
Deputy Superintendent for Competition Protection, Superintendencia de Industria y
Comercio
Speakers:
Ms. Martha Martínez Licetti
Competition Policy Team Leader for the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice at World Bank Group
Dr. Diana L. Moss
President of the American Antitrust Institute
Ms. Cristiana Vitale
Senior Economist and Competition Policy Expert, Economics Department at OECD
Dr. Wendy Ng
Director of the Competition Law and Economics Network and Associate Director (China) of the Asian Law Centre
Ms. Teresa Moreira
Head of the Competition and Consumer Policies Branch at UNCTAD
AEWG Webinar recording: Economist Perspectives on Market Studies
Webinar Materials: Market Studies, Economist Perspectives
In March 2021, the Agency Effectiveness Working Group organized a webinar on economist perspectives about market studies. The recording (with materials) of the call is available.
Hub and Spoke Cartels -- CWG webinar materials
Webinar Materials: Hub-and-Spoke Cartel Cases
In March 2021, the Cartel Working Group organized a webinar on hub and spoke cartels. The materials from the call are available.
Barriers to Entry in Digital Markets - March 23
Unilateral Conduct WG is organising a webinar on Barriers to Entry in Digital Markets
Tuesday 23 March 2021, at 9:00 EDT/14:00 CET.
Speakers will share their experience on the topic and discuss amongst all the following issues: economies of scale and scope and network effects, ecosystems and vertical integration, data driven advantages, switching costs and behavioural bias.
Moderator: Bradley Callaghan, Associate Deputy Commissioner, Competition Bureau of Canada
Speakers:
Thembalethu Buthelezi, Principal Economist, South Africa Competition Commission
Paulo Casagrande, Partner at Trench, Rossi, Watanabe, Brazil
Valeria Falce, Jean Monnet Professor in EU Innovation Policy, Università Europea di Roma, Italy
Interested agencies and NGAs can contact the UCWG chairs at [email protected] and ask for the dial-in details.