Sentences with phrase «other competition investigations»

Defending clients subject to cartel, abuse of dominance and other competition investigations.

Not exact matches

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

While several other grocery stores are under investigation, Loblaws, along with its parent company George Weston Ltd, will receive immunity from criminal charges for tipping off the Competition Bureau and co-operating with its investigation.

Others question whether the investigation is really motivated by security concerns, or whether it is a veiled effort to protect U.S. companies from foreign competition.

Furthermore, Google is already burdened with many other risks, for instance: (1) increased competition from general purpose search engines and information services (page 7); (2) dependency on remaining competitive and providing value to advertisers (page 7); (3) being subject to increased regulatory scrutiny which may negatively impact business (page 8); (4) being «regularly subject to claims, suits, government investigations, and other proceedings that may result in adverse outcomes» (page 8); (5) «Privacy concerns relating to our technology could damage our reputation and deter current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 12); (6) «Web spam and content farms could decrease our search quality, which could damage our reputation and deter our current and potential users from using our products and services» (page 13); (7) «Internet access providers may be able to restrict, block, degrade, or charge for access to certain of our products and services, which could lead to additional expenses and the loss of users and advertisers» (page 16); (8) «New technologies could block online ads, which would harm our business» (page 16).

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Unlike in other fields, such as Competition law, there is no pan-European regulator to oversee compliance with EU data protection rules in multi-jurisdictional investigations.

He has also represented clients in federal grand jury investigations into alleged cartel activity and other criminal offenses, in premerger reviews before federal and state antitrust authorities, and in proceedings with competition authorities outside the United States.

We also work on cross-border insolvency and restructuring, finance and credit transactions as well as antitrust and competition, litigation, global enforcement and investigations, and other corporate and advisory projects.

This provision must be read in conjunction with Recital 6, which states that «administrative proceedings leading to sanctions such as competition, trade, tax, financial services proceedings and other investigations by administrative authorities in relation to these proceedings, and also civil proceedings are not covered by this Directive.»

Practicing competition law, Ms. Liu Dongping provides specialized services in investigation cases, merger control filing, compliance programs, evaluation of risks arising from business strategy, contract arrangement, JV arrangements, other horizontal and vertical issues, IP and anti-monopoly related issues, civil litigation related issues, remedies as well as solutions to avoid or mitigate such risks, etc. for international and domestic clients.

In both investigations, the bureau concluded the mergers were unlikely to lead to a substantial lessening or prevention of competition for a number of reasons, including the inability to create or increase market power upstream due to an excess demand for hogs and the inability to create or increase market power downstream due to, among other factors, effective remaining competition.

King & Spalding's antitrust lawyers provide sophisticated, solution - oriented advice to clients in a wide variety of industries on all aspects of U.S. and international competition law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic alliances, government civil and criminal investigations, private antitrust litigation and counseling.

Because Keesal, Young & Logan finds that a little «preventive medicine» often averts and / or mitigates potentially troublesome matters resulting in litigation, the firm's attorneys frequently advise clients on a wide variety of employment issues, including hiring and selection procedures, discipline and termination, harassment and discrimination investigations, wage and hour matters, drug testing, polygraph testing, COBRA, occupational safety and health matters, unfair competition, employee indemnification, and many other issues.

EU legal professional privilege has developed in a particular field of EU law, namely EU competition law, in the context of investigations carried out by the competent EU competition law authority, the European Commission (the Commission) into violations of the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union prohibiting anticompetitive agreements and abuse of a dominant position (although, in principle, the privilege could protect communications relating to other proceedings brought by the Commission in which the rights of defence arise).

Recent work includes the defence of a large financial institution in connection with the LIBOR and FX investigations conducted by the Criminal and Antitrust Divisions of the DOJ, the CFTC, the SEC, the FCA and a range of other international criminal, competition and regulatory authorities across Europe.

The result of limiting EU legal professional privilege is such that documents prepared by in - house lawyers that are subject to privilege under local laws (for example, in England and Wales) will not generally be protected vis - à - vis the Commission (or other parties) in the context of a competition investigation.

She advises and represents clients across all aspects of competition regulation, including merger approvals, antitrust investigations, telecoms, other sectoral regulation, review proceedings and damages actions, both at domestic and EU levels.

Our lawyers have represented clients in both civil and criminal antitrust investigations initiated by the Department of Justice, the FTC, the CFTC in the U.S. and DG Comp in the EU, Competition and Markets Authority in the UK and its equivalent in other countries.

I have acted for a wide range of corporate, not - for - profit, association and individual clients in investigations in the competition / antitrust, customs, fraud, professional regulation and white - collar crime areas, among others.

com GLOBAL CARTEL REPORT: ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REMAIN ACTIVE DESPITE NEARLY 50 % DROP IN FINES Produced by the firm's leading antitrust and competition team, the cartel report is a compre - hensive analysis exam - ining the following 2017 trends in antitrust compli - ance programmes and antitrust criminal liability: • A significant uptick in enforcement directed toward domestic cartels and individual criminal prosecutions • Continued scrutiny of the auto parts, financial services, and shipping in - dustries • A prioritization by more countries of anti-cartel enforcement, particular - ly in Asia • The expansion of glob - al authorities» extraterri - torial jurisdiction (Source: Morgan Lewis) Consistent with recent years, global enforce - ment authorities re - mained extremely ac - tive in 2017, opening many new investigations and advancing others, according to Morgan Lewis's latest Global Car - tel Enforcement Report.

The Waterloo Law Association initially responded to the investigation initiated by the Competition Bureau by seeking, among other things, a declaration from the Ontario Superior Court that the Competition Act did not apply to its activities.

The FCA furthermore has the power to refer a market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a detailed «phase 2» market investigation, the outcome of which could include forced divestments or other major interventions.

The FCA Director of Competition stated that she hoped the investigation «sends a signal that we take competition law seriously alongside other regulatory enforcement» and noted that the FCA is «well placed» to detect and take action in relation to breaches of compeCompetition stated that she hoped the investigation «sends a signal that we take competition law seriously alongside other regulatory enforcement» and noted that the FCA is «well placed» to detect and take action in relation to breaches of compecompetition law seriously alongside other regulatory enforcement» and noted that the FCA is «well placed» to detect and take action in relation to breaches of competitioncompetition law.

The Tribunal found patent - related contraventions when NutraSweet artificially extended its patent protection by effectively compelling consumers to continue to buy its non-patented product (by giving large allowances and other incentives)[Canada (Director of Investigation & Research) v. NutraSweet Co. (1990), 32 C.P.R. (3d) 1 at 34 (Competition Trib.)-RSB-.

Global Competition Review Awards 2016 Behavioural matter of the year (Agency)-- Europe (European Commission credit default swaps investigation)-- shared with other law firms