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On October 9, 2014, the Hong Kong Competition Commission and Communications Authority published draft guidelines under the Hong Kong Competition Ordinance.

Today, perhaps more than ever, institutions and corporations operate in an environment where they are required and expected to critically assess their own operations and conduct.

Last week we discussed the value of competition law compliance and left you with the Golden Rules of competition.

Margin squeeze is a form of exclusionary abuse where a (fully or partially) vertically integrated business controlling a key input or facility in the upstream market sells that input to its downstream rivals at substantially less favourable terms, to strengthen its own market power in the downstream market and hamper the ability of downstream rivals to compete effectively.

On 14 September 2016, the Hong Kong Competition Commission (the "Commission") published its first proposed block exemption order (BEO) for certain liner shipping agreements...

Legal Professional Privilege (LPP) protects documents which contain legal advice from disclosure to the Hong Kong Competition Commission (the "Commission") in the event of an investigation.

Being big is not bad, but businesses with substantial market power have a special responsibility not to abuse their position to restrict or eliminate competition.

The Hong Kong government appears set to introduce its long-awaited competition law into the Legislative Council by mid-July 2010, according to newspaper reports.

In the previous episode of this series, Mayer Brown JSM discussed the implications of sharing sensitive employment information with competitors.

Businesses are generally free to decide with whom they will do business.

In the previous episode of this series, Mayer Brown JSM discussed the implication of non-solicitation arrangements with competitors.

Last week we looked at the Cardinal Sin of output limitation. This week we discuss Cardinal Sin No. 3 – market sharing.

In the previous episode of this series, Mayer Brown JSM discussed how a non-solicitation agreement between competitors differs from the typical restrictive covenants in an employment contract.

Hong Kong's Competition Commission yesterday published a draft leniency policy for companies engaged in cartel conduct.

The impending commencement of Hong Kong’s first cross-sector competition law brings to Hong Kong businesses a fresh challenge of managing competition law risk.

The Competition Ordinance introduces two broad prohibitions for companies conducting business in Hong Kong.

It is just over four months since the Competition Ordinance came into force on 14 December 2015.