While the Competition Act contains prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance, it has no provisions on merger control.

Competition between businesses encourages efficiency, innovation and entrepreneurship, which promotes competitive prices, improvement in the quality of products and services and wider choices for consumers.

In 2012, Malaysia joined over 100 other countries worldwide and became the fifth ASEAN nation (after Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) to establish a competition law regime.

Shi Wen and Karyn examine the developments since the inception of the Competition Act 2010.

This update summarises the key features of the Guidelines, discusses salient changes and implications for business.

Based on evidence gathered, the Commission concluded that the Operators knew each other and were in constant communication with one another.

The Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC") has imposed a financial penalty of RM10,302,475.97 against Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd.

On 26 July 2021, the Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC") issued an infringement decision against 7 warehouse operators in Northport and Westport areas in Port Klang for price fixing conduct.

At the time of writing, the Malaysian government has shut down all government and private businesses except for essential services like food and healthcare until 14 April 2020.

The Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC") has carried out many investigations and enforcements, some of which are of notable importance and should be of interest.

In general, there are two (2) types of prohibited conducts under the Competition Act 2010 ("CA 2010"): (i) anti-competitive agreement; and (ii) abuse of dominant position.

On 2 October 2023, the High Court delivered its full written grounds to quash the proposed decision of Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC") dated 23 September 2019 against Grab Inc. and its subsidiaries...

Previously, we discussed the basics of bid rigging, including the common forms of bid rigging and the consequences it may bring about.

Cooperation between industry players can benefit their collective interests by establishing a more predictable environment.

While many businesses are grappling to stay solvent amidst the economic turbulence plaguing the nation in the aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak

The Malaysia Competition Commission ("MyCC")[1] has embarked on an amendment exercise for the Competition Act 2010. On 25th April 2022, MyCC published its proposed amendments to the Competition Act...

Of late, the war cry against monopolies in Malaysia, led by the newly minted Pakatan Harapan administration in line with their election manifesto, has been resounding.

The Malaysian Competition Act 2010 ("Act") has come into force since 1 January 2012.