Chapter on Digital Evidence Gathering

In today’s world of advancing technologies, more and more information is being generated, stored and distributed by electronic means. This requires many competition agencies to increase the use of digital evidence gathering as a frequent or standard tool in their...

The Role of Economists and Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis

This work product updates Chapter 4, of the ICN Investigative Techniques Handbook for Merger Review (the Handbook), “The Role of Economics and Economic Evidence in Merger Analysis”. The Handbook was presented by the Merger Working Group (MWG) at the 2005 ICN Annual...

UNILATERAL CONDUCT WORKBOOK CHAPTER 5: EXCLUSIVE DEALING

The term ―exclusive dealing is generally used to describe an arrangement through which an upstream seller‘s goods are sold to a distributor or retailer under the condition that the distributor or retailer does not sell similar competing products. The term exclusive...

Chapter on International Cooperation and Information Sharing

This chapter is intended to be a reference for competition agencies that are undertaking international cooperation or information sharing in the course of anti-cartel investigations, and is not intended to be a comprehensive guide. The ICN Anti-Cartel Enforcement...