In this edition of the Antitrust Newsletter, we examine the key decisions and activities carried out by the Brazilian Competition Agency (CADE) from July to September 2024.
For merger reviews, we highlight the following trends: (i) increase in the number of ruled cases; (ii) continued enforcement against non-notified transactions, and (iii) concern over transactions conducted by major tech companies.
For conducts and investigations, the main highlights include: (i) new proceedings initiated from leniency agreements; (ii) strong scrutiny against price-fixing proposed by unions, and (iii) rejection of a settlement proposal in the investigation concerning exchange of information on salaries and benefits.
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