Originally broadcast on Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 15:30

The Office of Fair Trading has made significant inroads into punishing cartel activity, by removing the dishonesty requirement and proposing to triple the maximum basic fine. Because the penalties for companies involved with cartels can be incredibly severe, often running into tens of millions of pounds, it is necessary to keep abreast of this area of law.
This fully interactive webinar will provide a detailed update on criminal enforcement and penalties, whilst examining the latest developments and analysing these against the backdrop of essential UK and EU case law.

This webinar covers:
Criminal enforcement and penalties update - cases and trends
- UK - BA case/closure of bale wrap/some of spare parts cases
- DOJ update
- Recently announced OFT approach to penalty calculation
- Removal of the dishonesty requirement - will it make prosecution easier?
Leniency update
- Recently announced OFT approach
- Disclosure issues post Pfleiderer/National Grid
- Leniency plus/cascade cases- automotive parts
Dawn raid update
- Current approaches to evidence gathering in the EU and US
- Fundamental rights challenges
The new generation of cartel cases - “pure” information exchange
- Hub and spoke/triangulation exchanges - lessons from the member states
- Horizontal guidelines and the OFT’s information exchange paper - new approaches?