Month: June 2014

Invitation for Applications for Vacant “Member” Posts.

 

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The C.C.I. has invited Applications for filling up of the two vacant “Member” positions in the Commission. How meritorious the selection will be remains to be seen, as such positions are often prone to bureaucratic and judicial lobbying. Nevertheless, one must learn to retain faith in the system, for if we can’t, then we might as well live in Hobbes’ anarchic world where are lives would be “Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish and Short.” [Have just finished “Law’s Empire” by Ronald Dworkin (finally, if I might add !!), which coupled with the Gopal Subramanium Fracas has put me in a sadly philosophical mood.]

Last date for Submitting Applications is 24th July, 2014.

 

Further details can be found here.

Antitrust Programme for Young Professionals 2014

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The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (I.I.C.A.), in partnership with the Competition Commission of India (C.C.I.), is pleased to invite applicants for the 2014 first edition of the “Antitrust Programme for Young Professionals 2014”. This Programme is a five-day signature practice oriented workshop and envisaged to be an annual event. It brings together a selected gathering of young lawyers, professionals and researchers drawn from prestigious Universities.
The Summer School provides the unique opportunity for professionals to interact with globally reputed faculty and experts from competition law (including academics, practitioners, in-house counsels, foreign competition law experts) through a combination of coursework that extensively covers lectures, discussions, skill oriented sessions and innovative learning processes like mock trial session, case studies, quiz, movies and peer-group activities.

The I.I.C.A. as part of the programme, is also organising an Antitrust Writing Contest. details for both of them can be found below.

 

 

Details

Registration Form.

Tentative Programme.

Is The Noose Tightening ??

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Is the C.C.I. noose slowly tightening around Google ?? It sure does seem that way. The C.C.I. recently admitted another case against Google, and will probably club the Information with the ongoing investigation in the BharatMatrimony Case and the C.U.T.S Information Case. Speaking of BharatMatrimony and C.U.T.S., Google’s woes have risen with it being fined one crore for non-cooperation in the ongoing D.G. investigation.

 

So why is it facing so much difficulty in India ?? Probably because it may not be innocent after all. Not to express opinion on the merits of the case, but it is a fact that Google hasn’t exactly won any of the competition law cases filed against it across the world. Both the E.U. investigation and F.T.C. investigations were closed with settlements, which one can’t exactly count as a victory. All Google did was make certain commitments to the two bodies and consequently changed their programming to suit the settlement. It can’t do that in India, there being no provision for settlement/compromise of cases in the Competition Act, 2002. In fact, Google has lost a case against it’s Adwords programme in Australia, which has probably bolstered the hopes of those who feel discriminated by Google Adwords.

 

People may believe that I am against Google, considering how much I write about it (and according to many, against it). Rest assured, one could not be farther from the truth. In fact, I am one of Google’s biggest fans, but more on this later in another post which I have planned.