2014 Comments, Reports, & Briefs

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Comments

• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association’s Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on Draft Guidelines Issued By The Hong Kong Competition Commission and Communications Authority Regarding The First Conduct Rule and the Second Conduct Rule Under The Competition
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (December 19, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law and Section of International Law on the Australian Competition Policy Review Issues Paper
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (November 13, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments on Hong Kong Draft Procedural Guidelines under Competition Ordinance
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (November 7, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association’s Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on the European Commission’s Public Consultation: “towards more effective EU merger control.”
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (October 2, 2014)
  
• Comments of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law on the Israel Antitrust Authority's Draft Policy Paper About Public Disclosures That Harm Competition
  Comments • Cover Letter
  (September 16, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property, and International Law to China's Supreme People's Court on its Draft Judicial Interpretation on Certain Issues in the Law Applicable to Patent Infringement Trials (in Chinese and English)
  Comments • Cover Letter
  (August 29, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law in Response to the Mexican Competition Commission's Request for Comments on the Proposed Regulatory Provisions Implementing the Mexican Federal Competition Law
  Comments • Cover Letter
  (August 19, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association’s Sections of Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property Law, and International Law on the Public Comment Draft of the Supreme People’s Court’s Decision on Revising Application of the Law in the Hearing of Patent Dispute Cases
  Comments • Cover Letter
  (August 15, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association’s Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on Attorney-Client Privilege In Response to the Public Consultation Issued By the Cabinet Office of the Government of japan (Japanese and English)
  Comments
  (July 11, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law, Intellectual Property Law, and International Law on the SAIC Draft Rules on the Prohibition of Abuses of Intellectual Property Rights for the Purposes of Eliminating or Restricting Competition (Chinese and English)
  Cover Letter
  (July 9, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on the Australian Competition Policy Review Issues Paper
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (June 27, 2014)
  
• Comments of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law on Proposed Legislation: "Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews through Equal Rules Act Of 2014"
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (June 20, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law On the Canadian Competition Bureau's Draft Enforcement Guidelines for Price Maintenance (Section 76 of the Competition Act) (The Draft Guidelines)
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (June 2, 2014)
  
• Comments of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law on the Competition Bureau of Canada's Draft Updated Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (June 2, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association's Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on the Brazilian Administrative Council of Economic Defense's Public Consultation on Proposed Amendments to the Brazilian Merger Regulation
  Cover Letter • Comments (English, Portuguese)
  (April 17, 2014)
  
• Joint Comments of the American Bar Association’s Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on the German Federal Cartel Office’s Public Consultation on Domestic Effects in Merger Control
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (February 4, 2014)
  
• Comments of the American Bar Association's Section of Antitrust Law to the Fiscalia Nacional Economica (FNE) Of Chile on the Draft Guidelines on Vertical Restraints
  Cover Letter • Comments
  (January 30, 2014)