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2009 - The Year of China's Anti-Monopoly Law?
Hannah Cheuk-Ling Ha, Gerry O'Brien, July 2, 2009
...In keeping with the current focus in China on the symbolism of the ox, the legal and business community would do well to heed the lesson of the old Chinese proverb: ¿The ox is slow, but the earth is patient.¿ For, while the Chinese authorities cannot be accused of haste in implementing...

An Overview of India's New Competition Act
K. Shiek Pal, July 2, 2009
By the end of 2009, India is expected to finally begin enforcing its 2002 Competition Act (the "Act"), which, while introducing a new paradigm of merger review, will enhance India's prior regulation of cartels, anticompetitive agreements, and abuses of dominant positions.

Employers May Settle California Wage and Hour Claims Directly With Putative Class Members
John Nadolenco, Bronwyn F. Pollock, Jerome M.J.F. Jauffret, July 2, 2009
In a decision that will make it easier for employers to reach an early settlement of putative wage and hour class actions based on California law, on June 10, 2009, the California Supreme Court refused to review an appellate court decision allowing an employer to directly settle California state...