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Pierre Vallée

Quebec Department of Justice (Quebec City)

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Pierre Vallée is a lawyer with the Quebec Executive Council and the Department of Justice. Prior to joining the Quebec government, he worked in private practice and as a consultant for various organizations. He obtained a LL.B. from University Laval in Quebec City (Canada), and holds an LL.M. from the University College London (University of London, 2007). He also studied public administration at L’École nationale d’administration publique.

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Pierre Vallée The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds the OFT decision rejecting a complaint of alleged abusive practices by local publishers (Brannigan)

26 July 2007 6261

A. Introduction In Terry Brannigan v. Office of Fair Trading, the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) does not apply European competition law. However in this decision the CAT deals with several interesting legal issues for any European competition lawyer, especially those involved in the (...)

Pierre Vallée The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal upholds a finding of bid rigging and declines to modify an allegedly unfair penalty in the biggest British cartel investigation ever (Makers UK)

22 February 2007 4188

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been conducting, over the last two years, the biggest UK cartel investigation ever. The investigation relates to bid rigging practices in the UK construction industry. More than 50 companies have been raided, and 37 have applied for leniency. Recently, in (...)

Pierre Vallée The UK Ofgem rejects alleged abusive data withdrawal in the electricity market (EDF Energy)

24 January 2007 5030

This is a decision of the UK Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (the Authority) rejecting allegations of abuse of dominance following EDF Energy’s (EDF) decision to cease offering data retrieval (DR), data processing (DP) and data aggregation services (DA) (data services) to competitors. The (...)

Pierre Vallée The UK Office of Rail Regulation imposes a £4,1M penalty to the largest rail freight operator for abusive discriminatory practices (English Welsh / Scottish Railway)

17 November 2006 4058

In 2001 and 2002, various complaints were filed with the UK Director of Fair Trading (DFT), in respect of alleged anti-competitive conduct by the English Welsh and Scottish Railway Limited (EWS). EWS is the largest rail freight operator in Great Britain. Its principal activities are bulk (...)