First “Horizontal” Agreement Civil Case under Anti-Monopoly Law of China

In November 2013, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court, a court of first instance, issued one of China’s first civil rulings on “horizontal” monopoly agreements. Finding in favor of the plaintiff, the court found that the Anti-Monopoly Law of China of 2008 prohibits price fixing, production restriction, boycotting, and other enumerated anti-competitive conduct among competing businesses.