Antitrust/International Law: U.K. Office of Fair Trading Issues Draft Guidelines on Antitrust Investigative Process

On August 20, the United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a proposed guide to its antitrust investigation procedures under the Competition Act 1988 as a consultation paper. The OFT webpage on the paper states that the guide "is intended to give interested parties the opportunity to provide views and comments on the proposed new guidance." The OFT will accept responses to the paper by mail or email until November 12, 2010.