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China Court Dismisses First Anti-monopoly Case. That Figures.

By Dan Harris and Steve Dickinson

Xinhua story out today on how "The No. 1 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on Thursday rejected an anti-monopoly case considered the first of its kind in China." (h/t to Zhongguofalu) The court dismissed the case on "procedural" grounds. It appears the ruling was based on the plaintiffs' having delayed their filing, even though the alleged wrongdoing continues. Though it is very difficult to piece together a Chinese court decision from an English language article in a Chinese newspaper, I am still not surprised by the result. I am not surprised by the result simply because I simply do not believe China's courts are ready for antitrust cases and their response to this will be to dismiss them on whatever grounds they can find. We will hunt down the Chinese language decision on this case and will report back on it if it presents anything new.

Full post as published by China Law Blog on September 07, 2008 (boomark / email).