Indian sectoral regulators were vested with competition-related powers on account of an economic wisdom which favoured regulation, which has started to lose its relevance since the development of the…
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal includes the following contributions:
Martin Gassler, Non-Controlling Minority Shareholdings and EU Merger Control
Acquisitions…
On May 14, 2018, the German and Austrian competition authorities have published joint draft guidelines on the new transaction value merger thresholds, including an English translation (see here).…
Important new developments are reported in the first case under Hong Kong's cross-sector antitrust statute, the Competition Ordinance ("Ordinance"), in effect since December 2015. The hearing for the…
The Government has given its strongest indication yet that a domestic State aid regulatory regime, substantively similar to the EU State aid regime which applies today, will be in place at the end of…
Whistleblowers who expose breaches of European Union law will be afforded greater protection from retaliation by companies and public authorities under a draft law proposed by the European Commission…
In April 2018, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (the "CMA") announced that two individuals would be disqualified from acting as directors for 3 and 3.5 years as a result of a company's…
The Senate has approved with minor amendments the Antitrust Bill (the “Bill”) that had been approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate introduced minor amendments to a few articles of the Bill,…
On 19 April 2018, the Court of Justice (CJEU) issued an important ruling in the MEO case on the interpretation of Article 102(c) TFEU.[1] Article 102 prohibits, as incompatible with the EU’s internal…
After initiating sector inquiries on the banking and energy markets in the country the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition (the Commission) will investigate one more sector following a…
