Co-authored by Patrick Harrison and Lara Kaplan, Sidley Austin LLP.
The European Commission (“Commission”) introduced its settlement procedure for cartel cases back in 2008. The main aims? To…
What and when?
The Commission has adopted amendments to a number of its key procedural rules in order to bring them into line with the EU Directive on Damages Actions, which was adopted in 2014 and…
On 30 September 2015, the Act on Control of Certain Investments (the "Act") enters into force. The Act aims to create mechanisms to protect against hostile takeovers of companies operating in key…
Standards lie at the heart of the digital economy – without standards, we would not have smartphones, tablets and other key parts of modern life. Europe’s highest court recently delivered a judgment…
Fordham University School of Law will hold its 42nd Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy on October 1-2, 2015, at Fordham Law School in New York City. There also will be a new…
77th Lunch Talk of the Global Competition Law Center
Monday, September 14, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Competition Enforcement in the Time of Big Data: Myths and Realities
Sophie MOONEN, DG COMP,…
In a press release dated 3 July 2015, Competition Commission of India (CCI) has clarified the scope of amendments made to the Regulations relating to Combinations. The amendments touch upon several…
The Polish Competition Authority, which is the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (the “PCA”), has announced that, starting from 1 September 2015, it will be issuing…
It is never a good sign when an advocate general's opinion warns the European Court of Justice (ECJ) not to be swayed by "ephemeral trends" or the "Zeitgeist" of economic analysis, but instead to…
On 9 July 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") issued an important judgment concerning the basis on which cartel fines by the European Commission should be calculated for…
