Naturally, we all want change to be orderly. This is particularly true when something goes wrong and someone official has to come in and sort it out.
Take, for instance, the heat stabilisers cartel…
It is often said, with good statistical records, that opinions of the Advocate Generals are to a large extent endorsed by the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). If so, the opinion recently handed…
We live in a world of network antitrust enforcement, to borrow the expression introduced by H. First a decade ago (here) to refer to the loose arrangements among the federal agencies and/or State…
On February 10, Advocate General (AG) Sharpston issued her Opinion in the KME case (C-272/09 P - here), an appeal brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against a judgment whereby the…
The German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") fined three manufacturers of fire-fighting vehicles on February 10, 2011, imposing € 20.5 million in total. The FCO found that the companies had engaged in…
The fairness of EU competition policy has been frequently challenged in the 2000s. It has been argued that the European Commission discriminates against small market companies in its merger…
At the end of September, the press reported briefly on the understanding reached between Apple and the European Commission. According to these reports, Apple has agreed to ending two alleged…
Over the past two years, while the world witnessed the devastating impact of the financial crisis, experts of all kinds have speculated about the root causes thereof and ways to address them so as to…
Over the past two years, while the world witnessed the devastating impact of the financial crisis, experts of all kinds have speculated about the root causes thereof and ways to address them so as to…
UK competition rules and enforcement infrastructure
When it comes to competition law enforcement, does the UK pursue a different path to its European counterparts? Well, it is British tradition…
