The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has certified a class action claim seeking compensation from the EU power cables cartelists but it warned concerns over damages distribution could force the tribunal to revoke approval.
Local competition lawyers have condemned the proposed introduction of structural presumptions into Canadian merger reviews as excessive and a “huge step back” for the country’s antitrust regime.
Apple may be a $2.6 trillion company, but it seems to have remembered what it was like to be the underdog. Yesterday the tech giant walked back on a controversial new fee for app developers – a boost for so-called “dreamer” upstarts hoping to create the next big thing. Also in The Briefing, the UK’s competition watchdog raises concerns over Pennon’s buy of Sutton and East Surrey Water and Compass Lexecon expands in Lisbon.
The sweeping benefits Vodafone and Three claim their joint venture will bring to the UK’s telecommunications sector are likely highly uncertain, the Competition and Markets Authority’s inquiry group has warned.
AB InBev’s vertical agreements are under investigation in Belgium, following an abuse of dominance complaint by independent drinks distributors.
Mastercard’s claim that foreign laws should govern a small percentage of transactions targeted as part of a multibillion-pound damages action against the company is wrong and would inconvenience the UK’s Competition Appeal …
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Microsoft’s Bing search engine failings cannot be pinned on Google’s alleged foreclosure, Judge Amit Mehta has said.
Doormaker Jeld-Wen has urged a Virginia federal court to reconsider its unprecedented ruling requiring it to unwind its purchase of Craftmaster in 2012.
The Australian government has said it will dedicate additional resources to scrutinise foreign investments in sensitive sectors more efficiently and attempt to complete 50% of all reviews within 30 days.
Reports that the German government is considering “watering down” potential changes to the country’s foreign investment screening regime may be exaggerated, local experts have said.
Alexis Pirchio rejoined Argentina’s National Commission for Competition Defence last month as head of the agency after five years working in the private sector. He spoke to GCR about recent setbacks to …
Étienne Chantrel stepped down as head of the mergers unit at France’s Competition Authority last Monday. He spoke to GCR about recent Article 22 referrals, political interference, policing minority shareholdings and the …
Cani Fernández is more than halfway into her tenure as president of Spain’s National Commission for Markets and Competition. She spoke to GCR about prioritising probes into Google and Booking.com, investing in …
Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol appointed Han Ki-jeong to lead the country's Fair Trade Commission last year. The KFTC head spoke to GCR about the agency’s bid to tackle anticompetitive practices from Big …
A change in focus from ‘wide’ to ‘narrow’ in most favoured nation clauses is under scrutiny in Europe …
A key strategic consideration for SEP litigation in Canada is to understand how the key principles of the …
Recently released objection reports on critical mergers across industries such as entertainment, food and beverage and cosmetics highlight …
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