Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Marina Lao (Seton Hall) asks 'Neutral' Search as a Basis for Antitrust Action? ABSTRACT: The Federal Trade Commission recently voted unanimously to close its antitrust investigation into Google’s search practices after concluding that the firm’s...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Gonenc Gurkaynak (ELIG), Ayse Guner and Ceren Ozkanl discuss Competition Law Issues in the Human Resources Field. ABSTRACT: Competitor agreement not to solicit or hire each other's employees as well as agreements among competitors to...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Laurent Fresard, University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business, Gerard Hoberg, University of Maryland - Department of Finance and Gordon M. Phillips, University of Southern California describe The Incentives for Vertical Mergers...
Sergio Cámara ha publicado un comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo relativa a las cláusulas-suelo. Aunque solo fuera por lo que aclara, su publicación ha de ser bienvenida. El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea se pasó al afirmar, en su sentencia de 3 de junio de 2010, que el Derecho español ordenaba a los jueces controlar el contenido de las […]
Este trabajo describe detalladamente el caso Madoff y trata de explicar cómo le fue posible mantener el engaño o la “ilusión” de tantos inversores durante tanto tiempo. Cómo los inversores pudieron confiar en Madoff y cómo los mecanismos que, normalmente, impiden estafas semejantes, no lo lograron. Los casos Afinsa y Forum son semejantes al caso Madoff (aunq […]
Hogan LovellsHogan Lovells On April 26, 2013, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (“SAIC“) - one of China’s three antitrust law enforcement bodies - noted on its website that it had held a meeting with certain industry participants to obtain feedback on … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on High tech under scrutiny in China
Hogan LovellsHogan Lovells The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking decisions in the Glencore/Xstrata and Marubeni/Gavilon cases and circulating draft procedural rules for public consultation on merger … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Recent Develo […]
Hogan LovellsHogan Lovells In March 2013, the President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (“OCCP”) published a new draft amendment to the Competition Act. If approved by the Council of Ministers, the draft will be sent to parliament … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Proposed far-reaching changes to Polish competition law […]
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking decisions in the Glencore/Xstrata and Marubeni/Gavilon cases and circulating draft procedural rules for public consultation on merger remedies and … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Recent Developments in Chin […]
Richard Wolfram, Esq.Richard Wolfram, Esq. (Note: In December 2012, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission held a Hearing on the impact of patent assertion entities (PAEs) on innovation and competition and the implications for antitrust enforcement policy. The Agencies … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on A Legal Rationale for Liabi […]
Wolters Kluwer Law & BusinessWolters Kluwer Law & Business FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez and William J. Baer, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department of Justice Antitrust Division, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee on Tuesday. The hearing, entitled “Oversight of … Continue reading →• Leave a commen […]
Guest post by Jeremy Richler May 18, 2013 It seems almost everyone has a cell phone, simply unable to live without one. We rely on our mobile phones not just to communicate with others but to email, surf the net, text, download movies and music, and catch the headlines. But virtually all Canadians, hooked as [...]
May 16, 2013 There used to be a saying that nothing in life is free. In Australia, it seems, there are no free TVs, or at least not that many. In a curious case posted by the Australian ACCC earlier today (or was that yesterday?), it announced that it had settled an allegedly false free [...]
May 14, 2013 In an interesting though not totally unexpected development, the Competition Bureau announced earlier today that it was appealing the Competition Tribunal’s decision in the TREB abuse of dominance case to the Federal Court of Appeal (Commissioner of Competition v. The Toronto Real Estate Board, file no. A-174-13). In dismissing the Bureau’s case […]
Hoy hemos conocido la sentencia del Tribunal General por la que anula en parte la Decisión de la Comisión de 28 de enero de 2009, sobre un cartel en el mercado de las mangueras marinas (para carga de petróleo crudo dulce o procesado y otros productos derivados del petróleo procedentes de instalaciones “offshore” en buques cisterna). En esta Decisión se impus […]
La CNC condena en su resolución del pasado 24 de abril (Expte. SA CAN/0017/11, GUÍAS TURÍSTICOS TENERIFE) a las empresas denunciadas por dos infracciones del artículo 1 de la Ley de Defensa de la Competencia (LDC). En primer lugar, por la fijación de precios y otras condiciones de la prestación de servicios de guía de turismo. Según la resolución de la CNC, […]
La Comisión Europea (CE) acaba de abrir un período de consulta sobre el Proyecto de Reglamento general de exención (RGEC) relativa a las ayudas públicas. Durante este plazo (abierto hasta el 28 de junio) se invita a Instituciones, Administraciones Públicas, ciudadanos, empresas y organizaciones en general a comunicar las observaciones que tengan por convenie […]