From Microsoft to Google Continued Divergence in Transatlantic Antitrust Settlements?

Jose Gonzalez-Magaz, William Gordon, Mar 28, 2013

Parties seeking dual settlements with the European Commission and the U.S. antitrust agencies are challenged by their differing frameworks. Part of the complexity stems from their separate approaches to competition law enforcement, while other components of the problem relate to their respective settlement processes. Since Microsoft settled its Windows case in the United States in 2001, but was unable to achieve that result with the EC, parties s