US: Trump’s Nominee For FTC Chief Talks Tough On Antitrust
February 6, 2018
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Joseph Simons, a retired partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, is President Donald Trump’s pick to head
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US: Morgan Lewis lawyer is new San Francisco Magistrate
February 6, 2018
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Thomas Hixson, a Morgan Lewis & Bockius partner focused on antitrust and intellectual property matters, has been tapped to fill
EU: Vestager to review Apple’s takeover of Shazam
February 6, 2018
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According to a press release Tuesday, February 6, EU antitrust regulators will examine iPhone maker Apple’s acquisition of British music discovery
US: US Chamber of Commerce urges 9th Circ to uphold ban on Uber Union law
February 6, 2018
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According to Law360, the US Chamber of Commerce urged a Ninth Circuit panel on Monday, February 5, to find Seattle’s ordinance
EU: Commission clears Discovery’s US$14.6b acquisition of Scripps
February 6, 2018
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European Union authorities have conditionally cleared Discovery Communications’ US$14.6 billion deal for Scripps Networks Interactive. The European Commission has ruled
Antitrust Analysis Involving Intellectual Property and Standards: Implications from Economics
February 6, 2018
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Jorge Padilla (Compass Lexecon), Douglas H. Ginsburg (U.S. Court of Appeals ) & Koren Wong-Ervin (Qualcomm
Abusive Prices in Spanish Competition Law
February 6, 2018
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By Antonio Robles Martín-Laborda (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) The aim of this paper is to determine whether the prohibition
Colombia: Superintendence ratifies sanctions for security cartel
February 6, 2018
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Colombian market regulator, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) ratified the sanctions it had imposed on seven private security
Brazil: CADE approves sale of Itambé to Groupe Lactalis
February 6, 2018
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Brazilian antitrust authority CADE approved on Monday the sale of dairy company Itambé Alimentos SA to French group Lactalis SA.
Spain: CNMC approves merger of major payment systems
February 6, 2018
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Spain’s National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the merger of Servired payment services, Sistema 4B and Euro6000
