India: Flipkart, Snapdeal move a step closer to merger
May 23, 2017
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The impending merger between the two large Indian e-commerce players – Flipkart and Snapdeal appears to be heading towards closure
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US: Bioverativ to acquire True North for up to $825M
May 23, 2017
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Bioverativ has struck a deal to buy True North Therapeutics. The deal will see the Biogen spinout pay $400 million
Price Discrimination as a Violation of the Sherman Act
May 23, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Price Discrimination as a Violation of the Sherman Act By Ramsi Woodcock (Georgia State
Penalizing on the Basis of the Severity of the Offence: A Sophisticated Revenue-Based Cartel Penalty
May 22, 2017
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Posted by Social Science Research Network Penalizing on the Basis of the Severity of the Offence: A Sophisticated Revenue-Based Cartel
EU: Sullivan & Cromwell to open Brussels office with antitrust hire
May 22, 2017
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Sullivan & Cromwell, the US corporate law firm, has poached a senior European competition lawyer to open its first new
EU: Google antitrust cases in near end
May 22, 2017
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EU antitrust regulators will rule in the “next few months” whether Alphabet’s Google abused its dominance of internet searches and
US: NFL bid to block Cheerleaders’ antitrust case considered
May 22, 2017
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This week Judge William Alsup of the US District Court for the Northern District of California took under advisement arguments
UK: CMA opens inquiry into $12bn Standard Life merger
May 22, 2017
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Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an inquiry into the £11bn ($14Bn USD) merger between Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management.
EU: Deutsche Börse’s boss seeks deal to end LSE merger investigation
May 22, 2017
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Deutsche Börse chief Carsten Kengeter’s lawyers are thrashing out a possible deal with prosecutors to ditch a London Stock Exchange-linked
EU: Antitrust watchdogs to scrutinize syndicated loans
May 22, 2017
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European Union antitrust regulators are to put major financial services firms under the microscope by examining the impact of syndicated
