Antitrust Enforcement During COVID-19: China’s Response and the Long-Term Implications
By Wei Han & Yajie Gao1
COVID-19 is the first economic disruption to hit China since implementation of the Anti-Monopoly Law of the P.R.C. (“AML”)...
The Progressive Weakening of India’s Competition Law
By Vinod Dhall (Platinum Partners)*
When the Indian Competition Act was enacted in January 2003, few people really understood what it was all about. In...
The Huawei Question: Managing the Competitive Consequences
By Kalyan Dasgupta, Leonard Waverman & Mark Williams1
Introduction
The U.S. government’s recent tightening of sanctions around Huawei may effectively take decisions on Huawei’s participation...
Epic Fail: Why It Is Better to Focus on a Competitive...
The failing firm defense is the fortune cookie of merger analysis: prevalent in merging parties’ advocacy, tantalizingly full of potential, but in...
Failing Firm Analysis and the Current Economic Downturn
This is not the first time, even in recent memory, that large numbers of firms in our economy were suffering from a...
Pandemic, Economic Crisis, and the Failing Firm Defense
The profound economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause the failure of a number of firms and possible...
The Failing Firm Defense in Times of (the COVID-19) Crisis: Is...
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has affected all areas of economic activity and competition law was not spared. Regulators around the world had...
Canadian Merger Review: Assessing Failing Firm Claims in Market Conditions Disrupted...
The disruption of the economy due to COVID-19 is leading some companies to experience financial difficulties and struggle for survival. It is...
The Failing Firm Doctrine During COVID-19: A Perspective from South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to result in a large number of firms facing financial distress. This will likely lead to increased...
Advancing Collaboration in International Cartel Enforcement
By Richard Powers & Leah McCoy (United States Department of Justice)1
When the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s (“Division”) leniency program was first...
