Antitrust is definitely heating up, even if the economy isn’t. This issue brings us current on a global scale by first looking at merger activity in the United States, England,…

Nisha Kaur Uberoi, R. Shyam Khemani, Cyril Shroff, Oct 15, 2012 Although India enacted the Competition Act in 2002 (“Act”), various legal challenges delayed its implementation and the Competition Commission…

Daniel Hemli, Jacqueline Java, Oct 15, 2012 While the recovery in mergers and acquisitions activity following the global financial crisis so far has been tepid at best, antitrust merger enforcement…

Richard Blewett, Oct 15, 2012 The use of survey evidence in retail merger reviews has been a feature of U.K. merger control for several years, particularly at first phase. What…

Robert Lande, Jonathan Rubin, Oct 16, 2012 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) is rumored to be deciding whether to bring a “pure Section 5” case against Google as a result…

Caron Beaton-Wells, Christine Parker, Oct 15, 2012 Close scrutiny and tough sanctioning of cartel conduct (involving price-fixing, market sharing, output reduction, or bid-rigging by competing businesses) have been a focus…

Daniela Ampollini, Oct 15, 2012 In my article, Looking for Sense in the Italian Antitrust Authority Decision in the Pfizer Xalatan Case, which appeared in the July (2) issue of…

Larry Downes, Geoffrey Manne, Oct 15, 2012 Some of the most significant transactions singled out recently for intensive federal review involve the communications industry. These include the merger of Comcast…