In this issue: We welcome Spring with two collections. The first, sponsored by Senior Editor Kyriakos Fountoukakos, focuses on comments by inspired by DG Comp’s Draft Paper on Best Practices…

Marcus Glader, Apr 19, 2010 DG Competition has recently published three draft guidance papers setting out best practices for antitrust proceedings. The aim is to enhance transparency and predictability in…

Nikolaos Peristerakis, Ingrid Vandenborre, Apr 19, 2010 On March 3, 2010, the European Commission (the “Commission”) completed the public consultation of two “Best Practices” documents on the conduct of antitrust…

Maureen Ohlhausen, Apr 19, 2010 The Federal Trade Commission’s controversial complaint against Intel Corporation contains much that will keep antitrust experts busy litigating, writing law review articles, and conducting conferences…

Bo Vesterdorf, Apr 16, 2010 In this comment, I shall, however, not discuss the above mentioned issues in any more detail but shall deal with another issue which is an…

Malcolm Coate, Joseph Simons, Apr 16, 2010 In our paper Critical Loss vs. Diversion Analysis: Clearing up the Confusion, we tried to bridge the gap between the merger analysts that…

Assaf Eilat, Jith Jayaratne, Janusz Ordover, & Greg Shaffer, Apr 19, 2010 The academic literature on loyalty discounts and exclusive dealing demonstrates that the welfare effects of these practices are…

Laura Atlee, Yves Botteman, Apr 16, 2010 We have previously  discussed the Akzo Nobel case,  in which the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”)  clarified the presumption of joint and several…