In this issue: For our summer finale, we present an antipasto of three mini symposia. The first includes papers inspired by the recent OECD conference, two on network neutrality and…

Anthony Biagioli, Mark Popofsky, Aug 30, 2011 Over the last decade, the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) vigorous criminal antitrust enforcement-driven by amnesty for the first self-reporting company-has led numerous companies…

David Evans, Aug 30, 2011 There have been a number of calls for the government to regulate internet businesses. The most prominent of these involves “net neutrality” regulation of pricing…

Frank Maier-Rigaud, Aug 30, 2011 Overall, the regulatory and competition issues surrounding the question of internet traffic prioritization are far from solved and the debate is far from being over.…

Caron Beaton-Wells, Brent Fisse, Aug 30, 2011 Regulating information disclosure and exchange by competitors is widely seen as one of the most challenging aspects of competition law. The economic theory…

Norman Neyrinck, Nicolas Petit, Aug 30, 2011 It will have taken policy makers an extra financial crisis to realize that financial markets should not be hostage of the predictions of…

JuriKiran Desai, Manu Mohan, Aug 30, 2011 In the first half of 2011 the European Commission (“Commission”) published three decisions involving State-owned enterprises (“SOE”) that are Chinese. The Commission stated…

Victor Pavon-Villamayor, Aug 30, 2011 On April 7th 2011, the Mexican Competition Commission (“CFC”) imposed a historic fine against TELCEL, the largest mobile operator in Mexico and a subsidiary of…

Svetlana Avdasheva, Andrey Shastitko, Aug 30, 2011 Collusion of market participants is one of the most dangerous forms of restriction of competition, adversely affecting incentives and, as a consequence, allocation…

MAndrey Shastitko, Aug 30, 2011 A new stage in the development of the Russian antitrust policy began in 2006, due to the development and adoption of the package of laws…