We certainly experienced interesting times in 2013. Before the year fades away in the anticipation of even more excitement to come, we once again present a baker’s dozen of some…

Howard Chang, David Evans, Vanessa Yanhua Zhang, Dec 30, 2013 In one of the most significant antitrust decisions since China implemented the Anti-Monopoly Law in 2008, the Guangdong High People’s…

Rosa Abrantes-Metz, Dec 30, 2013 Credit Rating Agencies were at the center of the recent financial crisis, with some critics going so far as to blame them for the crisis itself.…

Alfonso Lamadrid, Dec 30, 2013 Economic policies have traditionally been characterized or labeled pursuant to the simplistic, and hence popular, summa divisio between right and left. Discussions about the economy in many…

R. Ian McEwin, Dec 30, 2013 All countries in Southeast Asia are hierarchical and authoritarian to some degree, which has implications for competition. All countries are marked by considerable inequalities…

Thomas Dillickrath, David Emanuelson, Dec 30, 2013 The right to seek injunctive relief is one of the bulwarks of U.S. law. The right to petition the government to redress grievances…

Christopher Brown, Scott Campbell, Dec 30, 2013 In April 2012, the U.K. Government launched a consultation on possible reform of the U.K. regime for private redress in respect of breaches…

Roy Hoffinger, Dec 30, 2013 After 30 years practicing antitrust law, 18 as in-house counsel, I think I can say that I have a fairly decent grasp of antitrust law-or…

Andreas Bardong, Dec 30, 2013 The mantra of international merger control has been cooperation, convergence, and comity. Within the European Union, coherence is another widely accepted objective. Taking stock of…

James Langenfeld, Dec 30, 2013 Patent settlement agreements that involve payments from brand-name drug manufacturers to generic drug manufacturers (so called “reverse payments” or “pay for delay”) have been hotly…

Jonathan Kanter, Dec 30, 2013 These days, it is difficult to identify an antitrust issue that is generating more discussion than standard-essential patents. To some, SEPs are to antitrust what Breaking…

Thomas Lambert, Michael Sykuta, Dec 30, 2013 The battle over the proper legal treatment of minimum resale price maintenance continues to rage in the United States. Despite the U.S. Supreme…