Enforcing Anti-Monopoly Law Against Big Tech in China: A Case Study...
By: Lerong Lu & Alice Lingsheng Zhang (Oxford Business Law Blog)
Over the past few years, the Chinese authorities have been increasingly concerned about the...
Antitrust and Sustainability: An Introduction to an Ongoing Debate
By: Julian Nowag (Pro Market)
Beyond Covid-19, the last few decades have been marred by numerous tragedies: freak weather events caused by climate change, biodiversity loss,...
‘How Tech Rolls’: Potential Competition and ‘Reverse’ Killer Acquisitions
By: Cristina Caffarra (OECD On The Level)
Agencies are paying more attention than ever to mergers where there is no loss of immediate competition, but...
Apple App Store’s Commission Rates Study Misses the Mark
By: Damien Geradin (The Platform Law Blog)
On 22 July 2020, i.e. a few days away from the Congressional hearing (which may however be postponed) where...
Political Philosophy, Competition, and Competition Law: The Road to and from...
By: Lazar Radic (Truth on the Market)
The interplay among political philosophy, competition, and competition law remains, with some notable exceptions, understudied in the literature. Indeed,...
Political Philosophy, Competition, And Competition Law: The Road To And From...
By: Lazar Radic (Truth On The Matrket)
As it has before in its history, liberalism again finds itself at an existential crossroads, with liberally oriented...
It’s Official: The Draft Bill GWB10
By Rupprecht Podszun, D'Kart
Today, the German Federal Ministry of Economics officially published the draft bill on the new competition law. For months we have...
South Africa’s Second Price Gouging Case: Dis-Chem Penalised for Excessive Pricing...
By:Michael-James Currie & John Oxenham (African Antitrust)
On 14 July 2020, the South African Competition Tribunal published its written reasons in relation to its decision...
How to deal with Big Tech mergers
Massimo Motta, Martin Peitz; Vox EU
Big Tech companies frequently acquire other firms, many of them start-ups. In a recent prominent report, Furman et al. (2019)...
Merger Control In Times Of Crisis
By: Tobias Pukropski (Antitrust Politics)
International merger control proceedings are a challenge in itself for companies. Potentially facing proceedings in jurisdictions or with regulators in...
