Plus Factors in Price-Fixing Litigation
By: Christopher R. Leslie (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
Antitrust plaintiffs typically rely on circumstantial evidence when pursuing price-fixing claims, because price-fixing conspirators usually conceal their collusion...
All FRANDS On Deck: Asserting Jurisdiction Over Global SEP Disputes in...
By: Zhan Hao, Song Ying, Hannibal El Mohtar & Yang Yuhui (China Law Vision)
Standard-Essential Patents (“SEPs”) are patents which protect technology essential to compatibility with technical industry standards.
To avoid...
The General Court in Case T‑612/17, Google Shopping: the rise of...
By: Pablo Ibañez Colomo (Chilling Competition)
The General Court’s judgment in Google Shopping (available here) is finally out. There is much to unpack, and much that will be...
Compensatory Payments and State Resources
By: Phedon Nicolaides (Lexxion State Aid Blog)
The Court of Justice has stressed repeatedly that any resource over which the state can exercise control becomes a...
The Important Role of Competition Authorities in Promoting Competitive Neutrality
By: Jordi Calvet Bademunt & Sophie Flaherty (OECD On The Level)
“Competitive neutrality” is defined by the OECD as a principle whereby all enterprises are ‘provided a level playing...
How to Make the Market for Real Estate Agents More Competitive
By: Sophia Gilbukh, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham & Michael Sinkinson (ProMarket)
When you go to a used car dealership, you know that the salespeople selling you a...
CCC Draft Guidelines (No. 3/3): Penalties
By: Gina Lodolo (African Antitrust)
In this article in a three-piece series, we discuss the Determination of Administrative Penalties Guidelines draft, which has been published (in addition to...
Antitrust M&A Snapshot Q3 2021
By: Noah Feldman Greene, Max Küttner, Jon B. Dubrow, Joel R. Grosberg, Lisa P. Rumin & David Henry (Antitrust Alert)
In the United States, the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) challenge...
The Real Monopoly is In The Boardroom
By: Ramsi Woodcock (The FinReg Blog)
We have always thought of the problem of monopoly as a problem of size or of markets. We say that...
Biden’s Antitrust Squeeze May Grease the Wheels for TV Deals
By Cynthia Littleton, Variety
The Biden administration made a statement earlier this month when the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the $2.1...
