February 2019 CPI Europe Column edited by Anna Tzanaki (Competition Policy International) & Juan Delgado (Global Economics Group) presents: The scope of the Standstill Obligation in the EU Merger Control Regulation By Bo Vesterdorf, Gitte Holtsø, & Anne-Marie Rosman Nielsen (Plesner Law Firm)1 Click here for a PDF version of the article In a ruling of May 31 […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Regulatory Sandbox and Competition of Financial Technologies in Taiwan By Andy C. M. Chen (Chung Yuan Christian University)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. Financial technology, or “FinTech” for short, has become the buzzword for today’s digital economy. The rapid advancements […]
January 2019 Why the Consumer Welfare Standard Remains the Best Guide for Promoting Competition By Joe Kennedy (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation)1 Click here for a PDF version of the article Introduction The central goal of antitrust policy should be to maintain competitive markets so that companies feel continued pressure to improve quality, lower […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: CCI’S Guidance on Calculation of Turnover By Nandish Vyas and Geet Sawhney (Veritas Legal, India)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) recently amended its FAQ’s on combination (Amended Combination FAQs), published on its website,2 in […]
December 2018 FTC Hearing #8: Common Ownership By Noah Pinegar (Paul Hastings)1 Click here for a PDF version of the article The eighth of the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, held at New York University School of Law on December 6, 2018, focused on common ownership. Common ownership […]
Posted by Social Science Research Network The Omega Man or The Isolation of U.S. Antitrust Law By Spencer Weber Waller (Loyola University of Chicago) There is a classic science fiction novel and film that present a metaphor for the isolation of United States antitrust law in the current global context. Richard Mathiesson’s 1954 classic […]
November 2018 The Consumer Welfare Debate Comes to the FTC Hearings: Who’s on the Right Side of History? By Joseph V. Coniglio (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)1 Click here for a PDF version of the article Introduction One of the greatest virtues of a consumer welfare standard is the ability to distinguish harm to […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Overview of Intellectual Property Policy and Law of Korea in 2017 AHN, Hyo Jil (Korea University)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. I. OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION AND POLICY IN 2017 (1) In the field of industrial property rights, the most significant […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Overview of Competition Policy and Law of Korea in 2017 By LEE Hwang (Korea University School of Law)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. I. OVERVIEW The 19th presidential election held on May 9, 2017, caused tremendous change to Korean society […]
CPI Asia Column edited by Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (Global Economics Group) present: Overview of Competition Policy and Law of China in 2017 By MENG Yanbei (Renmin University of China)1 Click here for a pdf version of this article. Competition policy is an important policy system to promote the prosperity and development of market economy. It plays […]