August takes us on a broad tour of issues, from controversy in the Amazon-Whole Foods case to explorations on price-maintenance, barriers to entry, and rare instances of Non-Sherman Act motions. Anticipation for the year’s end also starts to build, offering us forward-looking pieces and plenty of lessons to wrap up from the first half of a tumultuous year in global competition…
Resale Price Maintenance in the Digital Age
On 24 July 2018, the European Commission (“Commission”) fined, in four separate decisions, consumer electronics manufacturers Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer for imposing fixed or minimum resale prices on their online retailers…
Günter Bauer, Robert Wagner (Kluwer Competition)
The Amazon / Whole Foods overreaction: Antitrust populism exposed
The gist of these arguments is simple. The Amazon / Whole Foods merger would lead to the exclusion of competitors, with Amazon leveraging its swaths of data and pricing below costs. All of this begs a simple question…
Dirk Auer (Truth on the Market)
European Merger Control: Five Trends To Watch Going Into 2019
As we move into the final months of 2018, there are a number of trends and proposals that look set to have an important bearing on European merger control into 2019 and beyond…
Dave Anderson & Paul Culliford (Knect 365)
Considering a Merger or Acquisition? Avoid these 10 Minefields in your HSR Filing to the Antitrust Agencies
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