Tag: Antitrust
Competition Cases Involving Platforms: Lessons from Europe
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Competition Cases Involving Platforms: Lessons from Europe
By Nicolas Petit (University of Liege)
Some academics and public intellectuals who lobby for...
US: Senate Hearing: A Comparative Look at Monopoly and Abuse of...
The US Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 5 entitled: A Comparative Look at...
How horizontal shareholding harms our economy—and why antitrust law can fix...
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How horizontal shareholding harms our economy—and why antitrust law can fix it
By Einer Elhauge (Harvard Law School)
New economic proofs...
US: Eurex to appeal CME antitrust case ruling
According to the Financial Times, international exchange Eurex plans to appeal against the loss of a 15-year old lawsuit it brought against CME Group...
US: More opinions on AT&T-Time Warner merger at Appeals Court
Over the objections of AT&T and Time Warner’s merger, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to permit 27 antitrust scholars to speak...
US: House Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on antitrust
On Tuesday, December 4, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the...
EU: EC opens antitrust investigation of air ticket distributors
European Union regulators have launched an investigation into flight ticket distribution services on concerns that their agreements with airlines might result in more expensive...
US: NCAA Faces Antitrust Suit Over Bowl Game Decertification
The NCAA will face a Hawaii antitrust suit over its decertification of the 2003 Seattle Bowl, the Hawaii Supreme Court decided.
Aloha Sports showed the...
Switzerland: Antitrust academic joins Schellenberg Wittmer
Antitrust academic Peter Picht has joined the competition team at Schellenberg Wittmer in Zurich as Of Counsel.
Peter Georg Picht is a professor of law...
US: Facebook recruits ex-DOJ antitrust pro
Facebook hired Kate Patchen, who headed the Justice Deptartment’s (DOJ) antitrust office in San Francisco, this month as associate general counsel for litigation matters.
Kate...