Tag: Antitrust
Anthem To Pay $594M Antitrust Settlement
Anthem is paying a substantial portion of Blues plans' tentative antitrust settlement, which is estimated to be nearly US$3 billion, reported fiercehealthcare.com.
Anthem has penciled...
Chile Goes After Walmart Over Allegations It Abused Market Dominance
An association of Chilean food suppliers has sued the local unit of US retail giant Walmart, alleging that the store owner abused its dominant...
The Three Body Problem – Extraterritoriality, Comity and Cooperation in Competition...
By Pedro Caro de Sousa (OECD)
The three body problem in physics concerns the challenge of accurately calculating the interaction of three different bodies (e.g....
Antitrust, Intellectual Property, and Dynamic Efficiency: An Essay in Honor of...
By Thomas F. Cotter (University of Minnesota)
This essay argues that, while intellectual property (IP) and antitrust often operate as complementary bodies of law, in...
Apple Is Creating A Google Search Alternative Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
Apple is intensifying long-standing efforts to beat Google at its own game by building its own rival search engine technology, the Financial Times report.
This...
Peeling Apple: Antitrust Standing and Intermediary Defendants
By John E. Lopatka (The Pennsylvania State University)
When market intermediaries unlawfully acquire market power, vertically related market participants may sue under the antitrust laws...
Switzerland’s Antitrust Regulator Fines Ice Hockey Broadcaster
Swisscom has added Liberty Global-owned rival UPC Switzerland’s premium sports service MySports to its TV offering, bringing the country’s popular ice hockey league games...
Meet The Judge Hearing The Google US Antitrust Case
The judge selected to hear the US Justice Department's case against Alphabet's Google, is US District Judge Amit Mehta, who was nominated to the...
State Attorney Generals To Press Own Case Against Google
Several states are moving forward with their own antitrust probe into Google while the Department of Justice (DOJ) gets ready to file a federal...
India Opens Antitrust Probe Against JK Tyre For Bid-Rigging
India's antitrust regulator is investigating JK Tyre after a state government accused the company of bid rigging, and the probe has been expanded to other...