Tag: COVID-19
Senators Ask FTC To Open Antitrust Probe Into Meatpacking Amid COVID-19
US Senators Josh Hawley and Tammy Baldwin are urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to open an antitrust investigation into the meatpacking and processing...
UK Probes Concerns About Cancellation Policies During COVID-19
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a program of work to investigate reports of businesses failing to respect cancellation rights during the...
Some Musings On Covid-19 Academia & Beyond
Albert Sánchez-Graells (How to Crack a Nut)
Like every other sector, higher education is suffering the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are still waiting to...
Coronavirus and the EU State Aid Framework
Tom Coates (Blackstone Chambers)
The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in an era of government spending on a scale not seen since the financial crisis. The...
SSNIPPETS (38): Phase II
Rupprecht Podszun (D'Kart)
In the antitrust community, the term “Phase II” has so far triggered thoughts about merger control: This is where Phase II is...
The Danger of No Antitrust Enforcement: How a Merger Led to...
Matt Stoller (ProMarket)
The New York Times had an important story about the ventilator market a few days ago, with Nicholas Kulish, Sarah Kliff, and Jessica Silver-Greenberg reporting...
South Africa Competition Tribunal: Regulations Published to Expedite COVID-19 Excessive and...
Jemma Muller, Gina Lodolo, Editor (African Antitrust)
On 3 April 2020, Minister Ebrahim Patel made amendments to section 27(2) of the Competition Act 89 of 1998...
Flatten the coronavirus curve, but don’t flatline competition
Tanja Goodwin & Georgiana Pop (World Bank)
Rising mark-ups, superstar firms, “killer acquisitions” and competition among digital platforms—for the past few years, academia and policymakers have been increasingly...
EU OKs €900m Hungarian Aid To Support Companies Affected By COVID19
The European Commission has approved three Hungarian aid measures, with a total budget of around €900 million (US$978.6 million), to support the Hungarian economy...
Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Want To Stop Mega-Mergers During COVID-19
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are teaming up on a proposal to halt mergers and acquisitions for large companies during the coronavirus...
