Tag: EC
Minority Shareholdings Under Antitrust Law: A Regulatory Gap?
Paul Lugard, Jan 10, 2012
It is hard to underestimate the importance of minority shareholdings in today's economy. This applies to investments of private, non-financial...
Antitrust Concerns from Partial Ownership Interest Acquisitions: New Developments in the...
Samuel Miller, Marc Raven, David Went, Jan 10, 2012
This article will focus on recent developments in the European Union and the United States relating...
The New EU Competition Rules for the Assessment of Horizontal Agreements,...
Paul Lugard, Feb 18, 2011
Following a consultation process of more than two years, the European Commission has now adopted its Guidelines on the applicability...
Nine Next Steps for Transatlantic Antitrust Policy Cooperation
William Kovacic, Oct 19, 2011
The enhancement of cooperation in competition policy between the European Union and the United States is a genuine success story...
EU/U.S. Cooperation in the Area of Competition Policy
Holger Dieckmann, Miek van der Wee, Oct 19, 2011
The 20th anniversary of the EU-U.S. Cooperation Agreement takes place in an era of globalisation and...
The U.S./EC Antitrust Cooperation Agreement: Genesis, Innovation, and Early Implementation
James Rill, Oct 14, 2011
The antitrust agreement between the United States and the European Commission, which has now passed its 20th birthday, constitutes a...
Twenty Years of Transatlantic Antitrust Cooperation: The Past and the Future
Rachel Brandenburger, Oct 14, 2011
I am deeply honored to have been asked to contribute to the celebratory publication of articles marking the 20th anniversary...
The European Commission’s CDS Investigations: How to Balance Stability and Competition...
Thibault Balthazar, Bruno Lebrun, Jul 28, 2011
On April 29, 2011, the European Commission (the "Commission") announced two antitrust investigations on the Credit Default Swaps...
Conversations with Jon Leibowitz and Joaquin Almunia
Joaquin Almunia, David Evans, Jon Leibowitz, May 19, 2011
Competition policy has grown explosively in the last quarter century. There are more than 100 countries with competition...
Intel and McAfee”Antitrust is Getting it Right in High Tech
Christopher Thomas, Jan 27, 2011
The European Commission has just (January 26, 2011) approved the acquisition by Intel of McAfee, following the U.S. Federal Trade...
