Tag: European Commission
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...
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...
The Intel Cases”Legal Convergence or Leaps of Faith?
Kent Bernard, Jan 06, 2011
Intel has managed to find itself in the cross-hairs of the antitrust authorities in Brussels and in Washington D.C.It is...
The Impact of the Draft EC Horizontal Guidelines on Intellectual Property...
Richard Taffet, Sep 15, 2010
The European Commission's Draft Guidelines on the Application of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European...
The New EC Block Exemption for Vertical Restraints: A Step Forward...
Paul Lugard, Theon van Dijk, Jul 07, 2010
Today, more than 10 years after the adoption of Regulation 2790/1999, much has changed. First, while the...
The New Verticals Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines – Practical Implications
Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Kristien Geeurickx, Jun 30, 2010
The new verticals block exemption Regulation and Guidelines came into force on June 1, 2010. Agreements which as...
