Tag: European Commission
The 2008 EC Sector Inquiry Regarding Pharmaceuticals: What Does It Mean...
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Kent Bernard, Nov 12, 2008
A sector inquiry is never pleasant for the sector...
Private Actions in EC Competition Law
Renato Nazzini, Ali Nikpay, Nov 01, 2008
The paper considers the case for reform of the system of private actions in the European Union. In...
Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law in Member State Courts: Experience...
Christopher Cook, Nov 01, 2008
A much cited 2004 study described private competition law litigation in Europe as being in a state of total underdevelopment....
Ex Post Assessment of Regulation 1/2003
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Ian Forrester, Jan 20, 2009
More than 25 years ago, Christopher Norall and I...
Decentralization or the Law of Unintended Consequences
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Stephen Kinsella, Anouck Meier, Oct 29, 2008
There is an old saying that you...
Margin Squeeze after Deutsche Telekom
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Simon Genevaz, May 14, 2008
Margin squeeze practices occur in industries where incumbent companies...
The Thirteenth Chime of the Clock
R. Hewitt Pate, Apr 24, 2008
Few judgments of the European Court of First Instance (CFI) have attracted as much attention or controversy as the...
The Impala Judgment: Does EC Merger Control Need to Be Fixed...
Rachel Brandenburger, Thomas Janssens, Apr 19, 2007
In its Impala judgment last year, the Court of First Instance annulled a European Commission unconditional merger clearance...
Are Article 82 EC and Intellectual Property Interoperable? The State of...
Maurits Dolmans, Paul-John Loewenthal, Robert O'Donoghue, Apr 19, 2007
The objectives of intellectual property rights (IPR) and competition law are essentially the same: both promote...
Court of First Instance Upholds Prohibition of General Electric/Honeywell
Shaun Goodman, Apr 01, 2006
On December 14, 2005, the European Court of First Instance (CFI) upheld the European Commission's 2001 prohibition of a proposed...