Tag: Merger Review
The Ebb and Flow of Joint State and Federal Antitrust Enforcement:...
Kevin O'Connor, Dec 12, 2012
For over two decades, the relationship between the state and federal antitrust enforcement authorities has varied from productive cooperative efforts...
Regional Competition Center for Latin America presents Guideline on Coordinated Effects...
Dec 10, 2012
Regional Competition Center for Latin America presents Guideline on Coordinated Effects Study in Merger Cases - Prepared by the CRCAL, with an...
Slovakian Competition Law: A Practitioner’s Viewpoint
Zuzana Hnatova, Oct 30, 2012
The Slovak republic does not have a long tradition in competition regulation, a condition predominately caused by the communist history of...
Merger Control in India
Nisha Kaur Uberoi, R. Shyam Khemani, Cyril Shroff, Oct 15, 2012
Although India enacted the Competition Act in 2002 ("Act"), various legal challenges delayed its...
Shop ‘Til You Drop: Retail Mergers and the U.K. Competition Review...
Richard Blewett, Oct 15, 2012
The use of survey evidence in retail merger reviews has been a feature of U.K. merger control for several years,...
The Canadian “Sir” Process: A Progress Report
Erika Douglas, Mark Katz, Sep 13, 2012
In March 2009, the Canadian Competition Act's merger review process was amended to align it more closely with...
From Post- to Pre-Merger Notification: The Ultimate Outreach Challenge
Cristiane Landerdahl de Albuquerque, Carlos Ragazzo, Aug 28, 2012
The new Brazilian Competition Law (Law no. 12,529/11) brought two major changes from the previous statute...
Welfare Standards and Merger Analysis: Why Not the Best? (reprint)
Ken Heyer, Jun 19, 2012
The author argues for using the total welfare standard, rather than the more commonly employed consumer welfare standard. In doing...
Italy Overhauls its Merger Control Filing Fee System
Stefano Grassani, Mar 29, 2012
As of January 2013, what is known as probably the world heftiest merger control filing fee structure will be abolished....
Merger Control under Chinese Law Practical Matters from the Applicant’s Perspective
Patrick Chan, Dirk Elvermann, Edwin Li, Jan 25, 2012
Along with its growing economic power, China has become a major jurisdiction where multinational companies conduct...