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Chinese Milk Powder Case: How Should We Interpret a Price Cut on the Announcement of an Antitrust Investigation? 16 Jul 2013 | 07:09 pm
(by Andreas Stephan) Earlier this month, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced an investigation into foreign manufacturers of infant milk formula. The very next day, two ...
The UK’s New Cartel Offence: It Could Be Alright on the Day 10 Jul 2013 | 01:35 am
(by Andreas Stephan) The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 drops the requirement of dishonesty and excludes cartel agreements made openly. At a late stage three additional defences were intro...
Is the New EU Private Enforcement Draft Directive Too Little Too Late? 15 Jun 2013 | 08:43 pm
(by Sebastian Peyer) After a decade of debate, consultation and guidance papers, DG Competition has finally released its draft Directive on actions for damages. It has been driven by the Commission’s ...
The Court of Justice’s Expedia ruling undermines the economic approach by eliminating the ‘de mimimis’ defence in object agreements 4 Jun 2013 | 09:15 pm
[by Pinar Akman] One of the most important holdings of the Court of Justice in recent times is buried in paragraph 37 of the 8-page long Expedia judgment, which surprisingly has had few competition la...
Does the UK’s New Cartel Offence Contain a Devastating Flaw? 21 May 2013 | 04:28 pm
(by Peter Whelan) On 25 April 2013, after almost one year of making its way through Parliament, the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill finally received Royal Assent. The UK Cartel Offence will be ...
Competition Law as a complement to Intellectual Property Law? 8 May 2013 | 08:16 pm
(by Amelia Fletcher) The European Commission is currently consulting on proposed revisions to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER) and associated Guidelines. These documents prov...
Competition concerns mean Lloyds should be required to float HBOS following failure to divest branches to the Co-op 25 Apr 2013 | 10:17 pm
[by Bruce Lyons] It has just been announced that the sale of 632 Lloyds branches to the Cooperative Bank has fallen through. Some people thought this would have created a competitive market structure...
Monitor’s Advice to the OFT and the New Healthcare Regulation 20 Feb 2013 | 04:29 pm
(by Mary Guy)[1] On 11 February, Monitor (the UK’s independent regulator of NHS foundation trusts) published its advice to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) regarding the anticipated merger of Poole Ho...
Has the UK opened the floodgates to private enforcement of competition law? 30 Jan 2013 | 09:06 pm
(by Sebastian Peyer) Private antitrust enforcement is the least effective part of competition law in the UK. Yesterday, the government said what it intended to do about it. Its outline for a new regim...
The Significance of China’s First Fine on an International Cartel 17 Jan 2013 | 05:03 am
(by Andreas Stephan) On 4 January 2013, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced that CNY 353 million (around £35m) would be paid by six South Korean and Taiwanese manufactu...
