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Antitrust Enforcement of No Poach/Wage Fixing Agreements Has Accelerated: Managers and Human Resource Professionals Should be Aware of The Enhanced Criminal Penalties for These Types of Agreements
Historically, when it came to antitrust enforcement, human resource (now commonly referred to as the ‘Talent Acquisition or ’Human Capital’ ) professionals were usually last on the list to...Read more

R. Mark McCareins
General Counsel, Metals Service Center Institute, USA
The Era of Compliance in China
Corporate Compliance has attracted more attention than ever before in China. Driven by the government, initiated by central enterprises , more and more civilian companies, practitioners, and researchers are ...Read more
Guangdong Cheng
General Counsel, Nanshan Group, China
Competition Law, Policy & Regulation – Digital Age
Digitisation has led to emergence of new possibilities, new opportunities and new business models. Digital landscape has transformed and personalised the way we communicate socialise, work, shop, trade, travel, invest,...Read more

Vijayalakshmi Natarajan
Senior Director, Legal -India & Asia Pacific, Harman I(Samsung) , India
Blocking Effect of the Blocking Act?
The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, commonly known as the Hatch Waxman Act 1984, was enacted in 1984 to balance the privileges offered to brand...Read more

Anagha Tendulkar
In-house Patent Counsel, Cipla, India
EU Merger Control Procedure – A Brief Overview

This paper provides an introductory overview of the EU merger control procedure, explaining the main terms and principles and showing the practical implications on notifiable transactions.
1. Legal Framework
The EU merger control...Read more

Thomas Wiese
Case Handler, Directorate-General of Competition of the European Commission, Unit C-5 Mergers, Belgium
Competition Law Compliance in a Socially Distanced World
As a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, working life has changed for millions of people. The need to keep a distance from others in order to try to limit the...Read more

Ian Rose
VP Compliance, Volvo Trucks, Sweden
The Role of Competition in the Construction of the EU Internal Energy Market From the Prism of the Power Exchange

Power Exchanges (PX) have been at the cornerstone of the liberalisation of the wholesale electricity market in the 1990s and then of the integration of the single internal electricity market...Read more

Antoine Donne
Legal Counsel, Epex Spot, France

Zohra Boumedhel
Head of Legal Affairs, Epex Spot, France
Can Structural Separation be Imposed Under the UK’s Competition and Telecoms Regulatory Framework?
Competition and regulatory authorities’ tool-kit generally includes the power to break up firms. However the evidence that customers benefit from separation is not always clear. In the telecoms industry...Read more
Beatrice Roxburgh
Senior Tutor, The University of Law, UK
E-Commerce. Nearly a year with the EU Geo-blocking Regulation

Ivan Lebedev
Legal Counsel EMEA, Acer European Holdings SA, Switzerland
Non-Price Discrimination in the Greek Wholesale Electronic Communications Market – The Decision of the Greek NRA and Competition Authority (EETT)

The Greek case of ‘Non-discrimination’ in the Electronic Communications market - (EETT Decision N. 826/04/2017 )
During 2017, the Greek NRA EETT , which represents both the NRA and the Competition...Read more

Xanthi Bitzidou
Senior Lawyer, E.E.T.T, Greece