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Antitrust Matters in Takeovers!!
The elemental axiomatic truth about jurisprudence and strategic management in takeover settings is that a crucial area that lies at the intersection is a least understood area. Antitrust issues, as...Read more
The War on International Cartels: Traps for the Unwary
It is generally accepted that competition is good for business and good for consumers in part because competition encourages innovation and provides an incentive for businesses to reduce costs and...Read more
Bruce Fox
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, The Main Street America Group, USA
Casee Sills
Legal Associate, The Main Street America Group, USA
The AstraZeneca Competition Case: Patent Strategies Constituting Abuse of Dominance
On 6 December 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union affirmed that AstraZeneca abused its dominant position by engaging in certain intellectual property strategies aimed at protecting its...Read more
Bart Goddyn
Senior Legal Counsel, TiGenix , Belgium
What Extraterritorial Application of Competition Law Means for MNCs
Several competition law regimes around the world, including the EU and the USA, have adopted rules allowing their respective authorities to apply domestic competition law to activities occurring outside of...Read more
Michael Ristaniemi
Legal Counsel, Metsäliitto Cooperative, Finland
Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) at the Intersection Between EU Competition Law and the Freedom to Provide Services
This paper aims at examining some of the key questions that are essential to the daily work of Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) , who perform an important role by administering...Read more
Anita Huss-Ekerhult
General Counsel, IFRRO (International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations), Sweden
Cartel Enforcement in Ireland since the Downturn
This article first explores some of the enhancements to the competition enforcement regime in Ireland and organisational changes to the Irish Competition Authority since 2010. It then addresses my personal...Read more
Eoghan Ó hArgáin
Case Officer/Solicitor, Ireland's Competition Authority, Ireland
Predictably Mistaken: The FCA and the use of economics, psychology and consumer bias in their new role of promoting competition in the interests of consumers in financial services in the UK in 2014
Financial services and the new FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) competition role in the UK. Why the changes, how will it work and how should you manage them?
• The next phase of...Read more
Lee Callaghan
General Counsel International Markets. Group Competition Counsel, Aviva, UK
Letter on the European Commission's Legislative Package on Interchange Fees in Credit Card payments [COM(2013) 550-2013/0265 (COD)]
In July 2013 the European Commission published its Legislative Package with proposals on a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD II) and on a Regulation on interchange fees for card-based payment...Read more
Roland Paschek
Head of Legal, Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH, Germany
Battle for a Reputed Brand, Legitimate Competition or Free-Riding?
This article is a case study of a long-running trademark dispute between the two leading dairy companies in Finland, focusing on the protection of a trademark with a reputation.
Initially, Valio...Read more
Teresa Laimio
Senior Legal Counsel, Valio, Finland
The Certain Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in Pharmaceutical Industries Relating the Antitrust and IPR Rules of the EU acquis communautaire
The prescription of the Article 152 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (furthermore: TFEU), provides special provisions that establish the importance of the public health....Read more
Mirna Pavletic-Zupic
Member, Croatian Competition Council, Croatian Competition Agency, Croatia