by 21st Century Competition | Feb 27, 2014 | Global Blogs
On February 24, 2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing DAW Industries’ claims of conspiracy to restrain trade and attempted monopolization, once again affirming the tenet that antitrust laws...
by 21st Century Competition | Feb 25, 2014 | Global Blogs
In a decision of 13 February 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) added a little gloss to an otherwise well-trodden path in relation to the binding aspects of a Commission Decision. For instance, it is well established that assessments made in...
by 21st Century Competition | Feb 20, 2014 | Global Blogs
Lenz & Staehelin By Marcel Meinhardt and Frank Bremer, Lenz & Staehelin, Switzerland On November 18, 2013, the Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) closed proceedings without further action against a Swiss individual with a formerly controlling stake in...
by 21st Century Competition | Feb 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
Let’s use the Comcast/Time Warner Cable deal as the jumping off point for a new merger analysis fundamentals post. On Friday, I said I don’t really know enough about the markets for the sale and distribution of content to have a strong view about the...
by 21st Century Competition | Feb 18, 2014 | Global Blogs
(by Scott Summers) The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has charged Peter Nigel Snee under section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002. It is alleged that he ‘dishonestly agreed with others’ to fix prices, allocate markets and rig bids in the market for galvanised steel...
