A controversial settlement offered by Visa and MasterCard to retailers that sued the companies over swipe-fees is now being challenged as the National Retail federation and the Retail Industry leaders Association has asked an appeals court to overturn the settlement’s approval.
According to reports, the retail groups opposed of the $5.7 …read more
June 16, 2014
A few days ago I wrote a short post on some of the innovative and new media related ways competition/antitrust enforcement agencies were endeavoring to enforce competition law, raise competition law awareness and encourage compliance (see: Competition Policy: Agencies Growing Digital Channels).
On this theme, a …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 16 June 2014 The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the European part of Honeywell’s friction material business by another large US friction material manufacturer, Federal-Mogul Corporation. …read more
(by Pablo Ibañez Colomo)
Voices that relativise the problems with Article 102 TFEU case law are not infrequent. It may be true that the case law is not beyond reproach in all respects, the argument goes, but perfection is not of this world. The fact that rulings are often criticised simply …read more