by 21st Century Competition | May 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
As sources come forward with information that Google-owned video streaming site YouTube is set to acquire video game platform Twitch in a deal valued at more than $1 billion, reports say the acquisition will not come free of regulatory hurdles. While unnamed sources...
by 21st Century Competition | May 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
As the new Competition and Markets Authority has taken up its duties since last April without delay, competition policy experts warn the regulator is upping its watch over universities and their compliance with competition law. According to reports, universities must...
by 21st Century Competition | May 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has offered what it said would be its bid to acquire UK rival AstraZeneca, but its $119 billion proposal was turned down. Reports say AstraZeneca rejected the bid just hours after it was introduced by Pfizer, despite Pfizer’s...
by 21st Century Competition | May 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
As AT&T’s officially-announced plans to acquire DirecTV for $48.5 billion continues to make headlines, industry experts examine how the merger could potentially help cable giant Comcast in its efforts to acquire Time Warner Cable, but is also likely to...
by 21st Century Competition | May 19, 2014 | Global Blogs
Crowell & Moring announced Monday it has chosen a new antitrust partner for its Brussels office. The law firm will bring Dr. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte as its new partner in Antitrust and International Trade groups. She will also serve as Crowell & Moring’s...
