Author: 21st Century Competition

US: DOJ urged to redirect attention to Amazon’s hostility against publishers (Competition Policy International)

The US Department of Justice has reportedly responded to Apple’s appeal of last year’s verdict that found Apple collude to fix eBook prices, but some experts are wondering whether the DOJ should be more concerned with Amazon and its treatment of eBook publishers.

According to reports, the DOJ filed a 117-page …read more

FTC v. Actavis on Remand: A New Chapter (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

District Court refuses to grant renewed motion to dismiss based on Noerr-Pennington doctrine. In re AndroGel Antitrust Litigation (No. II), MDL No. 2084 (re Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc., No. 1:09-CV-955-TWT) (N.D. GA April 21, 2014).

In April 1999, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, LLC (“Solvay”) filed a New Drug Application (“NDA”) …read more

Speaking engagements (Chillin’ Competition)

Minutes after I published the post on endives’ right to be forgotten I received a call from the European Data Protection Supervisor’s office. At first I admit I thought it was someone (my first suspect was that guy from 21stcenturycompetition because he’d read a draft of the …read more

European Commission – Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of Telefónica Ireland by Hutchison 3G, subject to conditions

European Commission Press release Brussels, 28 May 2014 The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Telefónica Ireland’s mobile telecommunications business (O2 Ireland) by Hutchison 3G (H3G). The approval is conditional upon a commitments package submitted by H3G. …read more