by 21st Century Competition | May 6, 2014 | Global Blogs
European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has reportedly confirmed that he is “gathering information” regarding allegations that pharmaceutical giants Roche Holding and Novartis colluded to prevent the sale of an eye disease treatment in favor of selling the...
by 21st Century Competition | May 6, 2014 | Global Blogs
After a month-long trial, reports say Samsung has been ordered to pay $119.6 million to rival Apple for infringing upon its smartphone patents. According to reports, the damages were decided by a jury Friday, but Apple argued that a technical error had been made,...
by 21st Century Competition | May 6, 2014 | Global Blogs
May 6, 2014 Earlier today, the C.D. Howe Institute issued a new report on the Canada/U.S. retail price gap issue entitled Sticker Shock: The Causes of the Canada-US Price Differential (authored by Nicholas Li). This new report argues that Canada/U.S. price differences...
by 21st Century Competition | May 6, 2014 | Global Blogs
Burges Salmon, United Kingdom Private damages litigation is an important complement to public enforcement of UK and EU competition law by the European Commission and national competition authorities (“NCAs”), such as the UK’s newly formed Competition...
by 21st Century Competition | May 6, 2014 | Global Blogs
TMC Asser Institute When the European Court of Justice (CJ) delivered its judgment in joined cases FA Premier League v QC Leisure and others (C-403/08) and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services (C-429/08) (Murphy), it was deemed a radical game-changer for the...
