Author: 21st Century Competition

US: T-Mobile wants $1B for failed Sprint takeover (Competition Policy International)

T-Mobile is reportedly seeking a $1 billion breakup fee should rival Sprint’s efforts to acquire the wireless company fail.

T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom is said to be seeking the $1 billion fee according to unnamed sources; the company is also reportedly seeking guarantees from Sprint’s owner SoftBank to retain the …read more

EU: Man City to challenge record fine through competition law (Competition Policy International)

Top English soccer club Manchester City, which scored its fourth English league title last weekend, will reportedly challenged a fine issued to the team for breaching Financial Fair Play rules and argue against the penalty using EU competition law.

Man City was fined about $82.5 million by the UEFA Champions League …read more

US: Plaintiff wants Silicon Valley non-poaching settlement tossed (Competition Policy International)

In what reports describe as a rare gesture, Michael Devine, a freelance programmer who was one of four plaintiffs named in a high-profile non-poaching suit against Silicon Valley’s largest firms, has reportedly sent a letter to US District Judge Lucy H. Koh asking her to reject the $324 million settlement …read more

A comment on Case T-79/12 Cisco Systems and Messagenet v European Commission (Microsoft/Skype) (Chillin’ Competition)

On 15 February 2012, Cisco Systems and Messagenet appealed the Commission’s decision authorizing the purchase of Skype by Microsoft. On 11 December 2013, the General Court rendered its Judgment dismissing the application for annulment.

As many readers of this blog will know, I was one of the lawyers representing the applicants, …read more