Author: 21st Century Competition

Weekly Roundup – Week of May 5 (Competition Policy International)

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A roundup of last week’s newsworthy job changes, agency hires and law firm openings across the antitrust world.

Access to information as a procedural right of a cartel victim as recognized by EU law (Kluwer Competition Law)

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The judgement in Commission v EnBW (C-365/12, 27 February 2014) has already awakened a lot of interest. The facts are very simple. EnBW, an energy-distribution company requires access to the cartel file documents related to the prosecution of a number of GIS …read more

Global: Abrantes-Metz speaks to BNN on gold fixing case (Competition Policy International)

Antitrust expert Dr. Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz speaks with BNN about allegations some of the world’s largest banks colluded to manipulate the London gold fix, a story Abrantes-Metz played a key role in breaking. View the video below.

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US: Beats buy could be Apple’s largest-ever acquisition (Competition Policy International)

Apple is said to be planning an acquisition of Beats Electronics in a $3.2 billion deal, one that reports say would be Apple’s largest buy ever.

The purchase of the top headphone manufacturer, founded by music mogul Dr. Dre, could be announced as early as next week, according to unnamed sources.

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