Germany could soon label Google a utility and regulate the company as such, according to reports.
The nation’s Federal Cartel Office has reportedly drawn up a proposal to handle the growing dominance of Google and other tech leaders and, among the draft, includes plans to label Google a utility. The …read more
As the deadline expires for the public to submit comment to the Federal Communications Commission regarding proposed Internet regulation rules, former FCC chief Robert M. McDowell has penned an op-ed in The Washington Post to weigh-in.
McDowell, who served as FCC Commissioner between 2006 and 2013, spoke out against the FCC …read more
European Commission Press release Brussels, 15 July 2014 The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Rautaruukki (“Ruukki”) of Finland by rival SSAB of Sweden. Both companies produce and distribute carbon steel and steel construction products. …read more
In a recent post on the diluted legality of competition law I voiced out the view that our discipline could partly be losing its last name, a development for which I blamed a number of factors. However, some developments in the past few weeks have led me …read more