Author: Kevin Coates

Lost Opportunities: Why Cases Settle At The Wrong Time

From Law360: Competition: Lost Opportunities: Why Cases Settle At The Wrong Time “Because of the way our brains are hard-wired, opportunities for settlement are often lost — our human tendencies often cause us to get in our own way. By recognizing these tendencies, fighting to avoid them and by implementing systems that help recognize potential leverage points, litigants can achieve faster, and often better, settlements, says John Watkins of Thompson Hine LLP.”

UK Competition Court Says Reform Plans Miss The Mark

From Law360: Competition: UK Competition Court Says Reform Plans Miss The Mark “The U.K.’s competition court on Friday criticized the government’s plan to streamline the process for antitrust and regulatory appeals, warning that the changes sought to relax the standards of review at the same time the European Union is raising its own.”

Legal problems of digital evidence

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Legal problems of digital evidence “Posted by D. Daniel Sokol John Temple Lang, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford, Professor, Trinity College Dublin has written an article on the Legal problems of digital evidence. ABSTRACT: Article 7 of the Charter…”

FTC’s Brill Questions Whether Section 5 Consensus Possible

From Law360: Competition: FTC’s Brill Questions Whether Section 5 Consensus Possible “The Federal Trade Commission’s Julie Brill on Tuesday expressed willingness to work with the Republican commissioners who have been pushing the agency to clarify its authority to police unfair competition under Section 5 of the FTC Act, but questioned whether it would be possible for all the commissioners to find common ground.”