From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol Albert Sanchez-Graells, University of Bristol asks Digging itself out of the hole? A critical assessment of the European Commission’s attempt to revitalize State aid enforcement after the crisis. ABSTRACT: This article aims to assess the likelihood that State aid enforcement… Link: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2016/02/digging-itself-out-of-the-hole-a-critical-assessment-of-the-european-commissions-attempt-to-revitali.html
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol D. Daniel Sokol (University of Florida) and Roisin Comerford (Wilson Sonsini) ask Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data? ABSTRACT: The collection of user data online has seen enormous growth in recent years. Consumers have benefitted… Link: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2016/01/does-antitrust-have-a-role-to-play-in-regulating-big-data.html
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol Germain Gaudin, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University and Despoina Mantzari, School of Law, University of Reading examine MARGIN SQUEEZE: AN ABOVE-COST PREDATORY PRICING APPROACH. ABSTRACT: We provide a new legal perspective for the antitrust analysis of margin… Link: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/antitrustprof_blog/2016/01/margin-squeeze-an-above-cost-predatory-pricing-approach.html
From AntitrustConnect Blog by Bill Batchelor and Grant Murray, Baker & McKenzie Eturas runs the e-commerce back-end of 30 travel agents in Lithuania. An administrator message to each member informed them that the e-commerce functionality allowing each travel agent to grant discounts would be capped at 3 per cent. That message appeared in part of the system relating to “information messages”. The Court of Justice found that… Continue reading Link: http://antitrustconnect.com/?p=1918