by 21st Century Competition | Jun 11, 2014 | Global Blogs
Five years after computer technology giant Intel was forced to pay a $1.4 billion fine by the European Commission for anticompetitive behavior, the company will learn this week the fate of its appeal with the EU’s General Court. According to reports, the...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 11, 2014 | Global Blogs
The American Antitrust Institute has issued a paper to announce its position regarding the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, reports say. The AAI released its paper, Rolling Up Video Distribution in the US: Why the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 11, 2014 | Global Blogs
June 11, 2014 The battle between ride-sharing apps and conventional taxis in cities around the world has been escalating for months. Today, however, marked one of the most confrontational days in this taxi competition tussle (if not the most confrontational to date)...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 11, 2014 | Global Blogs
June 11, 2014 A new Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) report caught my eye discussing whether Canada’s Internet privacy policies are overbroad and overshadow other important rights and principles, such as free expression, competition and economic growth: Finding...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 11, 2014 | Global Blogs
Last Thursday the ECJ delivered its –once again remarkably brief (4 pages)- Judgment in Kone, Case C-557/12. In her widely discussed Opinion in this case Advocate General Kokott had raised the stakes, pointing out that “[t]he Court’s Judgment in this case will...
by 21st Century Competition | Jun 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
Vodafone’s wireless operations in the Czech Republic have reportedly filed an antitrust complaint regarding a network sharing deal inked between two of its largest rivals. Reports say Vodafone is fighting against Telefonica O2 and T-Mobile’s 4G LTE...
