Category: Global Blogs

US: Man who coined ‘net neutrality’ runs for NY lieutenant governor (Competition Policy International)

Columbia Law School professor and coiner of the term “net neutrality,” Tim Wu,” s running for New York lieutenant governor.

Wu has built his platform to focus on net neutrality, reports say, and the importance of antitrust law to reign in dominant companies. Wu will run alongside Fordham law professor Zephyr …read more

EU: YouTube probe not off the table (Competition Policy International)

One week after a letter reportedly sent by European Commissioner Joaquin Almunia that hinted more Google probes could be coming, reports say the regulator publically acknowledged that even as a current case with the search giant is wrapping up, the company still faces possible competition investigations.

Almunia’s remarks follow the expected …read more

Of Characterization and Common Sense: Court Holds That Erroneous Interpretation of Allegations of Complaint Doom Counterclaim to Bottom of Chicken Coop (Sheppard Mullin Antitrust Connect Blog)

In In Re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:08-Md.-02002-GP (E.D. Pa., June 10, 2014), the plaintiffs alleged that they purchased eggs from the defendant egg producing cooperatives, and that the plaintiffs had required that defendants provide only eggs that complied with a “certification program.” The defendants were required …read more

The Promotion of Competition in the Food Sector in Israel (Competition Policy International)

The past couple of years have seen many significant and influential developments in Israeli competition law and in the enforcement authorities of the General Director of the Israeli Antitrust Authority, inter alia, against the backdrop of unprecedented social protest against the increase in the cost of living. One such significant …read more