by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
In the past days a Commission official who ranks among my preferred legal minds expressed her/his though that our discipline may not be as legal as we often think. The thought, formulated on the fly (don’t click, very bad joke) (I told you..) , was …read...
by 21st Century Competition | May 15, 2014 | Global Blogs
RBB Economics, Belgium On 6 May, the Dutch government issued a set of policy directions (“Directions”) to the Dutch competition authority (“ACM”) concerning the application of the Dutch equivalent of Article 101(3) TFEU in respect to sustainability initiatives. Around...
by 21st Century Competition | May 14, 2014 | Global Blogs
As South Africa’s Competition Tribunal hears a case brought by the Competition Commission that accuses media group Media24 of anticompetitive behavior, reports say the Tribunal has hit a roadblock as witnesses giving testimony prefer to do so in Afrikaans,...
by 21st Century Competition | May 14, 2014 | Global Blogs
Following Coca-Cola’s acquisition of a 10 percent stake in Keurig Green Mountain, the instant single-serve coffee brewing product, reports say rumors are mounting over whether Coca-Cola’s rival, Pepsi, could acquire SodaStream International. Rumors...
by 21st Century Competition | May 14, 2014 | Global Blogs
A Federal Court has found executives of Japanese bearing maker NSK guilty of conspiring with two other companies to fix bearing prices, according to reports. The distributor NSK Australia was therefore fined $2.8 million. Reports say the Court found the company to...
by 21st Century Competition | May 14, 2014 | Global Blogs
US-based online travel aide TripAdvisor has reportedly made a deal to acquire France-based restaurant booking website LaFourchette, though terms of the merger were kept private. According t reports, LaFourchette works with thousands of restaurants across Europe and...
