Category: Global Blogs

Access to information as a procedural right of a cartel victim as recognized by EU law (Kluwer Competition Law)

Mircea and Partners

The judgement in Commission v EnBW (C-365/12, 27 February 2014) has already awakened a lot of interest. The facts are very simple. EnBW, an energy-distribution company requires access to the cartel file documents related to the prosecution of a number of GIS …read more

Global: Abrantes-Metz speaks to BNN on gold fixing case (Competition Policy International)

Antitrust expert Dr. Rosa M. Abrantes-Metz speaks with BNN about allegations some of the world’s largest banks colluded to manipulate the London gold fix, a story Abrantes-Metz played a key role in breaking. View the video below.

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US: Beats buy could be Apple’s largest-ever acquisition (Competition Policy International)

Apple is said to be planning an acquisition of Beats Electronics in a $3.2 billion deal, one that reports say would be Apple’s largest buy ever.

The purchase of the top headphone manufacturer, founded by music mogul Dr. Dre, could be announced as early as next week, according to unnamed sources.

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US/France: Publicis, Omnicom merger implodes (Competition Policy International)

Advertising giants Publicis and Omnicom have reportedly abandoned their $35 billion merger plans, a source said.

According to reports, US-based Omnicom and France-based Publicis have decided to abandon plans to merge and create the world’s largest advertising conglomerate nearly one year after the companies first announced plans to combine. The deal …read more