Category: Global Blogs

The Google commitments and the transformation of EU antitrust enforcement (Kluwer Competition Law)

Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

The proceedings brought by the European Commission against Google are nearing a – provisional – end with the prospect of a decision making binding on Google a revised set of commitments (see here for the …read more

Ofcom: A Credible Solution to Bias in Media Public Interest Mergers? (ESRC Centre for Competition Policy)

(by David Reader) On 4 February, the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications published its Report on Media Plurality proposing a number of changes to media ownership regulation in the UK. Among the most notable is the proposal to grant decision-making powers to the media regulator, Ofcom, in mergers …read more

Swipe Fee Settlement Yields More Litigation (Kluwer Antitrust Connect Blog)

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips

Although the parties reached a $7.25 billion class action settlement of the antitrust suit brought by merchants against Visa and MasterCard over swipe fees, the case is far from over.

The protracted legal battle centers on allegations by merchants that Visa …read more