by 21st Century Competition | Jul 17, 2014 | Global Blogs
According to court documents filed Wednesday, Apple has reportedly agreed to pay $450 million to settle allegations of eBook price-fixing in a class action lawsuit filed by several states. The settlement, however, is conditional upon the pending appeal Apple filed...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 17, 2014 | Global Blogs
Rupert Murdoch-owned Twenty-First Century Fox is reportedly pursuing an acquisition of Time Warner, but the deal won’t be made easily. Reports say Time Warner rejected a buyout offer worth upwards of $80 billion from Fox. Despite the denial, experts say Murdoch...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 17, 2014 | Global Blogs
In the past few days there have been some remarkable competition-developments coming from EU Courts, the last of which took place only minutes ago in the Greek lignite case (if you’re only interested in that one you can go directly to the bottom of the post)....
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 17, 2014 | Global Blogs
July 17, 2014 I am pleased to be a guest speaker at the Canadian Society of Association Executives’ (CSAE) National Conference 2014 in Niagara Falls this fall (October 29-31). I will be co-presenting with Mark Katz of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, the...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 16, 2014 | Global Blogs
The National Economic Prosecutor presented a requirement to the Court of Defense of Free Competition (TDLC) accusing SMU of not meeting the conditions set by the TDLC in December. This terms were upheld by the Supreme Court when it was approved the merger of SMU with...
by 21st Century Competition | Jul 16, 2014 | Global Blogs
Anticompetitive practices were carried out in the states of São Paulo and Mato Grosso. Companies Aika, Nova Aclimação, Fred and Montana and an individual of San Pablo were sentenced to pay a fine of U.S. $ 115,262. The parties were associated with SINDAUTO (the Union...
