Category: Global Blogs

China: Antitrust lawyers focus on international suits (Competition Policy International)

Antitrust lawyers in China are turning to the area of cross-boarder litigation, reports say, as officials unveiled plans this week to launch a new training initiative regarding the matter.

China’s Ministry of Justice announced that it would launch a new training program for more than 300 lawyers from more than 100 …read more

US: Time Warner take action to stop Murdoch pursuit (Competition Policy International)

Time Warner began moving to prevent an acquisition by Rupert Murdoch-owned Twenty First Century Fox, reports say, as Time Warner revised its bylaws.

Time Warner reported removed a provision in its bylaws that allow shareholders to call for special meetings; by banning such acts, reports say, Time Warner is preventing a …read more

Recent output (Chillin’ Competition)

In the course of his time off blogging, Nicolas has remained pretty productive on the academic front. Here are the abstracts and links to some of his latest work:

1. A sequel to the World Cup, with a short paper on the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulation. In brief, he expressess …read more

Thailand: Pay-TV partnership confirms months of rumor (Competition Policy International)

Leading pay-TV operator CTH announced that it has entered into a partnership with a unit of GMM Grammy, confirming months of speculations of such a tie-up.

The transaction, first announced Monday, will see CTH LCO fully acquire satellite pay-TV unit GMM B. In exchange, GMM Grammy unit Z Trading will own …read more