Category: Global Blogs

Germany: Google could be labeled a utility (Competition Policy International)

Germany could soon label Google a utility and regulate the company as such, according to reports.

The nation’s Federal Cartel Office has reportedly drawn up a proposal to handle the growing dominance of Google and other tech leaders and, among the draft, includes plans to label Google a utility. The …read more

US: Ex-FCC chief slams net neutrality architect Tim Wu (Competition Policy International)

As the deadline expires for the public to submit comment to the Federal Communications Commission regarding proposed Internet regulation rules, former FCC chief Robert M. McDowell has penned an op-ed in The Washington Post to weigh-in.

McDowell, who served as FCC Commissioner between 2006 and 2013, spoke out against the FCC …read more

Of Politics and Competition Law (and on the Google cases too) (Chillin’ Competition)

In a recent post on the diluted legality of competition law I voiced out the view that our discipline could partly be losing its last name, a development for which I blamed a number of factors. However, some developments in the past few weeks have led me …read more

Convictions, $500 Million Fine Upheld in Price Fixing Case Against AU Optronics; Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act No Bar (Kluwer Antitrust Connect Blog)

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business

The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco last week upheld the price fixing convictions of Taiwanese electronics manufacturer AU Optronics (AUO), its U.S. subsidiary, and two company executives. The appellate court also affirmed a $500 million fine …read more