Category: Commentary Elsewhere

Random thoughts

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Chillin’Competition: Random thoughts “On assessing evidence, lying to Courts, the effect on trade between MS criterion and my geek action of the month.“

Strategic Underinvestment as an Abuse of Dominance under EU Competition Rules

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Strategic Underinvestment as an Abuse of Dominance under EU Competition Rules “Pietro Merlino, Counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Gianluca Faella, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; University of Bologna address Strategic Underinvestment as an Abuse of Dominance under EU Competition Rules. ABSTRACT: The latest frontier of the essential facility…”

Curtains for the French Blocking Statute?

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Competition Bulletin: Curtains for the French Blocking Statute? “Never the most celebrated actor on the stage of English litigation, the French Blocking Statute nonetheless has its fans, particularly among competition lawyers.  The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in Secretary of State for Health v Servier Laboratories [2013] EWCA Civ 1234, however, may prove the Statute’s final curtain call in this jurisdiction. […]”

Cartel Prosecution in Germany: Recent Developments Concerning the Method of Setting Fines

Commentary Elsewhere: from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page. From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Cartel Prosecution in Germany: Recent Developments Concerning the Method of Setting Fines “Thorsten Mager (Hengeler Mueller) and Hendrik Reffken (Hengeler Mueller) describe Cartel Prosecution in Germany: Recent Developments Concerning the Method of Setting Fines. ABSTRACT: In June 2013, the Federal Cartel Office published revised guidelines for the setting of fines that presumably…”