Network Neutrality: Back and There Again

In light of today’s Federal Communications Commission’s network neutrality proposals, I thought I’d look again at what I wrote in 2011 in Competition Law and Regulation of Technology Markets comparing EU and US telecoms regulation. Given that Chairman Wheeler has indicated that reclassification as Title II will not include unbundling requirements, the point I make […]

An interesting few days for net neutrality

First, Sir Tim Berners Lee writes a guest post on Vice President Ansip’s blog on the importance of network neutrality for Europe: When I designed the Web, I deliberately built it as a neutral, creative and collaborative space, building on the openness the Internet offered. My vision was that anyone, anywhere in the world could […]

Lincoln’s Inn lecture on public and private enforcement: part 4 – single and continuous infringement

Thomas Sharpe QC and James Flynn QC invited me to speak to the Lincoln’s Inn Eurogroup on the relationship between public and private antitrust enforcement. This is the third main section of the speech. The others are: The Damages Directive and the protection of leniency submissions and settlement statements; Publications and the content of decisions. For […]

Lincoln’s Inn lecture on public and private enforcement: part 3 – publications and the content of decisions

Thomas Sharpe QC and James Flynn QC invited me to speak to the Lincoln’s Inn Eurogroup on the relationship between public and private antitrust enforcement. This is the second main section of the speech. The others are: The Damages Directive and the protection of leniency submissions and settlement statements; Single and continuous infringement. For those […]