From Law360: Competition: UK Orders Ryanair To Shed Most Of Aer Lingus Stake “The U.K.’s Competition Commission on Wednesday ordered Ryanair Holdings PLC to sell off most of its nearly 30 percent stake in rival Aer Lingus Group PLC to alleviate concerns that the budget airline could use its holdings to thwart competition.”
From Law360: Competition: E-Book Judge Threatens Apple With Outside Monitor “The judge who oversaw the Apple Inc. e-book price-fixing trial indicated Tuesday that she would likely appoint an external monitor to review its internal antitrust policy, saying the company showed a “blatant” disregard for the law.”
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Continental Drift in the Treatment of Dominant Firms: Article 102 TFEU in Contrast to § 2 Sherman Act “Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Pierre Larouche, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC); College of Europe – Bruges; Tilburg University – Tilburg Law School; Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam Center…”
From Law360: Competition: Lost Opportunities: Why Cases Settle At The Wrong Time “Because of the way our brains are hard-wired, opportunities for settlement are often lost — our human tendencies often cause us to get in our own way. By recognizing these tendencies, fighting to avoid them and by implementing systems that help recognize potential leverage points, litigants can achieve faster, and often better, settlements, says John Watkins of Thompson Hine LLP.”