"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition...
If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies...
View Article"UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Proceeds with Private...
The U.K.’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has issued a ‘government response’ or plan for reform indicating that the government will move forward with a number of substantial...
View ArticleFrench Autorité de la Concurrence Fines Sanofi €40.6 Million for Denigrating...
On May 14, 2013, the French Autorité de la Concurrence (Autorité) issued a decision imposing a fine of €40.6 million on French company Sanofi-Aventis France (Sanofi) for an abuse of dominance in the...
View Article"European Commission Issues Proposals on Private Antitrust Damage Actions and...
On June 11, 2013, the European Commission (Commission) issued a widely anticipated series of proposals designed to advance private antitrust damage and collective actions in Europe. To accomplish this,...
View Article"European Commission Proposes Significant Changes to the EU Merger Regulation"
On June 20, 2013, the European Commission (Commission) launched a public consultation on a number of significant proposed changes to the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR). The proposed amendments relate to...
View Article"Changes to EU Merger Review Procedures"
The European Commission (Commission) has adopted important revisions to its merger control procedures under what it characterizes as a Merger Simplification Package that will enter into force on...
View Article"Antitrust and Competition: Nonmerger Enforcement Activity Heats Up on Both...
U.S. and European antitrust agencies had similar enforcement priorities last year, a trend we expect to continue in 2014. Nonmerger enforcement will continue to focus on intellectual property,...
View Article"EU Institutions Reach Compromise on EU Directive on Private Damage Actions"
On March 18, 2014, representatives of the European Commission (the Commission), the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached a compromise in relation to key provisions of the...
View Article"European Parliament Approves Proposed Directive on Private Antitrust Damages...
On April 17, 2014, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on private antitrust damages actions (the Directive). The Directive is intended to...
View Article"Court Rules That Cartel Members Are Liable for 'Umbrella Claims'"
In a judgment that may expand civil damage liability for cartel participants significantly (Case C-557/12, Kone AG and Others, judgment of June 5, 2014), the European Court of Justice (the ECJ) has...
View Article"Intel Loses Appeal Against European Antitrust Fine"
In a long-awaited judgment issued on June 12, 2014, the General Court upheld in its entirety the European Commission’s May 13, 2009, decision imposing a fine of €1.06 billion ($1.5 billion) on Intel...
View Article"Navigating Chinese Merger Control: MOFCOM Prohibits P3 Shipping Alliance"
On June 17, 2014, the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued just the second prohibition decision in its enforcement history, striking down the proposed P3 Network...
View Article"European Commission Issues Merger Reform White Paper Regarding Minority...
On July 9, 2014, the European Commission published its proposal (White Paper) outlining the approach it intends to adopt with respect to the application of the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) to the...
View Article"Georgetown and Fordham Global Antitrust Law Symposia Focus on Trends in...
Last week, Georgetown University Law Center hosted its Eighth Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium, and Fordham University School of Law hosted its 41st Annual International Antitrust Law and...
View Article"EU Council of Ministers Adopts Directive on Rules Governing Private...
On 10 November 2014, the Council of Ministers of the European Union adopted the long-awaited directive on rules governing private antitrust damage actions (Damages Directive or Directive). Although the...
View Article"China’s MIIT Releases Draft Intellectual Property Policies for Industry...
The Electronic Intellectual Property Center of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a draft “Template for Intellectual Property Policies in Industry...
View Article"Antitrust and Competition: Surveying Global M&A Enforcement Trends"
US: Continuation of Aggressive Review and Enforcement - In 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) further embraced their aggressive...
View Article"Insights Conversations: Cartels"
With improved coordination among agencies and across borders and the threat of dual criminal and civil enforcement, companies facing cartel investigations must navigate an increasingly complex...
View Article"EU Nonmerger Antitrust Enforcement Gets Stricter"
Developments in the past year are likely to affect nonmerger antitrust enforcement in the European Union in 2015 and beyond. In addition to merger enforcement, antitrust activity in 2014 provided a...
View Article"Dutch Authority Follows EU by Finding Private Equity Firms Liable for...
The Dutch competition authority (the Authority for Consumers and Markets, or ACM) has issued two decisions imposing fines on private equity firms for the participation of their portfolio company in the...
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