FTC official cautions to keep privacy and antitrust doctrines separate – ABA Spring Meeting

Privacy and antitrust law should not be integrated as these “are two different things,” a Federal Trade Commission official said today (April 29) at the… Read More

EC looks to exploitative abuse on data, says official – ABA Spring Meeting

Privacy, antitrust law can work hand-in-hand, EC official says Exploitative abuses could become more mainstream in privacy, data cases     Competition enforcers may want… Read More

PaRR Analytics: Increasing interim measure use stirs consequences debate

PaRR Analytics: Increasing interim measure use stirs consequences debate   • Last year’s interim measures over a third of all adopted since 2015 •… Read More

EC, ex-FTC officials tout behavioural over structural remedies – ABA Spring Meeting

Antitrust enforcers should approach structural remedies with caution as they may not be proportionate, an official from the European Commission (EC), and former US enforcers,… Read More

EC official marks significance of Amazon case in future antitrust scrutiny – ABA Spring Meeting

The European Commission’s (EC) investigation into Amazon and how the platform uses data is an example for the kind of conduct antitrust enforcers might want to watch… Read More

FTC Commissioner says enforcement of nascent/future competition theory to increase – ABA Spring Meeting

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Christine Wilson said today (23 April) that the agency will pursue more merger enforcement cases based on potential harms to… Read More

ABA Virtual Antitrust Spring Meeting 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic made cocktail hours and canapés distant memories, the American Bar Association quickly pivoted to make 2020 the year of the Virtual… Read More

EC official says merger control flexible enough to account for COVID-19 market turbulence – Concurrences

The European Commission’s (EC) merger control rulebook is sufficiently flexible to allow the agency to account for substantive changes in market conditions such as those… Read More

EC COVID-19 state aid recap scheme proposes limits to M&A, repayment mechanism by 2023

The European Commission’s (EC) proposed amendment to its Temporary Framework (TF) to allow for recapitalisations of companies proposes limits on mergers and acquisitions and a… Read More

EC to issue guidelines to prevent COVID-19 foreign takeovers

The European Commission (EC) will issue guidelines to help member states screen foreign direct investment (FDI) to prevent foreign entities from taking over European companies… Read More