This is my archive

bar

EU GC quashes Starbucks state aid decision, confirms Fiat’s

The EU General Court (GC) today (24 September) quashed the European Commission’s (EC) decision ordering the Netherlands to recover illegal state aid from Starbucks and… Read More

EU GC quashes Starbucks state aid decision, confirms Fiat’s

The EU General Court (GC) today (24 September) quashed the European Commission’s (EC) decision ordering the Netherlands to recover illegal state aid from Starbucks and… Read More

Irish truck claimants anticipate court to confirm jurisdiction following ECJ ruling

Challenges to the Irish High Court’s jurisdiction in ongoing follow-on trucks damages claims are expected to fall away following the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) Tibor-Trans decision,… Read More

Osram/ams downplay competition concerns due to limited overlap

Osram [ETR: OSR] and ams [VIE:AMS] do not expect their potential tie-up to raise competition concerns due to limited overlap between their activities, spokespeople for… Read More

Spanish court orders Iveco, Daimler, to pay EUR 44,000 in truck damages

A Spanish commercial court has ordered truck makers Iveco S.p.a. and Daimler AG to pay EUR 44,457 to two plaintiffs in compensation for overcharge due… Read More

BKartA chief flags competition concerns over Facebook’s Libra, Google, Apple payment systems

The German competition authority is keenly monitoring developments over Facebook’s yet-to-be-launched cryptocurrency Libra, with president Andreas Mundt flagging concerns that the platform’s ability to gather… Read More

Matthew Boswell-Canadian Competition Bureau

Matthew Boswell, newly named commissioner of the Canadian Competition Bureau (CCB), sits down with Acuris to provide details to help us better understand the antitrust… Read More

Ninette Dodoo & Hazel Yin – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s two partners and co-heads of the China competition practice, Ninette Dodoo and Hazel Yin spell out how China unlike its counterparts in… Read More

Kurnia Toha & Kodrat Wibowow – Indonesia Commission for the Supervision Business Competition

Indonesia’s antitrust authority, Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) though has been fighting to get extraterritorial powers and the ability to conduct dawn raid, its Chairman… Read More

Reiko Aoki – Commissioner, Japan Fair Trade Commission

Japan’s antitrust authority feels there is a need for “a brand new government agency” to oversee digital platforms. Commissioner Reiko Aoki of the Japan Fair… Read More