‘We have reached “peak cloning” in Silicon Valley’: when does copying your competitor’s product become anticompetitive?
‘We have reached “peak cloning” in Silicon Valley’, read a recent tweet by Jeff Morris Jr. […]
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Crossroads in EU Competition Law: green light or stop sign for non-economic goals?
On the 6th of September, Reuters broke the news that the U.S. Department of Justice launched an antitrust […]
Ex-ante competition law enforcement and online platforms – a tool with no (clear) instructions
The interest of national competition authorities in the matter of online platforms and competition law […]
Is there hope for competition in the rail sector?
The blocking of the Siemens-Alstom merger reminded everyone of the ‘pros and cons’ arguments in the […]
Audit and consulting services sector to face ‘unbundling’ by competition laws?
Lately in Europe, international accounting and consulting firms have been facing a number of legal […]
The return of the MFN clauses – platform ranking as an enforcement mechanism for price parity
The MFN cases of the past few years have delivered a series of uncoordinated cases […]
U.S. antitrust agencies divide jurisdiction over Big Tech and single out Google for investigation
Last year, I wrote about how the United States considers boarding the tech regulation train that […]
Collusive conduct in financial instruments trading: a look at the issues of dealing via chatrooms
Following the benchmark currency rate manipulation scandal, the banking sector has had no chance to […]
App stores and (potential) abuses of dominance – an opportunity to reshape competition law enforcement in digital markets
During the past few weeks the number of complaints against Apple’s practices concerning the App […]
Are settlement proceedings the poor relation of EU antitrust policy?
Leniency and settlement policies are crucial antitrust enforcement tools. They reward defendants’ cooperation and seek […]