Friday, 24 May
After a round of interviews last week, the government of Canada appears closer to choosing the country’s next commissioner of competition, sources tell GCR.
Google may face fresh FTC advertising probe
Friday, 24 May
Online search leader Google is the target of a fresh antitrust inquiry inside the US Federal Trade Commission, which is questioning whether the company is using its strength in the online display advertising market in potentially anti-competitive ways, according to press reports.
SEPs tackled from all sides at GCR Live
Friday, 24 May
A rare chance to hear lawyers, judges, economists and enforcers all discussing the antitrust law-intellectual property intersection is coming up at GCR Live: IP & Antitrust in Brussels next month.
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Features
An interview with Chris Fonteijn
Journal Feature • Tuesday, 7 May
The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers & Markets, a new authority that has combined the Competition Authority, telecoms regulator and consumer protection agency, officially opened its doors today. GCR spoke to its head, Chris Fonteijn, in London at the Office of Fair Trading.
EU cartel settlements: are they working?
Journal Feature • Tuesday, 7 May
Flavio Laina, head of the cartel settlement unit at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition, Marc Hansen, partner at Latham & Watkins and Gerwin Van Gerven, partner at Linklaters, take an in-depth look at the EU cartel settlements system. By David Vascott
Playing catch-up
Country Survey • Tuesday, 7 May
Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has been a capable agency for some time, but has struggled to promote the importance of competition law among both the public and the business community. With significant changes to the competition agenda on the way, that looks set to change, writes Faaez Samadi
Taiwan’s competition bar
Country Survey • Tuesday, 7 May
Despite the low profile of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission on the international stage, there’s enough competition work around to keep a handful of firms busy. Faaez Samadi meets the teams handling the leading cases
An interview with Shiow-Ming Wu
Country Survey • Tuesday, 7 May
After securing a second term as chair of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission, Shiow-Ming Wu is driving through institutional and legislative changes that will put the enforcer on the antitrust map. Faaez Samadi sat down with him to discuss his plans
This Week's Most Read Stories
Surveys: Washington, Taiwan • EU Cartel Settlements Round Table, Mexican Amparos • Interviews with Shiow-Ming Wu, Chris Fonteijn, Joe Wayland
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Details on forthcoming features and projects.
Featured Articles
Two Years On: The CCI’s Merger Control Regime and the Dhaba Paradox
Thursday, 23 May
Observers in India say the country's merger control regime is up and running at a good clip. But some apparent flaws remain – including how the Competition Commission handles the acquisition of smaller assets that may fall well below the country’s merger control thresholds. Arshad (Paku) Khan, the executive director of Khaitan & Co, explores the issue.
An interview with Joseph Wayland
Thursday, 23 May
Joseph Wayland is credited by many as reversing the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s fortunes in civil litigation. Hired to head the civil enforcement division in 2010 and appointed as acting assistant attorney general in 2012, Wayland led the division’s first successful litigated merger challenge in nearly a decade in H&R Block, and its subsequent challenge of AT&T/T-Mobile, which ended with the parties abandoning the deal. Katy Oglethorpe talks to him about his courtroom successes, the future of merger enforcement at the department, and life since returning to his former firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett last year
Washington, DC's antitrust bar
Thursday, 23 May
The US capital's antitrust bar is on the verge of a generational shift – yet it remains as deep and talented as ever. Ron Knox and Katy Oglethorpe examine the top teams working in the hub of antitrust law.
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