A decade later, Czech court rules bakery dawn raids illegal
Friday, 19 February
After a decade-long court battle, the Czech Republic’s Constitutional Court has binned evidence the country’s antitrust enforcer obtained during illegal dawn raids of three bakeries accused of price-fixing, and has sent the case back to the country’s top court for reconsideration.
UPS challenges FedEx/TNT in Brazil
Friday, 19 February
The United Parcel Service will fight against a merger between its parcel delivery rivals FedEx and TNT Express, two weeks after Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defence cleared the €4.4 billion deal.
A&O Italian competition head switches to Gattai Minoli Agostinelli
Friday, 19 February
Silvia D’Alberti, the head of Allen & Overy’s competition group in Italy, is set to leave for Gattai Minoli Agostinelli in Rome, where she will be tasked with establishing the firm’s antitrust practice.
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Feinstein: No merger safe harbour for small GUPPIs
Friday, 19 February
The Federal Trade Commission will not use the gross upward pricing pressure index as a definitive screen to determine which product or geographic markets involved in a merger need no further scrutiny, the director of the FTC’s bureau of competition said yesterday. -
FTAIA needs “flexible concept”, says DoJ antitrust appellate chief
Friday, 19 February
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act’s exception for US commerce should not be narrowly quantified, but instead should become clarified over time by case law, the chief of the appellate section at the Department of Justice’s antitrust division said yesterday. -
Squire Patton Boggs hires from Proskauer
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Agency officials reject numerical limits: The Tipline for 19 February 2016
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Proposed West Virginia law would block Cabell/St Mary’s scrutiny
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Kenya’s competition bar
Country Survey • Tuesday, 9 February
Mark Briggs profiles the firms with the best reputations as Kenya embarks on a new era of competition policy -
The public interest test in Africa: purpose or folly?
Journal Feature • Tuesday, 9 February
In Africa, a continent with stubbornly high unemployment and a history of economic disenfranchisement, public interest tests are the norm during merger reviews. Mark Briggs examines whether competition agencies are best placed to consider those disparate and often politically charged factors, both in Africa and elsewhere. -
Interview with Francis Kariuki
Journal Feature • Tuesday, 9 February
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2016: The year in preview
Journal Feature • Monday, 25 January
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An interview with Ashok Chawla
Online Feature • Tuesday, 19 January
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Friday, 19 February
Margrethe Vestager became the head of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition in November 2014. In February 2016, Tom Webb spoke to her about her record so far and plans for the future of DG Comp.
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Friday, 19 February
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