A Chinese telecommunications company has urged a Canadian court to suspend a government order that would force it to divest its entire business in the country on national security grounds.
Robert Hardy has left Simmons & Simmons to join Greenberg Traurig as a local partner in Amsterdam.
An Australian judge has delayed the start of a cartel trial to give Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and several of their executives the chance to permanently dismiss allegations that they colluded to distribute bank shares.
South Africa's antitrust authority has blocked a tie-up between the country’s sole liquid cyanide producer and a Czech-based rival, finding that the deal would harm competition through “inevitable post-merger price increases”.
Joel Bamford is stepping down as senior director of the UK antitrust enforcer’s mergers division to join Fingleton early next year.
The European Commission has fined UBS, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Credit Suisse a total of €344 million as part of a hybrid settlement decision, after traders at the banks …
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Nvidia’s $40 billion acquisition of Arm from SoftBank, asserting that the combined company would have the ability and incentive to stifle innovation in the chip market.
The City of Oakland does not have antitrust standing to accuse the National Football League of price-fixing but other cities might, a federal appellate court has said.
A jury verdict invalidating one of Illumina’s DNA-sequencing patents may allow a rival to enter the US market at an earlier date, likely influencing ongoing antitrust litigation between both companies and possibly also the Federal Trade Commission's complaint against Illumina's tie-up with Grail.
There are plenty of folks who want to permanently shut out the lights at the Federal Trade Commission, which is why the agency’s public messaging is so important. Many Americans will see headlines today describing the agency’s effort to block a $40 billion chip merger, likely picturing the commission ensuring their BBQ or Sour Cream-drenched snacks stay tasty. That’s certainly an easier sell than protecting competition for semiconductors.
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Isolde Goggin retired as president of Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on 4 October. She spoke to GCR about the difficulties of operating as an enforcer without an effective sanctions regime, …
With almost five years as president of the Portuguese Competition Authority under her belt, Margarida Matos Rosa spoke to Charley Connor about the agency’s recent forays into labour markets, the importance of …
Alejandra Palacios Prieto stepped down as head of Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission last week after eight years at the helm. In a wide ranging interview with GCR, she spoke about controversial …
On 9 July 2021, the Joe Biden administration in the US passed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy” proposing sweeping changes aimed at causing a fundamental shift in …
The sixth edition of Women in Antitrust celebrates more than 130 female private practitioners, enforcers, in-house counsel, economists and academics who deserve recognition for their standout careers.
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