Conference Coverage
CMA chairman: digitisation requires “major adjustments” to competition policy
04 March 2020
The chairman of the UK's Competition and Markets Authority has urged enforcers to make greater use of “soft power” tools such as international cooperation to better respond to the challenges of digitisation.
Focus on merger control to combat big tech, enforcers urge
03 March 2020
Most of the complaints that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority receives stem from a past merger that has had subsequent market effects, the enforcer’s chief executive has said.
CMA official: Lawmakers “worrying” about digital markets
02 March 2020
Governments and regulators worldwide are “worrying” about how to regulate digital markets, an official at the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has said.
Slaughter: US FTC should disclose probes
02 March 2020
The US Federal Trade Commission should consider making its investigations public to increase accountability, a commissioner at the agency has suggested.
CMA may hold more witness interviews in merger probes
02 March 2020
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is “increasingly considering” making use of its witness interview powers to gather evidence in merger investigations, the enforcer’s chief executive has said.
Consider blocking more digital deals, says de Silva
28 February 2020
The head of France’s Competition Authority has suggested that her agency should prohibit more mergers in the digital economy when it is unsure of the deal’s impact on competition.
European Commission won’t lower thresholds, says Régibeau
27 February 2020
The chief economist at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition said he does not think the commission is considering changing merger thresholds.
FTC official: Illumina/PacBio was a “future innovation story”
27 February 2020
The US Federal Trade Commission’s deputy director of competition has shed light on her agency’s challenge to the now-abandoned Illumina/Pacific Biosciences deal.
Valletti decries consumer welfare standard
26 February 2020
The consumer welfare standard is a “very imperfect system” that could be supplanted by “almost anything else”, the former chief competition economist for the EU has said.
Algorithms pose “serious” competition risk, Portuguese enforcer claims
26 February 2020
The president of Portugal’s competition authority has warned of a “future of rampant tacit collusion” brought about by advanced algorithms.