Conference Coverage
FAS official calls big data a “new oil”
09 July 2019
A senior official at Russia’s antitrust watchdog has likened “big data” to oil and suggested that all market participants should have equal access to it.
DG Comp official previews vertical block exemption concerns
03 July 2019
E-commerce has changed the game for businesses’ vertical relationships, and the current vertical block exemption regulation does not fit those more complex relationships, Thomas Kramler has said.
Informal complaints keep cartel cases coming, says Belgian antitrust head
02 July 2019
The president of Belgium’s Competition Authority has said that while the number of leniency applications his agency receives has gone down, the number of cartel cases that it opens has not.
Interim measures help to keep antitrust relevant, says DG Comp official
01 July 2019
The timing of an intervention such as the interim remedies proposed for Broadcom can make enforcement more effective, a senior official at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition has said.
Snoep: Enforcers should look further into future for merger control
01 July 2019
Competition authorities’ merger analysis should include longer-term developments such as innovation and potential market entrants, the head of the Netherlands’ antitrust enforcer has said.
Ofcom chief economist warns on digital markets unit
26 June 2019
The chief economist at the UK’s telecommunications regulator has raised concerns about a national digital markets unit.
DG Comp official acknowledges burdensome merger control requirements
20 June 2019
The European Commission is aware of the “heavy burden” it places on companies to provide internal documents during a merger review, an official at the competition enforcer has said while pointing to how this can help to clear deals.
Courts must embrace innovative enforcement of digital economy, Mundt says
19 June 2019
Competition authorities cannot be innovative in tackling the digital economy if national courts fail to distinguish the sector from other industries, Andreas Mundt has said.
Coscelli: UK antitrust regime favours large companies
18 June 2019
UK competition enforcement gives greater opportunities for large companies to challenge enforcement decisions and defend their interests, in contrast to small businesses and consumers, the head of the UK’s antitrust enforcer has said.
Mundt: break up companies only if data competition and regulation fail
17 June 2019
The head of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has laid out potential ways to address problems in the digital economy, short of breaking up big technology companies.