Goodrich/ Coltec

June / July 1999

1. Regulators square off over international enforcement
2. Microsoft trial set to resume
3. McCain criticises FCC
4. Toys ‘R’ Us settles with states, FTC appeal continues
5. Shareholders approve Exxon/ Mobil
6. Chevron/ Texaco seen as stalled
7. AirTran to complain about Delta
8. EU welcomes Coca-Cola’s climbdown on Cadbury- Schweppes
9. EU to investigate Telenor/ Telia
10. Italy’s antitrust authority investigates sports broadcasting
11. Italy’s antitrust authority clears Mannesman/ Infostrada
12. UK authority tackles ice cream
13. JFTC OKs flat glass market
14. Transatlantic competition department for Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells
15. New Clifford Chance partner named
16. Linklaters hires Gide partner
17. Jeantet goes to London
18. Merger for European Six
19. Houthoff Buruma
20. Italian mergers
21. Boesebeck Droste gains competition partner
22. Coudert in Frankfurt
23. Freshfields’ new partners
24. Reshuffle at London Economics
25. Brussels telecoms
26. Advice for future head of Competition
27. AT&T/ MediaOne
28. IBM/ ATT
29. Japan Telecom joint venture
30. DoJ brings antitrust case against American Airlines
31. Vitamin cartel
32. BP Amoco/ Arco
33. Inquiry into UK new car market
34. Supermarket enquiry
35. Rhone-Poulenc/ Hoechst
36. Aetna/ Prudential Life
37. Coca-Cola/ Orangina
38. Goodrich/ Coltec
39. DaimlerChrysler price fixing probe
40. Pearson Group's newspaper joint ventures
41. Alstom/ ABB
42. Maersk/ SCL
43. Communication is the New World Order
44. New era for EU telecoms
45. ABA Spring Meeting
46. Heated US Senate considers telecoms
47. US telecom mergers placed under the regulatory microscope
48. Competition Bureau advocacy in the Canadian telecoms sector
49. Treviso conference praises Commission’s role
50. An interview with Giuseppe Tesauro
51. Antitrust searches for 'middle ground'
52. US business gets its say on competition policy
53. Argentina: YPF fined for anti-competitive pricing policy
54. Australia: ACCC conducts public inquiries into the declaration of telecoms services
55. Belgium: Reform of competition law leaves questions unanswered
56. Canada: Bureau releases draft of Cooperating Parties Program
57. Czech Republic: Government seeks to enhance telecoms competition with third mobile phone operator
58. Denmark: Joint use of transmission infrastructure exempted
59. EU: White Paper heralds major reform of competition enforcement rules
60. Finland: Price conciliation clauses mean utility did not abuse its dominance
61. France: Merger control cases under the aegis of the Conseil d’Etat
62. Germany: New rules offer greater scope for conditional merger clearances
63. Italy: Draft decree on postal market liberalisation falls short of the mark
64. Malaysia: Communications and Multimedia Act first to promote competition
65. Mexico: FCC guidelines on the use of indices in merger analysis paramount
66. Netherlands: Competition Authority endorses PTT Post's charges for PO box services
67. New Zealand: Debate over role of common law control of monopoly pricing
68. Panama: Parties preparing pleadings in first competition case
69. Romania: Competition Law faces privatisations
70. Spain: Reform of merger control rules introduces mandatory regime
71. Sweden: Rulings on cooperation between forestry companies
72. Switzerland: Criteria for calculating failure to notify penalties
73. Taiwan: Amendments to Fair Trade Law
74. United Kingdom: OFT publishes first Competition Act guidelines
75. USA: Fine for partner who wrongly certified HSR filing
76. Venezuela: US soda ash producer guilty of abusing dominance
77. Franchising: Franchising legislation in Asia takes its cue from US