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Gatekeeping Without Dominance: The Regulatory Pacing Problem in Indian E-commerce
By Dr. Ritam Arora[i] I. Introduction: Digital technologies have entered almost every sector of the economy, and digital platforms are increasingly integral to market operations. In India’s e-commerce sector in particular, certain platforms have, because of their scale and indispensability, increasingly become essential infrastructure for users.[ii] These platforms are no...
Region
Africa
Exemptions as a Competition Policy Tool in South Africa
By: Nicola Theron[1] & Timothy Evans[2] I. Introduction The abuse of market power, along with several other anti-competitive horizontal and vertical practices, is prohibited by the South African Competition Act...
Asia
2025: The Year Chinese Merger Control Came Back!
By: Adrian Emch[1] I. Introduction 2025 proved a busy year for merger control in China, as the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) – China’s antitrust authority – beefs...
Latin America
Merger Control in the Absence of FDI Screening in Latin America
By: Mariana Camacho Ordóñez[1] & Francesca Chocano Villanueva[2] I. Introduction Most Latin American countries review foreign acquisitions for their effects on competition, but few have dedicated foreign direct investment...
South Asia
Gatekeeping Without Dominance: The Regulatory Pacing Problem in Indian E-commerce
By Dr. Ritam Arora[i] I. Introduction: Digital technologies have entered almost every sector of the economy, and digital platforms are increasingly integral to market operations. In India’s e-commerce sector in...
Europe
Modernizing European Competition Policy: Dead on Arrival
By: Cristina Caffarra[1] The world we live in is convulsed by the most extraordinarily far-reaching technological transformation, poised to either unmeasurably improve the human condition and create human-to-machine relations...
US & Canada
On the Inference of Collusion in Algorithmic Pricing: Lessons From Cornish-Adebiyi V. Caesars
By: Sencer Ecer & Mehmet Ekmekci I. Distinguishing Information Effects from Collusive Coordination The growing use of common pricing algorithms (hub-and-spoke systems) has generated an important question for antitrust law:...
ICN
Happy Birthday, ICN
By Eleanor Fox1 Happy Birthday, ICN, from a fan who knew you when. But don’t lie on laurels bed. You have lots of work ahead. It is a pleasure to wish the ICN a happy birthday and many more. I remember well when ICN was just a gleam in a few eyes. I was […]
Oceania
Public Tenders and Competition Law: Are We Acting Competitively in Australia?
By Leandra Diem* & Barbora Jedličková** The concept of competition law as it relates to public procurement is not a particularly common topic of discussion in Australia. Unlike in Switzerland...
Topic
Cartel
Criminal Antitrust Enforcement by the California Attorney General: What Can We Expect?
By Niall E. Lynch & Sydney Kirlan-Stout* I. Introduction Dating to 1907, California’s Cartwright Act1 is the primary state law through which private plaintiffs and state agencies challenge allegedly...
IP Law
What’s FRAND Got to Do With It: How Will Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory Terms be Determined for Accessing Digital Platforms?
By Richard S. Taffet and Nina Jayne Carroll1 I. INTRODUCTION FRAND is now a well-recognized acronym referring to licensing standard essential patents (“SEPs”) on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms....
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