Antitrust Chronicle® – Horizontal Competition: Mergers, Innovation & New Guidelines

Dear Readers,

Antitrust from its inception was designed to minimize the risks of horizontal effects. This could take the form of a classic cartel, or a monopolistic practice through the combination of entities. The pieces in this Chronicle document recent practice as regards different aspects of horizontal effects, both from a classic antitrust and a merger control perspective.

Kirti Gupta, Gregor Langus & Vilen Lipatov open by discussing how a growing proportion of innovation occurs in pri