Dear Readers,   As is traditional, this Chronicle brings together a collection of insightful articles from this year’s CRESSE conference, exploring key developments in competition law and policy, with a...

The European Commission's 2026 evaluation of the Digital Markets Act faces a fundamental challenge: quantifying abstract goals like fairness and contestability in fast-moving, global markets. This article discusses the opportunities...

Recent EU regulatory developments have significantly expanded oversight of mergers, acquisitions, and foreign investments through the Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) Screening Regulation and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”). The FDI...

Are standard analytical tools used to delineate relevant markets fit for purpose in the context of digital ecosystems and product suites? We review recent European conduct and merger cases involving...

Over the past decade, the relationship between competition policy and consumer protection has undergone a profound transformation. Traditionally treated as distinct domains — with competition policy focused on preserving market...

This article examines Brazil’s proposed Bill No. 4,675/2025, which introduces an ex ante regime for systemically relevant digital platforms under the authority of CADE. It argues that traditional ex post,...

How should we evaluate a competition authority’s performance? Rejecting purely quantitative scoring models, this article argues that numbers tell only partial, and often misleading, stories—high case counts may signal robust...

Dear Readers, This Chronicle arrives at a moment when the lines between labor mobility, merger control, and AI-driven innovation have begun to blur in ways that challenge every familiar analytical...

Acquihires and “reverse acquihires” allow large technology firms to secure key employees and intellectual property, but they also raise important labor- and product-market concerns. A central puzzle is why acquirers...

This paper examines the economic and regulatory implications of “acqui-hires” in the technology sector, including both traditional acquisitions and emerging “reverse acqui-hire” arrangements. Drawing on recent literature and case examples,...

Acquihiring is a transaction structure that focuses on acquiring key talent and intellectual property rather than an entire business. The prevalence of acqui-hiring transactions has dramatically increased in recent years...

This paper contains two main propositions, recognizing that some “acqui-hire” fact patterns may generate analogous effects to M&A.  First, it argues that team hires by Big Tech in the AI...