In this issue: The XM-Sirius Merger Paul Larkin, Jul 26, 2007 A Competitive Analysis of the Proposed XM-Sirius Satellite Radio Merger Ultimately, the opinions that matter are those of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Both must approve the merger before it can be […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Xiaoye Wang, Aug 11, 2008 After more than a decade of discussions, debates, and drafting, China adopted its Antimonopoly Law on August 30, 2007, and the law took effect on August 1, 2008. Like other antirust regimes, the Chinese AML essentially provides the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Jul 31, 2007 This article was previously published in The Daily Deal. It is reprinted here with permission. A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could help bolster America’s standing as a competitive location for capital formation. Or at the very least, the decision […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Damien Gerard, Jul 31, 2007 On July 11, 2007, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (CFI) issued two important judgments in the field of competition law, Schneider Electric v. Commission (cf. T-351/03), and Alrosa Company Ltd. v. Commission (cf. T-170/06). […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Paul Larkin, Jul 26, 2007 On February 19, 2007, America’s two satellite radio companies -XM, based in Washington, D.C., and Sirius, based in New York City- proposed a merger of the two firms. The union would be accomplished by an exchange of shares […]