In this issue: The Insurance BER Consultation Eithne McCarthy, Jul 22, 2008 Is a Safe Harbour for Insurance Still Justified? As the Consultation points out, only a few sectors currently benefit from a sector specific block exemption regulation and in other sectors block exemptions have expired and not been renewed. The Commission now needs to […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Simon Hirsbrunner, Christian Köckritz, Jul 28, 2008 On July 10, 2008, the European Court of Justice overturned the European Court of First Instance’s Impala judgment, which had previously quashed the European Commission’s clearance decision of the Sony/BMG merger. Even though the ECJ judgment […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle David Rodi, Jul 28, 2008 With the recent increase in motor fuel prices in the United States, the credit card processing fees paid by service station owners have come under increased scrutiny from both the U.S. Congress and the courts. Most credit card […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Amy Garzon, Layne Kruse, Jul 28, 2008 “Market manipulation” has been a potential target for U.S. prosecutors for over seventy years. However, the focus on market manipulation in the energy industry is more recent, and now the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has joined […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Eithne McCarthy, Jul 22, 2008 On April 17, 2008, the European Commission launched a public consultation to examine the functioning of the insurance block exemption regulation. The replies to the Consultation will enable the Commission to determine whether or not to renew the […]

This article is part of a Chronicle. See more from this Chronicle Caroline Pauwels, Ben Van Rompuy, Jul 22, 2008 On July 13, 2006, the European Court of First Instance annulled the European Commission’s decision authorizing the creation of Sony BMG, a joint venture incorporating the worldwide recorded music businesses of Sony and Bertelsmann. In […]