Winter 2011, Volume 1, Number 2

In this issue: We certainly lived in interesting times in 2011. Before the year fades away in the anticipation of even more excitement to come, we once again present a dozen of our most read articles of 2012, chosen not only for their popularity but for their variety. And we certainly want to take this […]

In this issue: We’re starting the new year with a look at a topic that has been and looks to be with us for a long time, media and antitrust. Specifically, we’re looking at some of EC’s recent interactions with the big players—Google, Intel, et al., including DG Comp’s Wednesday approval of the Intel/McAfee merger. […]

Christopher Thomas, Jan 27, 2011 The European Commission has just (January 26, 2011) approved the acquisition by Intel of McAfee, following the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) clearance last December. The decision announced by Commissioner Almunia is particularly interesting from a policy perspective because it is conditional on compliance with various commitments offered by Intel, […]

Lorenzo Coppi, Jan 27, 2011 The European Commission has recently opened an antitrust investigation in connection to Google’s commercial practices. This is just the last of a number of recent investigations in the high-tech sector, which have involved Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Qualcomm, Rambus, Apple, and SAP. After reviewing the scope of the European Commission’s investigation […]

Lia Vitzilaiou, Jan 27, 2011 On November 30, 2010, the European Commission issued a press release which many were worried about, others looking forward to, but almost everyone anticipated: Google is under formal antitrust investigation with regard to an alleged abuse of dominance in the online search market. The Commission will investigate three main issues. […]

Denis Matvienko, Yuri Rubin, Jan 27, 2011 In structured market systems, state competition policy is an inherent part of the government’s activity in the context of competition protection and development and, as such, acts as an essential pillar of an existing, viable market system. The rational observer understands the defense of competition to be the […]