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Winter 2011, Volume 2, Number 1

FEB-11(1)
 |  Dec 22, 2015

In this issue: Last September, we published an issue, sponsored by Guest Editor Paul Lugard, on the EC’s Draft Guidelines for Horizontal Agreements. In December, the EC published the final…

The New EU Competition Rules for the Assessment of Horizontal Agreements, II
 |  Dec 27, 2011

Paul Lugard, Feb 18, 2011 Following a consultation process of more than two years, the European Commission has now adopted its Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the…

Mergers with Dominant Firms: The Lundbeck Case
 |  Dec 13, 2011

Herbert Hovenkamp, Dec 13, 2011 In Lundbeck the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision approving a merger of the only two drugs authorized to treat a rare but serious…

The New EU Competition Rules for the Assessment of Horizontal Agreements
 |  Jul 12, 2011

Paul Lugard, Feb 18, 2011 Following a consultation process of more than two years, the European Commission has now adopted its Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the…

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Comments to the Commission’s Horizontal Guidelines”Standardization
 |  Feb 14, 2011

Jorge Padilla, Feb 11, 2011 This note sets out my comments to Section 7 of the Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the TFEU to horizontal co-operation agreements…

The new EU Competition Rules for Co-operation Between Competitors of December 2010
 |  Feb 14, 2011

Donncadh Woods, Feb 14, 2011 On December 14, 2010, the European Commission adopted revised EU competition rules for production agreements, research and development agreements, and other types of commercial cooperation…

The Revised EU Competition Rules for Production and R&D Agreements Create a More Coherent Framework of Assessment and Provide Better Guidance to Companies
 |  Feb 14, 2011

Axel Gutermuth, Feb 14, 2011 On December 14, 2010, the European Commission adopted revised EU competition rules for production agreements, research and development agreements, and other types of commercial cooperation…

Escaping Effects Analysis: The Commission’s New Approach to Restrictions by Object
 |  Feb 14, 2011

Lars Kjolbye, Feb 11, 2011 The Commission must be commended for having issued new Guidelines on horizontal cooperation agreements that, in terms of the analytical framework, in many ways is…

Information Exchanges Among Competitors under the New Horizontal Guidelines “ A Few Further Thoughts
 |  Feb 11, 2011

Andreas Reindl, Feb 11, 2011 In December 2010 the Commission adopted the revised Horizontal Guidelines with a new chapter on information exchanges. The draft Guidelines already proposed sound principles for…

Some Observations on the Treatment of Standardization Agreements in the EC Guidelines on Horizontal Cooperation Agreements
 |  Feb 11, 2011

Mathew Heim, Feb 11, 2011 Guidelines issued by the European Commission can provide an important complement to the modernization of Europe’s competition regime. Instituted by Regulation 1/2003, modernization did away…

Further Reflections on the Impact of the EC Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines on Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation
 |  Feb 11, 2011

Richard Taffet, Feb 11, 2011 The European Commission has now issued its Guidelines on the applicability of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to…

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