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From Present Practice to Future Policy: The Evolution of Efficiencies in Merger Control
 |  Dec 3, 2025

By: Aura García Pabón[1]   I. Introduction Recent discussions on competition policy seem to have centered on whether competition authorities have adequate and appropriate tools to enforce laws effectively, often...

Enforcement Harmony: Keeping Competition Regulation and Due Process in Sync
 |  Dec 2, 2025

By: John M. Taladay and Christine Ryu-Naya*   I. Introduction Effective competition regulation seeks to foster a level playing field and promote market efficiency. To do so, some authorities are...

Principles of Antitrust Policy Enforcement and Lessons from the Korean Experience
 |  Nov 10, 2025

By: Seonghoon Jeon[1][2]   I. Introduction Since the enactment of the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act (“MRFTA”) in 1981, Korean antitrust law has made significant strides in both scope and depth....

Recent Developments in the Analysis of Life Sciences Mergers
 |  Nov 7, 2025

By Michael Frese, Justine Haimi, Julia Zhu, Marta Navarro Hernández, Rachel Yang[1] I. Introduction Pharmaceutical deals have the attention of competition regulators globally. The European Commission (“EC”) recently noted in...

Global Merger Control: Counting the Days and Paying the Bill – Insights from the Brazilian Experience
 |  Oct 29, 2025

By Paulo Burnier da Silveira[1]   I. Introduction In 2024, the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE) received 712 merger notifications including several transactions with a transnational dimension (e.g. IAG/AirEuropa, Bunge/Viterra and...

Improving Access and Affordability: Enhancing Competition in Costa Rica’s Pharmaceutical Market
 |  Oct 10, 2025

By: Alexander Elbittar,[1] Carlos Lever,[2] Diana Plascencia[3] & Rubén Guerrero.[4] In response to persistent concerns over high prices and limited access to medicines in Costa Rica, the Commission to Promote...

Antitrust at Work: Enforcement of Antitrust Laws in Labor Markets
 |  Oct 8, 2025

By John Roberti, Anant Raut & Elliot Buckman [1]   I. Introduction For nearly a decade, U.S. antitrust regulators have made the enforcement of antitrust laws in labor markets one...

A Final Call for the European Commission Exclusionary Abuse Guidelines: Back to (Economic) Principles
 |  Sep 19, 2025

By: Juan Delgado & Hector Otero I. Introduction The European Commission is about to publish new guidelines for the analysis of exclusionary abuses, following the public consultation on the Draft...

A Market Design Framework for Antitrust Causation in the Google Search Case
 |  Aug 11, 2025

By Lawrence W. Abrams,[1] On August 5, 2024, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by...

Between Efficiency and Illegality: The Competitive Implications of Surveillance and Algorithmic Pricing
 |  Aug 6, 2025

By Sencer Ecer & Mehmet Ekmekci[1]   I. Emerging Enforcement Actions re: Surveillance and Algorithmic Pricing On February 4, 2010, the DOJ filed a Statement of Interest opposing the Google...

Trump 2025 Antitrust Agenda: Targeting Regulatory Barriers
 |  Jul 15, 2025

By John J. Kavanagh & Weisiyu Jiang[1]   I. Background Reviving a deregulatory agenda with a new antitrust twist, the Trump administration is using Executive Orders along with DOJ and...

US/UK Tech Policy and Economic Growth
 |  Jul 7, 2025

By Tim Cowen[1] In this article we outline below where we are, where we have come from, and where we may be going in digital markets. The following discusses the...

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