July 07, 2010
The New EC Block Exemption for Vertical Restraints: A Step...
Paul Lugard, Theon van Dijk, Jul 07, 2010 Today, more than 10 years after the adoption of Regulation 2790/1999, much has changed. First, while the adoption of Regulation 279/1999 marked...
June 30, 2010
June 2010 Blog o’ Blogs
We begin this month with two posts from the high-tech world, looking at Apple’s new iPhone launch and playing “what if” on the 10th anniversary of the Microsoft Decision. Our...
June 30, 2010
The New Verticals Block Exemption Regulation and Guidelines – Practical...
Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Kristien Geeurickx, Jun 30, 2010 The new verticals block exemption Regulation and Guidelines came into force on June 1, 2010. Agreements which as of May 31, 2010 satisfied...
June 30, 2010
Internet Sales and the New EU Rules on Vertical Restraints
Filippo Amato, Jun 30, 2010 Various questions arise with regard to the type of internet sales restrictions that a supplier can impose upon its distributors. For instance, should internet sales...
June 28, 2010
Market Definition: Use and Abuse
Dennis Carlton, Apr 19, 2007 Market definition is a crude though sometimes useful tool for identifying market power. The ambiguity in what analysts mean by market power (price above marginal...
June 25, 2010
What’s in the financial reform compromise reached by House, Senate
Over a 20-hour negotiating session ending just past dawn on Friday, House and Senate conferees thrashed out a final version of the most significant new financial reforms since the Depression,...
June 25, 2010
Securities-Law Overhaul in U.S. Is Approved by Panel
June 25 — Congressional negotiators today approved the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. financial regulation since the Great Depression, reshaping oversight of Wall Street. Lawmakers from the House and Senate...
June 25, 2010
Senate Democrats Search for Votes to Pass Jobs Bill
A bill that would extend unemployment benefits and raise taxes on buyout fund managers is in danger of being blocked in the U.S. Senate, even after efforts by Democratic leaders...
June 23, 2010
The Payments Authority
About The Payments Authority The Payments Authority is a not-for-profit trade association whose membership includes financial institutions, companies, municipalities and solution providers who share a common strategy… maximized business...