January 07, 2011
Vertical Agreements: New Competition Rules for the Next Decade
Magdalena Brenning-Louko, Andrei Gurin, Luc Peeperkorn, Katja Viertiö, Jan 06, 2011 On 20 April 2010 the Commission adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation applicable to vertical agreements (hereinafter “the Regulation”)....
January 07, 2011
U.S. Discovery of European Union and U.S. Leniency Applications and...
Samuel Miller, Kristina Nordlander, James Owens, Jan 07, 2011 An issue of growing importance in global competition law is the risk that materials produced pursuant to one foreign sovereign’s confidential...
January 07, 2011
A Review of the Competition Law Implications of the Treaty...
Norman Neyrinck, Nicolas Petit, Jan 07, 2011 Most competition lawyers tend to view the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”), which followed...
January 07, 2011
(Minimum) Resale Price Maintenance Under the New Guidelines: A Critique...
Yves Botteman, Kees Jan Kuilwijk, Jan 07, 2011 During its recent revision of rules regarding vertical agreements, which culminated in a revised block exemption for certain such agreements and new...
December 23, 2010
Virtual Currency Equals Love
On the 11th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me … 100 Facebook credits and told me I could go crazy buying virtual stuff for my farm on...
December 13, 2010
New Global Payment Schemes: Imitation, the Sincerest Form of Flattery?
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s payment network consolidation in the US and Europe, resulted in a world with only 3 global credit card brands – Visa, MasterCard and American Express,...
December 10, 2010
EU Competition Policy in 2025: A Vision of an European...
Alan Riley, Dec 09, 2010 This is a view of future EU competition policy through looking at the way cases could be decided taking into account current trends. I would...
December 10, 2010
Twenty Years After: The Future of Competition Enforcement in the...
Renato Nazzini, Dec 09, 2010 Any prediction on where Union competition law enforcement will be in 20 years time must start by taking stock of the progress so far, or...
December 10, 2010
EU Competition Law and Policy in 2025:Modernization”Mission Accomplished?
Assimakis Komninos, Dec 09, 2010 Competition law futurology can be risky. But perhaps not so risky, if we are talking about EU competition law and policy. While competition policy is...
Real-time payments in the EU are on the verge of achieving their instantaneous promise, with a new rule from the European Council requiring instant fund transfers to be available within 10 seconds. In this edition of the “Real-Time Payments World Map,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, PYMNTS explores this development along with other advancements unfolding across the global real-time payments landscape.