June 14, 2010
Vertical Agreements: New Competition Rules for the Next Decade

Magdalena Brenning-Louko, Andrei Gurin, Luc Peeperkorn, Katja Vierti, Jun 14, 2010 On 20 April 2010 the Commission adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation applicable to vertical agreements (hereinafter “the Regulation”)....

June 14, 2010
Resale Price Maintenance in the Post-Leegin World: A Comparative Look...

Andrew Gavil, Jun 14, 2010 The conventional wisdom today holds that the federal law of vertical restraints in the United States has been “harmonized.” Thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court’s...

June 14, 2010
(Minimum) Resale Price Maintenance Under the New Guidelines: A Critique...

Yves Botteman, Kees Jan Kuilwijk, Jun 14, 2010 During its recent revision of rules regarding vertical agreements, which culminated in a revised block exemption for certain such agreements and new...

June 04, 2010
Security and Fraud

mPayment Security: How to Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself Jack Alton, Vice President of Sales at Kount, provides a perceptive look at how Kount, and their state of the...

May 19, 2010
Innovator Series

Payments Processing: Simplified And CustomizedPayments processing is a messy and complicated business, but by bringing all of its aspects under one roof, Bluefin Payments is helping to simplify what’s becoming...

May 14, 2010
Continuity and Change in EU Competition Policy

Assimakis Komninos, Feb 16, 2010 The entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on December 1, 2009 has brought profound changes to the EU. The Treaty on European Union...

May 14, 2010
A Review of the Competition Law Implications of the Treaty...

Norman Neyrinck, Nicolas Petit, Feb 17, 2010 Most competition lawyers tend to view the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”), which followed...

April 20, 2010
Best Practices for the Conduct of Antitrust Procedures: Further Thoughts

Nikolaos Peristerakis, Ingrid Vandenborre, Apr 19, 2010 On March 3, 2010, the European Commission (the “Commission”) completed the public consultation of two “Best Practices” documents on the conduct of antitrust...

April 19, 2010
Due Process Before the Commission of the European Union? Some...

Bo Vesterdorf, Apr 16, 2010 In this comment, I shall, however, not discuss the above mentioned issues in any more detail but shall deal with another issue which is an...