http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com Kluwer Competition Law Blog | Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Tue, 22 May 2012 13:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 en http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/KluwerCompetitionBlogExcerptFeed/~3/CGYoWtN-45w/ http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/05/22/poland-a-grand-new-opening/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 13:17:45 +0000 Aleksander Stawicki http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/?p=1005 Continue reading →]]> by Aleksander Stawicki

(1) Significant changes to the Polish Competition Law are on the way. One could probably not imagine a better case for a debut in this blog. The Polish Competition Authority, or PCA (the President of the Office for Protection of … Continue reading →

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On 19 May 2012, China’s Ministry of Commerce (‘MOFCOM’) announced its conditional clearance decision on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google, which removed the last hurdle for the USD12.5 billion vertical deal. The MOFCOM is the only antitrust authority … Continue reading →

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Everybody at America Movil (”AM”) – and especially its owner, Mr.Carlos Slim – should have welcomed with a sense of relief the (somehow unexpected) turn in the saga which started last year when the Mexican Federal Competition Commission (“CFC”) hit … Continue reading →

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The feud between the Chinese Internet companies Qihoo 360 Technology Co., Ltd. (‘Qihoo 360’) and Tencent Inc. (‘Tencent’) has been simmering for nearly two years. This article spotlights the facts and major issues of the dispute. The Facts Tencent runs … Continue reading →

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A recent CC decision, Stericycle/Ecowaste Southwest, in which it prohibited a completed merger and required the divestment of the acquired business, is a salutary reminder to companies that do not wait for merger clearance before completing their transaction. Continue reading →

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The discussion on the merit and feasibility of a possible application of Behavioural Economics in Competition Law and Policy has been fierce, particularly so in the context of US Antitrust Law. The fundamental assumption of Behavioural Economics lies in the … Continue reading →

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The bigger they are, the harder they fall and the sounds of the crash get louder as the legal controls get weaker. Take, for instance, the recent £807.2m sale of Edinburgh airport to Global Infrastructure Partners. This is the latest … Continue reading →

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Legal change sometimes takes unpredictable paths: mid-April, something important happened for European law in Luxembourg, but this did not come from the European Court of Justice (the “ECJ”). Not every reader of this blog is necessarily aware that the ECJ … Continue reading →

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The Institute of European and International Business Law from the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland is pleased to invite you to the 19th St.Gallen International Competition Law Forum ICF on June 7th and 8th 2012. Once again, leading experts in national, … Continue reading →

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At the end of March, the European Commission fined Czech energy companies Energetický a průmyslový and EP Investment Advisors EUR2.5 million for obstructing a dawn raid which European Commission officials carried out as part of an antitrust investigation. This is … Continue reading →

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