by Kevin Coates | Jan 21, 2016 | General
This is a lightly edited version of a speech I gave at the Chillin’ Competition conference late last year where I gave the opening speech for the panel, “An Emerging Competition Law for a New Economy?” I begin with the usual disclaimer that I’m...
by Kevin Coates | Sep 18, 2015 | General
This post sets out one way to analyse evidence in cartel cases. It is probably of most interest to people in competition authorities but may also be of interest to anyone who has to put a complex story together from many pieces of evidence. There are certainly ways...
by Kevin Coates | Sep 7, 2015 | Commentary Elsewhere
From Competition Bulletin: Asset acquisitions revisited “Earlier this year, I suggested that the law on when an asset acquisition might amount to a merger was somewhat opaque. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Eurotunnel II [2015] EWCA Civ 487 has brought some...
by Kevin Coates | Apr 18, 2015 | Commentary Elsewhere
From CPI RSS: Monopolization and abuse of dominance: Why Europe is different “The U.S. law of monopolization and the EU law of abuse of dominance share some common ground. The projects for convergence, however, have tended to obscure some basic differences. Each...
by Kevin Coates | Apr 16, 2015 | Commentary Elsewhere
From Journal of Competition Law and Economics – Advance Access: THE DETERRENT AND ENUNCIATING EFFECTS OF CONSENT DECREES “” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the...
