by 21st Century Competition | Aug 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
Defendants in a lawsuit seeking fewer restrictions on sports broadcasting failed to have the case tossed on Friday after US District Judge Shira Scheindlin decided to proceed with the dispute surrounding issues on how games are televised. Major League Baseball, the...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
China’s ongoing crackdown of foreign auto makers, combined with reports of dawn raids of Microsoft offices in the nation, are reviving anxieties that China is using antimonopoly regulation to favor domestic companies over their foreign counterparts. Reports...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
A federal judge decided Friday that the NCAA has violated antitrust laws in barring collegiate athletes from receiving compensation for certain business ventures, say reports. In a lawsuit filed by former UCLA basketball athlete Ed O’Bannon, who was joined by 19...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
Ofgem has referred the UK’s energy industry to the Competition and Market Authority for investigation after finding evidence of anticompetitive practices leading to higher prices for consumers. But now, Ofgem is under scrutiny as former energy officials blame...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 10, 2014 | Global Blogs
US District Judge Lucy Koh slammed major companies’ proposed settlement to end litigation accusing the firms of colluding to not hire each other’s employees and keep wages unfairly low as an embarrassing, unreasonable offer. Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe...
by 21st Century Competition | Aug 9, 2014 | Global Blogs
August 9, 2014 I am pleased to be a guest speaker at the Canadian Society of Association Executives’ (CSAE) National Conference 2014 in Niagara Falls this fall (October 29-31). I will be co-presenting with Mark Katz of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, the...