Cover Pricing and the Overreach of ‘Object’ Liability Under Article 101 TFEU

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol Andreas Stephan, University of East Anglia (UEA) – Centre for Competition Policy and Morten Hviid, University of East Anglia – Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) approach Cover Pricing and the...

Digging itself out of the hole? A critical assessment of the European Commission’s attempt to revitalize State aid enforcement after the crisis

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol Albert Sanchez-Graells, University of Bristol asks Digging itself out of the hole? A critical assessment of the European Commission’s attempt to revitalize State aid enforcement after the crisis. ABSTRACT:...

Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data?

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol D. Daniel Sokol (University of Florida) and Roisin Comerford (Wilson Sonsini) ask Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data? ABSTRACT: The collection of user data online has seen enormous...

MARGIN SQUEEZE: AN ABOVE-COST PREDATORY PRICING APPROACH

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog by D Daniel Sokol Germain Gaudin, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University and Despoina Mantzari, School of Law, University of Reading examine MARGIN SQUEEZE: AN ABOVE-COST PREDATORY PRICING...

Inadvertent Collusion in E-Commerce: EU’s Highest Court Confirms that Automated Messages Can Put Recipients on the Hook for a Price-Fixing Cartel…

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From AntitrustConnect Blog by Bill Batchelor and Grant Murray, Baker & McKenzie Eturas runs the e-commerce back-end of 30 travel agents in Lithuania.  An administrator message to each member informed them that the e-commerce functionality allowing each travel...

Streetmap v Google: lessons for pending Article 102 TFEU cases (including Google itself)

by Kevin Coates | Feb 17, 2016 | Commentary Elsewhere

From Chillin’Competition by Pablo Ibanez Colomo On Friday last week, the High Court of England and Wales ruled on the dispute between Streetmap and Google (see here). It is a really interesting read, and one that shows that – whether or not one agrees with the...