by Kevin Coates | Oct 30, 2013 | Commentary, Legal Writing
“There are two things wrong with almost all legal writing. One is its style. The other is its content.” This quote and the law review article it comes from (entitled “Goodbye to Law Reviews”) is new to me. I came across it via Edward Tufte whose superb...
by Kevin Coates | Oct 28, 2013 | Abuse, Featured
Several recent Commission cases and Court judgments suggest a new way of looking at some abuse cases – as a form of estoppel. The Court of Justice’s preliminary ruling in Telia Sonera, holding that a margin squeeze can be abusive even absent a duty to...
by Kevin Coates | Oct 20, 2013 | Antitrust, Commentary, Featured, Mistakes the Other Side Make
(This post is the first in a series discussing mistakes both sides make in competition cases: see the introduction and as always don’t forget the disclaimer.) Playing the man, not the ball is a mistake more often – but not exclusively – carried out...
by Kevin Coates | Oct 20, 2013 | Antitrust, Commentary, Featured, Mistakes the Other Side Make
The [other side] always gets things wrong; if only the [other side] could make fewer mistakes, or be more trustworthy, or more open, then everything would move along more easily. This is a common feeling among those who work on competition cases (and pretty much...
