by Kevin Coates | Sep 6, 2011 | Antitrust, Commentary, Featured, Fines
The European Commission levies high fines on companies that break the competition rules. Some of those companies argue that the fines are now too high. So what is too high? If a company breaks the competition rule prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements or the...
by Kevin Coates | Aug 17, 2011 | Commentary
Up until twenty years ago, there were only a handful of competition laws and competition authorities around the world. Today there are over 100. Competition rules are increasingly global, increasingly important, and increasingly in the public eye. Competition law...
by Kevin Coates | Oct 22, 2009 | General
The FCC has published its notice of proposed rule-making on net neutrality rules (see also News Release, Genachowski Statement,
Staff Presentation). Under the draft proposed rules, subject to reasonable network management, a provider of broadband Internet access...
by Kevin Coates | Sep 30, 2009 | General
The DOJ and FTC have filed a joint statement of interest in respect of the proposed Google Books settlement. It’s noteworthy for a couple of things. First, they agreed a joint response. Given relations between the FTC and DOJ in recent years, that’s...
