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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  04/18/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Rise of Institutional Investors Raises Questions of Collusion.  BlackRock, Vanguard and other big institutional investors own roughly 70 percent of the public stock market, according to some reports.  People are starting to ask whether this allows companies — now having the same owners — to compete...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  04/11/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

U.S. Sues ValueAct, Saying Hedge Fund Violated Antitrust Law.  Not long after Baker Hughes and Halliburton announced a merger agreement in November 2014, the prominent hedge fund ValueAct  started acquiring stakes in both energy giants.  The hedge fund came up with a plan if the $35 billion deal turned...				 
				 				
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  04/4/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

FTC Accuses Endo, Other Drugmakers of Antitrust Violations.  The Federal Trade Commission has accused several drugmakers of violating antitrust laws by agreeing to delay the U.S. launches of cheaper generic versions of two popular pain treatments.  It's the first so-called "pay for delay" case brought by...				 
				 					 

						
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UK Payment Systems Regulator Issues “Final Guidance” Heralding Major Changes In Operation Of Payment Systems

				
Posted  04/1/16
								

				 
								 				

A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office

By Yulia Tosheva and Irene Fraile

The UK Payment Systems Regulator (“PSR”) has published a final guidance on its approach to monitoring compliance with the EU Interchange Fee Regulation (“IFR”), which is changing the way payment systems operate in Europe.

The PSR, which was launched in April 2015, is an independent economic regulator that oversees...				 
				 					 

						
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Competitors Engaged In Cooperative Processes Find They Face Competing Approaches By Southern District Of New York Judges Weighing Antitrust Liability

				
Posted  03/30/16
								

				 
								 				By Robert M. Cross

The scope of antitrust liability for competitors engaged in cooperative processes—such as setting benchmark interest rates—became murkier this week with a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York holding that manipulation of such a cooperative process could give rise to a viable price-fixing claim.

On Monday, Judge Jesse M. Furman held in Alaska Electrical...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/28/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

EU stops Halliburton, Baker Hughes deal probe again, wants more info.  Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co.'s plan to acquire smaller rival Baker Hughes is facing additional delay after European Union antitrust regulators halted their investigation into the $35 billion deal for the second time. ...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/21/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

EU may investigate online content providers over cross-border trade.  European antitrust regulators are poised to investigate allegations that two out of three online content providers may be blocking consumers in another EU country from buying their products or services.  The findings by the European...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week In Review

				
Posted  03/14/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

EU Watchdog Could Expand Criteria to Initiate Merger Reviews.  European Union antitrust regulators are considering expanding the criteria that requires companies to seek merger approval in an effort to ensure deals involving start-ups producing key data or products do not slip through the net.  Under...				 
				 					 

						
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The Antitrust Week in Review

				
Posted  03/7/16
								

				 
								 				Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.

Europe’s Antitrust Enforcer on Google, Apple and the Year Ahead.  Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition commissioner, is expected to move ahead in the coming months in the antitrust case she filed against Google, in which she has accused the company of favoring some of its own services...				 
				 					 

						
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European Union Begins Looking at Comprehensive Regulation of Virtual Currencies

				
Posted  03/2/16
								

				 
								 				

A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office

By Yulia Tosheva, Richard Pike and James Ashe-Taylor

The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) took a tentative first step toward the regulation of virtual currencies regulation of virtual currencies last week with the issuance of a draft report on virtual currencies.

The regulation of virtual currencies is already...				 
				 					 

						
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