Rashid BAXTER

1 week ago | globalcompetitionreview.com | Rashid BAXTER

Credit: Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, which hosted the European Competition Day European antitrust agencies’ reluctance to properly consider merger efficiency defences is a “mistake” that has made it harder for competition enforcers to contribute to broader industrial policy goals such as innovation and sustainability, Benoît Cœuré has said.

2 weeks ago | globalcompetitionreview.com | Rashid BAXTER |Janith Aranze

Shutterstock/T. Schneider A newly published ruling by the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal confirming it can set a reasonable rate of return for parties that bankroll opt-out collective actions that settle is likely to chill investment in complex collective proceedings, litigation funders have warned. To read more Subscribe to Global Competition Review Register for limited access Register to receive our newsletter and gain limited access to subscriber content.

2 weeks ago | globalcompetitionreview.com | Rashid BAXTER

Andreas Mundt (Credit: Gremany's Federal Cartel Office) The president of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has warned about the perils of politically driven merger control policy, while pointing to past interventions by government ministers as an example of such oversight failing to achieve its stated objectives. To read more Subscribe to Global Competition Review Register for limited access Register to receive our newsletter and gain limited access to subscriber content.

3 weeks ago | globalcompetitionreview.com | Rashid BAXTER

Shutterstock/Andrew Sozinov Microsoft has argued that the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to hear a key preliminary issue in a standalone abuse of dominance claim against the company because it involves “pure copyright law”. To read more Subscribe to Global Competition Review Register for limited access Register to receive our newsletter and gain limited access to subscriber content.

3 weeks ago | globalcompetitionreview.com | Rashid BAXTER

Shutterstock/chemical industry The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has backed the disclosure of a “substantial amount of data” supporting a financial index published by an S&P Global-owned company over allegations that Westlake and Ineos manipulated its prices. To read more Subscribe to Global Competition Review Register for limited access Register to receive our newsletter and gain limited access to subscriber content.