February 2015, Volume 5, Number 2 |
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Several key decisions have come down, including those on Health Mergers, sports, network neutrality, Qualcomm, and others. Plus we even find out what the new EU Competition Commissioner thinks about competition lawyers, her favorite movies, and other insights. Enjoy. |
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9th Circuit affirms: St Luke’s/Saltzer merger violates Section 7 There are many lessons in the Ninth Circuit’s opinion about the interpretation and application of Section 7, including the evidentiary burden-shifting that allows a court to make the final determination that a merger is likely to harm competition. Debbie Feinstein (FTC) |
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Competition law and sports arbitration In any event, this ruling…may provide weaponry for those wishing to contest arbitration clauses or to oppose the recognition of arbitral awards in certain circumstances. Alfonso Lamadrid (Chillin’ Competition) |
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Network Neutrality: There and Back Again
The net neutrality debate in the US is interesting, because it is being conducted almost entirely in behavioural, not structural, terms.
Kevin Coates (21st Century Competition) |
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Google and Net Neutrality: It’s Complicated In part, that silence reflects Google’s growing portfolio of businesses, which have given the Internet giant conflicting interests in the debate over “net neutrality.” Alistair Barr (WSJ Digits) |
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Oops, They Did It Again Which bring us to the where the real action will likely be for the current investigation [the proposed merger of Staples and Office Depot]: the contract channel. Adam Miller (Upward Pricing Pressure) |
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In re LIBOR: ‘More Light, Please!’ In sum, it does not appear that the district court correctly applied Supreme Court precedent on antitrust injury or that the second leg of its rationale supports its conclusion that the banks’ alleged collusion could not cause antitrust injury. Richard Wolfram (AntitrustConnect Blog) |
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