Today's headlines

DG Comp raids sugar sellers

The European Commission has conducted dawn raids on sugar companies in several member states.

French authority slams online pharma guidelines

Spain targets General Motors

Features

An interview with Joseph Wayland

Joseph Wayland is credited by many as reversing the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s fortunes in civil litigation. Hired to head the civil enforcement division in 2010 and appointed as acting assistant attorney general in 2012, Wayland led the division’s first successful litigated merger challenge in nearly a decade in H&R Block, and its subsequent challenge of AT&T/T-Mobile, which ended with the parties abandoning the deal. Katy Oglethorpe talks to him about his courtroom successes, the future of merger enforcement at the department, and life since returning to his former firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett last year

Washington, DC's antitrust bar

The US capital's antitrust bar is on the verge of a generational shift – yet it remains as deep and talented as ever. Ron Knox and Katy Oglethorpe examine the top teams working in the hub of antitrust law.

Taiwan’s competition bar

Despite the low profile of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission on the international stage, there’s enough competition work around to keep a handful of firms busy. Faaez Samadi meets the teams handling the leading cases

An interview with Shiow-Ming Wu

After securing a second term as chair of Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission, Shiow-Ming Wu is driving through institutional and legislative changes that will put the enforcer on the antitrust map. Faaez Samadi sat down with him to discuss his plans

Recent highlights

Judge refuses Dow’s US$1.2 billion fine appeal

DG Comp dawn raids at BP & Shell

Tighten compliance to protect against "recklessness" accusations

OFT tough on failing firms despite retail "corpses"