GCR May 2011

In this issue:
Surveys: Washington, DC • Spain • India's Competition Law • United States v AU Optronics Corp • IATA interview

Journal Feature

Restraining liberty before a verdict is in sight

The US Department of Justice’s antitrust division is unforgiving in its fight against international cartels. Jason Brown, Mark S Popofsky and Anthony Biagioli of Ropes & Gray LLP, take an in-depth look at United States v AU Optronics Corp and the DoJ’s broader policy of imposing travel restrictions in international cartel cases.

India’s Competition Act

As the Competition Commission of India prepares for merger control provisions to take effect, Varun Chopra, advocate at the Supreme Court of India, takes a look at the development of the country’s competition law.

Country Survey: Spain

Born again

The competition team at Martínez-Lage has operated under several guises in its 25 years at the forefront of Spanish antitrust enforcement. Emily Gray looks at the firm’s latest incarnation.

Spain's competition bar: new entrants

International competition groups are making headway in the Spanish market, which was traditionally dominated by domestic firms. Emily Gray looks at three antitrust practices winning plaudits – and cases – in Madrid. Baker & McKenzie, Hogan Lovells and Linklaters LLP are all new entrants to GCR’s Spain survey.

Country Survey: USA

Washington, DC’s leading firms for government antitrust

On the occasion of the 59th annual ABA Spring Meeting, Rachel Bull and Ron Knox visited Washington, DC to conduct GCR’s largest government antitrust survey

An interview with Jon Leibowitz

As US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz begins his second term at the agency, Rachel Bull asks him about the ever-present clearance battles with the DoJ, the commission’s ceaseless fight against pay-for-delay deals and whether a Google investigation is on the cards

An interview with Christine Varney

April marked two years since Christine Varney took over as head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division. Ron Knox asks her about the DoJ’s enforcement record, personnel changes at the division and the use of section 2 as a tool to challenge single-firm conduct

Country Survey: Spain

An interview with Luis Berenguer

Luis Berenguer has led Spain’s National Competition Commission (CNC) since its inception in 2007. After making the agency one of the most active competition enforcers in the world, he is now preparing to step down. Emily Gray interviewed him

Spanish Inquisition

Spain’s National Competition Commission is facing a backlash from companies who claim its aggressive enforcement actions violate their fundamental rights of defence. Emily Gray investigates

Spain’s competition bar

The hyperactivity of Spain’s National Competition Commission has helped to render antitrust lawyers immune from the effects of a struggling economy. Emily Gray looks at the Spanish competition practices riding the wave of behavioural cases being generated by the CNC.

Corporate Counsel

An interview with Leslie Allan Lugo

Title: Senior legal counsel and division counsel
Company: International Air Transport Association
Age: 53
Previous employment: American Airlines in Texas, Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC

Global Briefing

TAIWAN: Fair Trade Commission fines two airlines for unreasonable vertical restraints

Stephen Wu and Yvonne Hsieh
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law
Taipei

TAIWAN: Commission issues precedent-setting patent pool decision

Stephen Wu and Yvonne Hsieh
Lee and Li, Attorneys-at-Law
Taipei

DENMARK: Bid-rigging on the Danish market for laboratory analyses

Jan-Erik Svensson
Gorrissen Federspiel
Copenhagen

CROATIA: New block exemption regulations take effect

Danijel Pribanic´
Wolf Theiss
Zagreb

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