The US antitrust agencies have been tasked with policing collaborations between doctors and hospital groups to ensure they don’t run afoul of competition laws. But antitrust lawyers and medical associations have taken exception to the agencies’ oversight proposals. Ron Knox examines the issues

In a decision with far-reaching consequences for both cartel enforcement and civil antitrust damages actions in Europe, the European Court of Justice has ruled that national courts should decide whether private plaintiffs may be granted access to confidential leniency applications

By Pierre Kirch, Jeremy Evans and Michelle Litteken of Paul Hastings
Janofsky & Walker LLP

By David Laing and John Fedele of Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC, and Grant Murray of Baker & McKenzie in London

The new head of Norway’s Competition Authority is a media-savvy former politician who understands that a well-directed headline packs a punch. Harnessing that power to her advantage is the crux of Christine Meyer’s plan to lift the Norwegian authority to the highest international levels. Rachel Bull investigates

With a background in academia and politics, Christine Meyer, the new director general of Norway’s Competition Authority, believes she has found the perfect job. Rachel Bull met her in Bergen to find out why

Norway’s leading antitrust practices continue to work apace, but a marked increase in competition cases is thought to be just around the bend. Rachel Bull meets the firms handling Norway’s biggest competition matters, as they gear up for an influx of new work

After a prolonged dearth of activity at Finland’s Competition Authority, Faaez Samadi investigates whether a new Competition Act could be the key to rejuvenating antitrust enforcement

Juhani Jokinen, head of Finland’s Competition Authority, is gearing up for the passage of a new Competition Act. Faaez Samadi sat down with him in Helsinki to discuss what the reforms will mean for the authority’s enforcement agenda

In Finland, the success of a competition group is defined by its level of involvement in a handful of high-profile cases monopolising both public and private enforcement. Faaez Samadi meets the competition teams leading the work

Title: Senior vice president, legal & government affairs
Company: NYSE Euronext
Previous employment: US Department of Treasury; AUSA; partner, Heller Ehrman LLP

Ronan Harty and Edward Moss
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
New York

Ricardo Filipe Costa
Marques Mendes & Associados
Lisbon

Roberto Amore
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Rome

D Ziv Abramovich
Lapidot Melchior Abramovich & Co
Jerusalem

Niko Hukkinen and Rasmus Järvinen
Roschier Attorneys
Helsinki

Jan-Erik Svensson
Gorrissen Federspiel
Copenhagen