Monday, 03 October 2011
After more than a week of trial, the US government’s case against a merger between tax preparation companies H&R Block and TaxACT now rests in the hands of the court.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Geoff Steadman is assistant director of markets and projects at the UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT). He speaks to GCR about his work, including the Reckitt Benckiser case – a landmark ruling in the pharmaceutical sector in which he was lead investigator.
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
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
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
By David Laing and John Fedele of Baker & McKenzie in Washington, DC, and Grant Murray of Baker & McKenzie in London
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Featured In: August/September 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 6)
Title: Senior vice president, legal & government affairsCompany: NYSE EuronextPrevious employment: US Department of Treasury; AUSA; partner, Heller Ehrman LLP
Thursday, 21 July 2011
When Joel Klein took the job of executive vice president at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, he could scarcely have imagined that six months later he’d be sitting in front of the world’s media at a UK parliamentary committee hearing. Yet the former head of the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has become the key figure responsible for guiding his new employer through a phone hacking scandal. Rachel Bull reports
Monday, 18 July 2011
Featured In: July 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 5)
A string of recent court decisions has established a US region with a decidedly pro-defendant reputation as a place where antitrust plaintiffs can prevail. Ron Knox explains
Monday, 18 July 2011
Featured In: July 2011 (Vol. 14 Iss. 5)
Over the past few years, Chicago’s federal court has become one of the busiest antitrust litigation forums in the country. Ron Knox meets the Windy City’s leading competition lawyers
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