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Jersey introduces competition law
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Jersey in the Channel Islands has enacted competition law. The Channel Islands are sovereign territories between the UK and France, lying in the English channel.
ECN sanguine about 'Syfait'
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The European Competition Network is unperturbed about a recent adverse decision from the European Court of Justice, according to sources.
France appoints new rapporteur
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Romain Lesur has been appointed as a permanent member of France's Competition Council. Lesur will join the corps of rapporteurs. The news was announced 15 June. Lesur was an administrator at the INSEE (French Institute of Statistics) before being appointed.
EC launches three sector inquiries
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The European Commission has – sure enough – hit three sectors with the bombshell that they face wide-ranging investigations for the rest of this year.
Mexico discontinues pharma-investigation
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Mexico's Federal Competition Commission has voted to stop an investigation of pharmaceutical distribution companies. The commissioners took the view that there was no evidence to sustain the matter.
Polish authority investigates life insurance
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Poland's competition authority has launched an investigation of PZU Zycie the former state-owned life insurance company.
Poland's agency fighting media regulator
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The UOKiK – Poland's competition authority – is in a battle with the media regulator over whether to have special merger rules for media providers.
French court suspends merger decision
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France's Conseil d’Etat – the senior administrative appeal court – has plunged France's merger control system into uncertainty by suspending a merger clearance: seven months after it was given.
Telephone company's commitments published for comments
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France's Competition Council has published two commitments from France Télécom. The commitments are being offered to resolve problems over the transfer of free-phone and cheap-rate numbers used by businesses.
INTERVIEW: Gabriel Bleser, Luxembourg's competition inspectorate
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Gabriel Bleser is the chief rapporteur within Luxembourg’s fledgling competition regime. GCR asked him about being one of the last European member states to enact competition law, and how Luxembourg plans to catch up
Chevron deal ends Unocal litigation
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The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared ChevronTexaco's $18 billion acquisition of Unocal - after a last-minute deal resolved a long-running dispute over gasoline patents.
Freshfields and Cleary on top banking deal
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Italian bank UniCredito has lined up Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP for its acquisition of Germany's HypoVereinsbank. HVB has retained Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP for the €15.4 billion deal.
ProLogis buys more land
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ProLogis, the world's biggest industrial landlord, is reinforcing its position with the US$3.6 billion purchase of US real estate company Catellus Development.
Broder follows international work
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Antitrust practice head Douglas Broder has left Nixon Peabody LLP.
FTC abandons Arch Coal
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The US Federal Trade Commission has dropped its investigation into Arch Coal's acquisition of Triton Coal.
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GCR December 2011
In this issue:
Surveys: New York, Israel • US Assistant Attorney General • Year in review • Isolde Goggin interview • Ricardo Napolitani interview
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