The European Commission has opened two investigations of Motorola over allegations put forward by Microsoft and Apple that the company abused its standard-essential patents to block sales of its competitors’ products.

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia says the global competition enforcement community’s next major challenge is to improve relationships between agencies to reduce issues caused by different approaches to competition enforcement. David Vascott at the ABA Spring Meeting in Washington, DC.

EU Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia has condemned companies’ use of patents to increase their market power and vowed to take steps to ensure markets remain competitive.

Europe’s Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia today revealed plans to modernise the European Commission’s state aid policy. Faaez Samadi in Brussels

DG Comp this week gave unconditional clearance to a €580 million merger between Caterpillar and MWM Holding following a Phase II investigation.

Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia today made clear his intentions to defend the European Commission’s leniency programme, in light of the court ruling in the controversial Pfleiderer case. Faaez Samadi in Florence

The European Commission's competition head says that using economic analysis in tandem with traditional indicators of market concentration is often the best way to predict a merger's potential effect on competition. Ron Knox in New York

The European Commission has opened a case against Google over allegations that it abused its dominant position in the online search market.

Change at the top of the European Commission’s DG Comp has masked a bumper year for legal developments, according to the opening session at GCR's annual tour d'horizon. David Samuels in Brussels

Joaquín Almunia, Europe’s Competition Commissioner, addressed the issue of due process in his keynote speech opening the International Bar Association’s 14th annual competition conference today. Faaez Samadi in Florence