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

Joaquin Almunia, nominee for European competition commissioner, warned cartelists to expect no reprieve from high fines when he takes the helm at DG Comp.

Rambus will place a cap on its memory chip royalty rates to allay concerns that it abused its dominant market position, the European Commission announced today.

Joaquín Almunia, currently European economic and monetary affairs commissioner, has been nominated as the next head of DG Competition, to take over from Neelie Kroes early next year.

The EU’s top competition enforcer, Neelie Kroes, has been nominated to the European Commission for a second term, though she is unlikely to head DG Competition this time around.

Antitrust specialists convened today at the International Bar Association’s 13th annual competition conference in Fiesole, Italy. The event marks the one-year anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers, which precipitated the global financial collapse. Emily Gray in Fiesole.