Visa cuts EU inter-bank fees

Visa previously lowered its debit card inter-bank fees in 2010
Visa Europe has agreed to lower its inter-bank fees for credit cards, settling the European Commission’s competition concerns.

DG Comp dawn raids at BP & Shell

BP's head office in London, which was allegedly raided yesterday
The European Commission last night raided three of the world’s largest oil companies over alleged price fixing in the oil and biofuel sectors.

Complainant slams "preposterous" Google remedies

DG Comp is assessing Google's remedies package
A rival search engine has heavily criticised Google’s proposed commitments to address the European Commission’s abuse of dominance concerns, suggesting that some of them may actually serve to decrease competition further and elevate Google’s monopoly power.

DG Comp sends Motorola SO over SEP misuse

DG Comp opened its investigation of Motorola in April 2012
The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Motorola Mobility over alleged abuse of dominance for enforcing an injunction against Apple over its mobile phone standard-essential patents.

DG Comp ends French water investigation

Suez
The European Commission has dropped its antitrust investigation of France’s three leading water services companies and their trade association over alleged price fixing.

Penguin reaches deal to end e-book probe in Europe

Penguin
US book publisher Penguin has agreed to change its pricing agreements with electronic book retailers to quash competition concerns in Brussels and clear the way for its merger with rival Random House.

DG Comp to market test final Google remedies

Google's proposals don't touch its search algorithm
The European Commission, after months of negotiation, is ready to market test formal remedies submitted by Google in its long-running dominance investigation.

US should prepare for tide of EU litigation

Anthony Maton
European litigation is “real and is here” and will soon make its mark on the US market, said Anthony Maton at Hausfeld in London. Katy Oglethorpe at the ABA Spring Meeting in Washington, DC

DG Comp approves CEZ remedies

Lars Kjølbye, counsel to CEZ
The European Commission today announced it has accepted commitments offered by Czech electricity incumbent CEZ to alleviate concerns over abuse of dominance.

New Google complaint targets mobile software

Google is allegedly protecting Android's dominance illegally
A consortium of technology companies has filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging that online search leader Google is using its mobile operating system Android to dominate the mobile telephone market.

DG Comp opens new MasterCard probe

MasterCard was previously sanctioned by DG Comp in 2007
The European Commission today opened an investigation of MasterCard over alleged anti-competitive practices regarding inter-bank fees.

DG Comp gives Penguin/Random House green light

Penguin
The European Commission today cleared the merger between global publishing houses Penguin and Random House.

DG Comp looks to simplify merger procedures

Joaquín Almunia, EU competition commissioner
The European Commission has opened a consultation over plans to simplify its merger regime and slash the number of deals that require a lengthy standard notification.

DG Comp opens Nynas/Shell investigation

Shell
The European Commission has opened an investigation of Swedish oil producer Nynas' acquisition of a Shell oil refinery. The investigation comes 15 months after the deal was announced.

Linux users send Microsoft complaint to DG Comp

Joaquin Almunia
An association of Spanish Linux users and advocates has filed a complaint with the European Commission accusing Microsoft of rigging its Windows 8 operating system to prevent users from installing rival operating systems on computers running the software.

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