The European Commission has conducted unannounced inspections at the office of Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal, broadening an investigation of alleged anti-competitive practices to look into possible collusion.
The European Commission has opened an investigation of US chemical companies DuPont and Honeywell, over concerns they engaged in anti-competitive behaviour when developing a new refrigerant for car air-conditioning systems.
Europe’s General Court has ruled that the European Commission must provide access to information regarding its hydrogen peroxide cartel investigation to a private company separately suing the cartelists for damages.
The European Commission has invited comments on commitments offered by Thomson Reuters in response to concerns the company was abusing its dominant position.
Commitments offered by IBM over alleged abuse of dominance in the mainframe maintenance market have been made legally binding, the European Commission announced today.
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Deutsche Börse proposed new divestments and other commitments to obtain clearance from the European Commission for their US$10.2 billion merger.
The European Commission has agreed a €161 million cartel settlement with four manufacturers of refrigeration compressors, showing an increasing tendency to settle cartel proceedings.
The European Commission today opened formal antitrust proceedings against international publishers accused of illegally restricting competition in the sale of e-books.
Software developer SAP has announced it will buy cloud computing company SuccessFactors for US$3.4 billion. Regular counsel Jones Day is acting for SAP, while SuccessFactors has retained Fenwick & West.
The European Commission has announced the extension of its crisis state aid rules in the banking sector, and has set new guidelines which will make it easier for governments to bail out troubled banks.
The European Commission is asking whether US technology company Google could use patents acquired in its proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility to increase the market power of its own mobile software at the expense of rivals, documents show.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reduced a €9 million fine imposed by the European Commission on three companies in the Quinn Group for their roles in a cartel in the acrylic glass sector.