Thursday, 16 May
Dow Chemical has been ordered to pay US$1.2 billion for its involvement in a urethane cartel, after a judge refused its request to reverse a jury’s guilty verdict.
Apple & DoJ fire final shots before trial
Thursday, 16 May
Apple says the US government’s allegations that it conspired with publishers to fix the price of e-books contain more “smoke and mirrors than the smoking gun the law requires,” according to the company's final court statement before it goes to trial next month.
Canada to challenge real estate board ruling
Wednesday, 15 May
Canada’s Competition Bureau says it will appeal against a decision from the country’s specialist competition court after it dismissed a high-profile monopolisation case and suggested that bureau officials brought the challenge under the wrong section of Canada’s antitrust law.
Other Headlines
DoJ asks for decade-plus prison terms for UBS execs in muni bonds case
US judge throws out "daisy chain" FTC cartel complaint
Feinstein looks ahead on pay-for-delay challenges
Constellation was key to beer deal, Hesse says
Discounts end porn site dispute
Mergers remain steady at the US agencies
Wilson Sonsini hires DoJ special counsel
Macmillan settles AG e-book lawsuit
Compass Lexecon acquires Princeton Economics
Features
Mexico’s antitrust bar
Country Survey • Thursday, 25 April
Mexico continues to be one of the most stringent and active antitrust jurisdictions in Latin America. Ron Knox examines the top practices in the market
The longest fight
Country Survey • Thursday, 25 April
Since its very inception, Mexico’s competition agency has been battling against companies that dominate much of the country’s economy. There have been dark days in the battle against the country’s monopolists, which observers say cost consumers billions every year. But now, a new draft law offers hope for those who crave deep economic and legal reforms. Ron Knox explores the past and present of Mexico’s fight
An interview with Eduardo Perez Motta
Country Survey • Thursday, 25 April
Over the eight years he has been the head of Mexico’s Federal Competition Commission, Eduardo Perez Motta has seen some drastic changes in the country’s competition landscape. He helped usher in two major reforms to the competition law, and has helped the public, the media and the courts to better understand the principals – and the importance – of a competitive economy. Last month, he sat down with Ron Knox in Miami to talk about the importance of his advocacy efforts, the ongoing fight against monopolists and his work as chairman of the International Competition Network (ICN)
GCR Live: Second Annual Law Leaders Forum 2013
Journal Feature • Friday, 15 March
Ron Knox and Faaez Samadi send dispatches from GCR's Second Annual Law Leaders Forum in Miami, where top antitrust officials and practitioners debated the future of public and private enforcement.
Google: Why the EU and US positions are an ocean apart
Online Feature • Wednesday, 6 February
What are the implications of Google’s consent agreement, under section 5 of the FTC Act, for cases under investigation by the EU commission? Trevor Soames and Collette Rawnsley of Shearman & Sterling and Peter Camesasca of Peter Camesasca Advocaat BVBA explore the issues
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Featured Articles
An interview with Joseph Wayland
Tuesday, 7 May
Joseph Wayland is credited by many as reversing the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division’s fortunes in civil litigation. Hired to head the civil enforcement division in 2010 and appointed as acting assistant attorney general in 2012, Wayland led the division’s first successful litigated merger challenge in nearly a decade in H&R Block, and its subsequent challenge of AT&T/T-Mobile, which ended with the parties abandoning the deal. Katy Oglethorpe talks to him about his courtroom successes, the future of merger enforcement at the department, and life since returning to his former firm, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett last year
Washington, DC's antitrust bar
Tuesday, 7 May
The US capital's antitrust bar is on the verge of a generational shift – yet it remains as deep and talented as ever. Ron Knox and Katy Oglethorpe examine the top teams working in the hub of antitrust law.
To amparo or not to amparo?
Tuesday, 7 May
José Alberro, director at Berkeley Research Group in California, examines stock market punishment and enforcement of the Mexican Federal Competition Commission decisions
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