Key Conclusions – Cartels: Lessons from Recent Investigations, Brussels...
On 22 November, Johan Ysewyn and Maria Jaspers (DG COMP) presented the highlights of recent EU cartel enforcement in their annual dual-presentation at the Advanced EU Competition Law Conference in...
View ArticleCovington Artificial Intelligence Update: House of Lords Select Committee...
Reflecting evidence from 280 witnesses from the government, academia and industry, and nine months of investigation, the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence published its...
View ArticleCovington Artificial Intelligence Update: European Commission Publishes...
On April 25, 2018, the European Commission (EC) published its “Artificial Intelligence for Europe” communication (the Communication), in which it sets out a roadmap for its AI initiatives. Having...
View ArticleBuying a Pig in a Poke: Financial Investor Antitrust Liability on the Rise
On 5 September 2018, the District Court for the Southern District of California ruled that private equity firm Lion Capital must face trial in class action litigation alongside its portfolio company...
View ArticleAdvanced Competition Law Conference Brussels – Joint Presentation on Recent...
On 20 November, Johan Ysewyn and Maria Jaspers (DG COMP) presented the highlights of recent EU cartel enforcement in their annual presentation at the Advanced EU Competition Law Conference in Brussels....
View ArticleGeneral Court dismisses appeal of the European Commission’s decision in...
The General Court dismissed the appeal by Groupe Canal + against the European Commission’s decision accepting Paramount’s commitments in the cross-border pay-TV investigation (T-873/16 Groupe Canal +)....
View ArticleThe EU Commission’s cartel fining challenges: a need to “re-fine” the method?
Fines are integral to EU cartel enforcement and subject to careful methodology and review. The European Commission (“EC”) determines cartel fines in accordance with the Guidelines on the method of...
View ArticleAdvanced Competition Law Conference Brussels – Joint Presentation on Recent...
On 27 November, Johan Ysewyn and Annemarie ter Heegde (DG COMP) presented the highlights of recent EU cartel enforcement in their annual presentation at the Advanced EU Competition Law Conference in...
View ArticleEuropean Commission reviews its approach to market definition
The European Commission has initiated a public consultation on Friday 3 April, kicking off the review of its relevant market notice. All stakeholders are invited to make their views known, over the...
View ArticleSustainability and Competition: Covington Assists Unilever on Submission to...
With the assistance of Covington, Unilever submitted the attached paper to the European Commission and a number of National Competition Authorities. It suggests a possible framework for the...
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