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2024 ICN Conference Summary
From May 15 to 17, CPI attended the 2024 ICN Conference at Costa do Sauipé, Brazil. The event serves as a unique opportunity to convene competition authorities and experts from around the globe, facilitating discussions on the latest and most relevant issues in competition law enforcement and policy with…
Region
Africa
By Sha’ista Goga1 I. Introduction Enforcement agencies have amended laws and guidelines in recent years to deal with mergers that do not affect competition individually, but do on a…
Asia
To celebrate the 16th anniversary of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML), which took effect in August 2008, Dr. Elizabeth Wang, an Economist at Compass Lexecon, interviewed Professor Huang Yong, a…
Latin America
By Alejandra Palacios1 & Laura Alicia Méndez2 Ticketmaster presents itself as the world’s largest ticket marketplace and the global leader in live event ticketing products and services.3 The company…
South Asia
By Anupam Sanghi1 “Intelligence and creativity, it would appear, are not a human monopoly” – Alvin Toffler I. Introduction The power of imagination is what separates the new and…
Europe
By Christian Bergqvist1 Introduction It came somewhat unexpectedly when DG COMP, EU’s competition arm, issued a Statement of Objection (“SO”)2 in June 2024 to Microsoft for having included Teams…
US & Canada
By Lauren F. Dayton & Swara Saraiya1 The Federal Trade Commission made big news in September 2023 when it filed a complaint against a major anesthesiology provider, U.S. Anesthesia…
ICN
By Eleanor Fox1 Happy Birthday, ICN, from a fan who knew you when. But don’t lie on laurels bed. You have lots of work ahead. It is a pleasure…
Oceania
By Leandra Diem* & Barbora Jedličková** The concept of competition law as it relates to public procurement is not a particularly common topic of discussion in Australia. Unlike in Switzerland…
Topic
Cartel
By Niall E. Lynch & Sydney Kirlan-Stout* I. Introduction Dating to 1907, California’s Cartwright Act1 is the primary state law through which private plaintiffs and state agencies challenge allegedly…
IP Law
By Richard S. Taffet and Nina Jayne Carroll1 I. INTRODUCTION FRAND is now a well-recognized acronym referring to licensing standard essential patents (“SEPs”) on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms.…
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