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2024 ICN Conference Summary

 |  Sep 20, 2024

  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…

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Region

Africa
Serial Acquisitions: A Framework for Analysis
 |  Sep 9, 2024

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
Exploring the Evolution and Future of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law with Prof. Huang Yong
 |  Jul 31, 2024

 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
Ticketmaster Monopolization Case: Lessons from Mexico
 |  Sep 16, 2024

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
Big Tech and Competition – The Future for Sustainable Regulations and Policies
 |  Jul 8, 2024

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
The EU’s Investigation into Microsoft Teams: A Preliminary Assessment
 |  Sep 18, 2024

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
Antitrust Lessons for Healthcare Roll-Ups – and Everyone Else
 |  Sep 12, 2024

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
Happy Birthday, ICN
 |  Dec 5, 2021

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
Public Tenders and Competition Law: Are We Acting Competitively in Australia?
 |  May 15, 2024

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
Criminal Antitrust Enforcement by the California Attorney General: What Can We Expect?
 |  Aug 15, 2024

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
What’s FRAND Got to Do With It: How Will Fair, Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory Terms be Determined for Accessing Digital Platforms?
 |  Mar 17, 2024

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.…