Dzisiaj przedstawiamy tekst gościnny pani Karoliny Sapińskiej, absolwentki studiów LLM z zakresu prawa spółek i prawa finansowego na Uniwersytecie w Glasgow zainteresowanej problematyką międzynarodowej kontroli koncentracji przedsiębiorstw. Chinese economy and its bilateral economic relations with other big trading partners as US and EU have expanded over the years. Consequently, China has... 

It’s Antitrust in Poland‘s great pleasure to welcome as today’s guest blogger D. Daniel Sokol Assistant Professor of Law at the Levin College of Law, University of Florida. This is a very exciting time to be a competition lawyer in Europe. Cartel enforcement by the Commission and National Authorities is at an unprecedented level. Enforcers have brought a series of cutting edge cases... 

I would like to introduce an overview of the U.S. Merger Control. Most of the antitrust merger policy commentators write that antitrust enforcement agencies in the U.S., having in mind Department of Justice (hereinafter referred to as: DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as: FTC), are not in a position to view mergers and acquisitions as anticompetitive comparing to their... 

The nomination of Christine Varney was sent to the Senate for a confirmation vote after a Judiciary Committee approved her nomination as a chief antitrust enforcer at the Departmenf of Justice. While testifying before the Senate panel, she promised vigorous antitrust enforcement and improve the cooperation between DOJ and FTC. She also seemed to be dissapointed the less restrictive merger control during... 

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (known as UNCTAD) prepared a report: The Global Economic Crisis: System Failures and Multilateral Remedies. In its Chapter V, the issue of preventing competition is highlighted. We can read for instance: [..] all countries that want to share the potential benefits of the trade and foreign direct investment have to understand that the creation... 

We can observe a wave of mergers in the pharmaceutical industry. Lately, the biggest player on the market – Pfizer Inc.in a $68 billion acquisition took over the Wyeth. Yesterday, we were informed by an another announcement that Merck (the second the biggest company in the pharmaceuticals) is buying Schering-Plough in a $41.1 billion deal. The reasons that justify the Merck acquisition are: 1.... 

Last Monday, 2nd of March 2009, Jon Leibowitz was designated to be a Chairman of Federal Trade Commission, which the aim is to prevent unfair competition in commerce. Leibowitz joined the FTC in 2004 and is the only Democrat Commissioner on FTC (The other commissioners are Pamela Jones Harbour, William E. Kovacic, and J. Thomas Rosch). He graduated of the University of Wisconsin with a B.A. in American... 

Resale price maintenance (RPM) touches upon the ground of vertical agreements in a restraint of trade and price-fixing. RPM can be diverse and typically includes three categories when a manufacturer and distributor agree to: The certain price distributor may charge for a product. The price floor above which distributor may charge for a product (minimum resale price maintenance). The price at or below... 

College football in the United States is not only the entertainment but also deals with millions of dollars that schools can get . The BCS is designed to put the top two teams against each other in a national championship game each year. It uses a complicated formula to determine who plays the game. Utah’s Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is investigating the BCS for a possible violation of federal... 

President of the Council of Ministers Donald Tusk appointed Małgorzata Krasnodębska-Tomkiel for the post of President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. She succeeded the former President of the OCCP – Marek Niechciał Source: www.uokik.gov.pl  Read More »