GLG News by DOJ Antitrust Experts: Lawyers

Russia's primary revenue sources are taxes on oil and gas. Russia's oil taxes have been falling as oil prices fall and Russian oil production stagnates. Additional oil tax changes wil occur to spur new oil productiion and increase revenues.

  The FTC's recently released unredacted version of the complaint against Whole Foods adds some spice to the case and helps explain the thinking behind bringing the case. In the unredacted material, Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey explained to the Whole Foods board that part of the rationale for acquiring...

The Supreme Court has chosen to grant review on several antitrust cases in the last couple of years and has generally expressed skepticism at per se approaches in favor of a more nuanced, supposedly fact-based approach.  Some of these cases involved quite narrow or specific factual circumstances,...

1. A Bosporus pipeline bypass would alleviate the congestion in the crowded straits, provide access to a deepwater port, and potentially allow more crude oil shipments from Russia and Central Asia.2.  Similar proposals for a direct bypass have been discussed for more than a decade and none has...

- Gas is an increasingly important commodity in world energy markets and a price-fixing cartel would raise alarm bells around the globe- Russia, Iran and Qatar are the three largest gas reserve owners.  President Putin recently visited Qatar to expand energy cooperation.  Russia is close to...

The successful launching of the VUELING’s IPO on the Spanish stock market –the second airline, after Iberia Airlines, publicly trading its shares- deserved a favorable attention from foreign and domestic institutional investors. The low cost carrier (LCC) success has closely been scrutinized by other...

The market has taken a dim view on that move by pushing down a 7% the price of Air France KLM shares. Politically pushed mergers of market operators cannot work out properly, as shown by the Endesa-Gas Natural fiasco: more so when the pressure is applied across national borders. The political initiative...

Note: The captioned title reflects an Spanish saying used to indicate that, sometimes, those living out of a profession or activity, foolishly neglet using or applying their specific know-how or mastery for their own benefit. (En casa del herrero, cuchillo de palo).Implication: In the already overregulated...

1. The $8.7 billion bait launched last week by the Tempe, AZ, based air carrier has landed on the rather icy shoulder of the targeted prey. 2. The cold reception shown by the bankrupt carrier’s Management to the unsolicited bid has turned the offer into a hostile uphill battle.  3. The already...

After the successful launching of commercially successful Low Cost Airlines (LCC), the dimension of the capital requirements demanded by their further growth and expansion will force them to switch from private capital sources to those only available through the stock market.