Study Group: Maritime Experts: Lawyers (UK)(?)

The block placed on the Phonak/ReSound merger in the hearing aids market by the German competition authorities although significant should not be seen as the rule but as an exceptional event. The nature of the market and the existence of a vociferous complainant competitor that is headquartered...

Whilst the upcoming decision of the European Court of First Instance promises to be a blockbuster in its own right, there is more at stake than the interests of the parties directly involved and the industrial sector that they represent. An entire zone of European antitrust enforcement, namely...

Whilst moving to a more economics-based approach makes good theoretical sense, it is going to make antitrust compliance a great deal harder to achieve. The EU is unlikely to match the US with regard to the legality of enforcing minimum retail prices any time soon. That being said resale price maintenance...