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New iOS Changes, New Antitrust Clashes Ahead?

 |  Aug 12, 2024

By Giuseppe Colangelo*   Over the past decade, the intersection of privacy and antitrust has become a significant focus in the literature on data’s role in digital markets.1 In a landscape where platforms acquire data to strategically offer sellers preferential access to consumers’ attention, personal data is indeed the most…

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Africa
Will the U.S. Draft Merger Guidelines Influence Merger Control in South Africa?
 |  Oct 19, 2023

By Helen Kean Redpath & Phil Alves1   I. Introduction The new draft merger guidelines (“DMGs”) are proposing major changes to merger policy in the United States and bringing underlying…

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
The Andean Community and Leniency in Latin America
 |  Jul 1, 2024

By Eduardo Frade1 & Pedro Anitelle2   It has been over 5 years since, in previous columns at CPI,3 we called attention to a unique case then under review by the…

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
New iOS Changes, New Antitrust Clashes Ahead?
 |  Aug 12, 2024

By Giuseppe Colangelo*   Over the past decade, the intersection of privacy and antitrust has become a significant focus in the literature on data’s role in digital markets.1 In a…

US & Canada
Logit or Leave It?
 |  Aug 11, 2024

By Kristof Zetenyi and Tom Beckford*   The logit model has recently come under scrutiny due to an order issued by Judge Donato in In re: Google Play Store Antitrust…

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…

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Cartel
Antitrust Division Lawyers’ Recent Messaging on Prosecuting Defense Attorneys Should Disappear
 |  May 28, 2024

By Matthew D. Segal1   In January 2024, the Antitrust Division warned that a subpoena recipient’s failure to produce responsive documents from ephemeral messaging services “may result in obstruction of…

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.…