AntiTrust Law
Antitrust
Breaking a duopoly: Ukraine’s New Approach to Pharmaceutical Distribution
The Problem Ukraine’s decade-long selective distribution practices in the pharmaceutical market are currently facing unparalleled antitrust scrutiny. This is due to the introduction of controversial ...
Antitrust
Main developments in Competition Law and Policy for 2024 – Ukraine
2024 marked the third year in which the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) exercised its statutory powers amid the challenges of the full-scale war. Yet, ...
Antitrust
The Merger Review Policy of EVP Ribera takes shape
Executive vice president (EVP) Ribera has been given the “mission impossible” of developing a “new approach” to competition policy. “Support[ing] European businesses to innovate, compete, ...
Antitrust
Presume at Your Peril: Do New Antitrust Proposals Introduce New Risks?
Legal presumptions play an important role in competition enforcement. They can translate decades of judicial experience and economic learning into workable, practical tools for efficient ...
Antitrust
Hire and Higher? Employee Recruitment and German Merger Control
Merger control has long been a cornerstone of competition enforcement in Germany, with the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO“) known for wielding its mandate decisively and ...
Antitrust
Swedish merger control: Important changes
The Swedish Competition Authority (S The Authority adopted new merger notification guidelines and regulations on The new regulations expand the list of documents, market These ...
Antitrust
A Pitch to J.D. Make “VCs in Residence” your antitrust legacy
This is a modest proposal: The Trump-Vance Administration could hire venture capitalists (VCs-in-Residence) in antitrust agencies to predict the trajectory of emerging technology. The Republican ...
Antitrust
Google’s decision by the Japan Fair Trade Commission: Early Reflections
Google’s ‘Be Evil,’ transformation (if it is not just a narrative), and the antitrust attempts to avenge (if not exact retribution) are not new. Judge ...



