"This book is a selection of 14 brief essays designed to provide a multinational perspective on the current state, and future, of competition law in media markets. Whether it pertains to platform markets, crypto-currencies, or newspaper mergers, the reality is that antitrust enforcement has...

This article looks at two areas of merger control under EC Law where the principles of causation are applied and, in our view, misapplied. The article traces the development of the concept of the counterfactual in antitrust law. It then draws on this analysis in considering the operation of the...

There are a number of circumstances where general principles of judicial review allow heightened scrutiny in competition inquiries. Antonio Bavasso and Mark Friend, Allen & Overy

There is, however, scope for reform to help the system, as a whole, deliver more for less. Antonio Bavasso & Simon Pritchard, Allen & Overy

As the curtain closes on the Brussels summit it is time to reflect on the implications of the removal of the reference to “free and undistorted†competition from the Union’s objectives.