This article examines the issue of the appropriate scope of review of economic evidence enshrined in the discretionary assessments of utility regulators in the US and the UK. It advances a balance of institutional competencies approach to the question of the degree of deference owed to the...

In this contribution I summarily review the changes to the European Insolvency Regulation (‘EIR'). The new Regulation, 2015/848, will apply to insolvency proceedings opened after 26 June 2017. It repeals Regulation 1346/2000. I will use ‘EIR 2015' for the new Regulation and ‘former EIR'...

We compare the short-run welfare effects of two types of settlement agreements, quot;reverse paymentsquot; of the brand-name drug makers to generic producers not to enter the market and delayed entry when these payments are restricted both under the entry injunction (imposed by the Hatch-Waxman...

These are the introduction and concluding remarks to an edited volume on Competition policy and regulation, recent developments in China, the US and Europe. The introduction to the volume sketches that the reason for writing a volume comparing China, the US and Europe is the recent enactment of...

The competition rules and policy framework of the European Union represents an important institutional restriction for doing sports business. Driven by the courts, the 2007 overhaul of the approach and methodology has increased the scope of competition policy towards sports associations and...

In this paper, we will analyse further the issue of concurrence between competition and sector rules and the relation between parallel concepts within the two different legal frameworks. We will firstly examine Third Party Access in relation to essential facilities doctrine and refusal of access...

Severe limitations on antitrust enforcement officials' knowledge and the potential impact of ill-advised investigations and prosecutions on markets suggest that officials should exercise extraordinary caution in enforcement of restraints on single-firm conduct. Although it is common to depict...

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo el análisis del mercado del tabaco en Colombia y el efecto de las políticas públicas de regulación, vigilancia y control. Específicamente pretende establecer cuál fue el comportamiento económico de las marcas y su evolución en términos de...

While the Commission has stood its ground against political pressure to relax enforcement for the purpose of grooming European champions, that does not mean only economic welfare arguments have been accepted under competition law. Rather, over the years a pattern has emerged whereby, in the...