Excessive pricing by a dominant firm is considered as one of the most blatant forms of abuse. Despite this, competition authorities frequently refrain from intervening against excessive prices. The non-interventionist approach is based, among others, on the premise that high prices encourage new...

Cross boarder merger control has traditionally been a difficult subject for multinational co-operation, non-the less harmonisation. The multitude of interests at stake and the heterogeneous multinational mean that attempts to reduce inefficiencies stemming out of multi-jurisdictional merger...

On July 3, 2001, the European Commission prohibited General Electric's proposed forty-two billion dollar acquisition of Honeywell Inc. The Commission asserted that the merger would have severely reduce competition in the aerospace industry by combining the strong position of GE in aircraft...

In the last decade, the number of jurisdictions developing and enforcing merger regimes has increased systematically. This valuable multitude improved the monitoring of merger activities promoting economic performance and ensuring costumer welfare. Yet, a notable 'side effect' of this multitude...

The use of remedies in merger appraisal enables the competition agency to engage in fine tuning rather than simply blocking or approving a merger transaction. As such, remedies act as tools which enable reaping the benefits of the transaction which would otherwise be blocked. Subsequently, they...

In the future, one may imagine a new breed of antitrust humor. Jokes might start along the following lines: “Two Artificial Neural Network and one Nash equilibrium meet in an online (pub) hub. After a few milliseconds, a unique silent friendship is formed…” Back to the present; we are not...

The prevalence of third-party tracking in our modern ecosystem cannot be ignored. Trackers, on our websites and apps, enable multi-sourced data gathering, at distinct volume, velocity, verity and veracity. While employed by numerous operators, the majority of these trackers are controlled by a...

The strive for tighter control of distribution, quality and price - has led an increasing number of producers to include restrictions on the use of online marketplaces in their selective distribution agreements. This paper considers the effects of such restrictions and the legal approach they...