Not long ago, the antitrust world marked both the centennial of the Sherman Act's passage and of state antitrust enforcement. The transition from the first century of antitrust law to the second provides an appropriate occasion for reflection and is one of two events prompting this Article. The...

The effectiveness of competition law and its enforcement based on fines as well as behavioral and structural remedies has always been a debatable issue. It is argued that such competition law enforcement based on fines and other remedies has less deterrent effect compared to a system based on...

With the launch of the Opening-Up and Reform Policy in the late 1970's, China has undertaken the difficult transition from a planned economy to a market economy. In parallel with the significant economic reforms, China's legal system has been remodelled. The Anti-Monopoly Law is a key law in...

This article analyzes the basic characteristics of the Argentine competition law and the way in which it has been enforced in several important antitrust cases. We begin with a section that introduces the evolution of the law, followed by another section about the basic economic and legal...

According to well-established case-law of the European Court of Justice, in the European Union, parent companies can be fined for antitrust infringements by their subsidiaries. Furthermore, under a new EU Directive, signed into law on 26 November 2014, parent company liability is likely to be...

With two recent preliminary rulings regarding the interpretation to be given to a consumer contract term that allows the supplier in a contract of indeterminate duration unilaterally to alter the tariffs, the European Court of Justice has imposed an acceleration on the enforcement of EU rules...