Topic
Merger Control
485 published works
North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Dismissal Of North Carolina Lawsuit Involving Wachovia-Citigroup-Wells Fargo Merger Issues
The North Carolina litigation involving Citigroup and Wells Fargo's fight for Wachovia has been dismissed with the consent of the parties. As a part of the dismissal, Citigroup has agreed…
Antitrust Law Blog
China’s New Merger Rules
Since the 2003 issuance of the Provisions on the Takeover of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investor ("Old Rule"), the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has handled more than 500 pre-merger filings. …
Antitrust Law Blog
International Highlights for August 2008
According to press reports, three agencies and a governing Anti-Monopoly Commission will comprise China's competition enforcement regime when the country's long-awaited Anti-Monopoly Law takes effect on 1 August. It has…
La Revue
Concentrations : de l’effet (réellement) suspensif des notifications
En autorisant le 30 janvier dernier l’opération de concentration INEOS/Kerling (Affaire COMP/M.4734), la Commission européenne a, en réalité, pris deux décisions. Elle a tout d’abord autorisé le rachat par le…
La Revue
La Federal Trade Commission augmente les seuils de notification des opérations de concentration
Aux Etats-Unis, la Federal Trade Commission (FTC), organisme indépendant de contrôle antitrust, a récemment annoncé que les seuils de notification requis par la loi (Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act 1976) seront…
The Contingency
Wholey Guacamoley: Court Dissolves Whole Foods Injunction
At Blawgletter's house, we call the Whole Foods Market up the street "Wholey Foods" -- which sounds like "holy foods". Sometimes we get their mash of avocados and other makings…
Antitrust Law Blog
CHINA PREMERGER NOTIFICATION RULES
China has been working on an Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) for almost a decade, and the latest draft is expected to be finalized and to come into effect during the later…
La Revue
DGCCRF’s Guidelines on the regulation of mergers are now on line
The wait is over. Well, almost. It was beginning to seem that the project to issue guidelines on the control of concentrations (the "Guidelines"), which had been announced on 13…
La Revue
DGCCRF’s Guidelines on the regulation of mergers are now on line
The wait is over. Well, almost. It was beginning to seem that the project to issue guidelines on the control of concentrations (the "Guidelines"), which had been announced on 13…
Antitrust Law Blog
GENERAL ELECTRIC/HONEYWELL MERGER PROHIBITION UPHELD BY EUROPEAN COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE – “CONGLOMERATE EFFECTS” ANALYSIS REPRESENTS “MANFEST ERRORS OF ASSESSMENT”
On December 14, 2005, the European Court of First Instance ("CFI") denied the application of General Electric Company ("GE") and Honeywell International ("Honeywell") for annulment of the merger prohibition issued…