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Monopoly
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Cleary Antitrust Watch
FCO Finds No Market Dominance in the Electricity Generation Sector
On December 19, 2019, the FCO published its first report on market power in the electricity generation sector (“Market Power Report”).[1] The report is intended to provide market participants with…
Competition chronicle
Dethroning the Digital Platform Champions
By John Pecman
Earlier this month, John Pecman published a highly topical article in Competition Policy International on the dominance and durable market power that Big Tech companies are said to have in…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
FCO Finds No Market Dominance in the Electricity Generation Sector in Second Market Power Report
On December 28, 2020, the FCO published its second report on market power for the electricity generation sector (“Market Power Report”)[1] one year earlier than statutorily required, because the FCO…
Antitrust Advocate
Does Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act Need More Bite?
Last month, two members of Congress introduced the Monopolization Deterrence Act, which would allow the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission to seek civil penalties for monopolization offenses under…
The Right Coast
Online Monopoly + Liberal Orthodoxy = Tech Trouble | RealClearPolitics
When was the last time you remember the attorneys general of 48 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico standing together to launch a major joint probe? I don t…
Supreme Court Update
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. (04-1329), Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher (04-805), Shell Oil Co. v. Dagher (04-814) and Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. ("NOW III") (04-1244)
Greetings, Court fans! There were two opinions yesterday, and one more today (all unanimous!), but what everyone's really talking about is yesterday's oral argument in Marshall v. Marshall, concerning the…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Next Week in Congress
By Michael Drobac, Amanda Armistead, Greg Walden, Lauren Stroupe
Return from Recess Members of the House and Senate will both return to Washington on Monday after spending August in their states and districts. Third Hearing on Online Platforms and…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
Monopolies Commission Calls for Higher Quality Train Services and More Competition in the Railway Sector
On July 25, 2019, the German Monopolies Commission presented its 7th Sector Report on the German Railway market, assessing quality and competition in the industry.[1] The Monopolies Commission identifies poor…
Inside Energy & Environment
FERC Lowers Regulatory Burdens for Electricity Sellers in RTO/ISO Markets
FERC has streamlined its rules so that generators in the organized markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) no longer need to demonstrate a lack…
China Law Insight
调查、处罚程序篇：《禁止垄断协议暂行规定》和《禁止滥用市场支配地位行为暂行规定》亮点解读（三）
By King & Wood
在调查和处罚程序方面，《禁止垄断协议暂行规定》 （“《禁止垄断协议规定》”）和《禁止滥用市场支配地位行为暂行规定》 （“《禁止滥用规定》”）在此前执法实践经验的基础上，对于相关问题做了进一步的梳理和补充，建立了对各省（区、市）人民政府市场监督管理部门的授权机制，细化了中止调查、终止调查、举报等程序要求和垄断协议宽大、豁免的机制，明确了行政处理决定的公示制度。就与其他法规的衔接而言，对于调查、处罚程序，除有关时限、立案、案件管辖的规定外，对于两个规定未涉及的内容，将依照《市场监督管理行政处罚程序暂行规定》执行；对于反垄断执法机关组织行政处罚听证的，按照《市场监督管理行政护法听证暂行办法》执行。