Topic
Monopoly
203 published works
The Right Coast
Inside the new battle against Google
Lynn's group, called Open Markets, has spent six years arguing that the Democrats have become too comfortable with corporate money and power, and need to rally around a new principle:…
Competition Law
Emerging Trends in Market Power: An Update
The nature of regulations, enforcement authorities and their ability to enforce regulations has been known to have a profound effect on innovation. As the internet transforms industrial processes, regulators across…
China Law Insight
Could“Big Data”Facilitate Monopoly and How Shall We Step In?
By King & Wood
By Susan Ning, Wu Han and Zhao Yangdi King & Wood Mallesons' Commercial & Regulatory group “Big Data”, one of the hot topics in recent years, has been widely discussed.…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
DOJ Casts Shade on Proposed Chicago Sun-Times Newspaper Sale
By Michelle A. Mantine, Christopher R. Brennan
The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced May 15 that it is investigating the proposed acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper by the owner of rival publication the Chicago…
Antitrust Alert
THE LATEST: Tenth Circuit Sides with Defendants in $200 Million Sutures Bundling Case
By Will Diaz
In an antitrust case involving bundled discount on sutures, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of…
Washington Energy Report
FERC Approves CAISO’s Revisions to Local Market Power Mitigation Procedures
On November 8, 2016, FERC approved the California Independent System Operator Corporation’s (“CAISO”) proposed tariff revisions intended to improve the effectiveness of its local market power mitigation procedures by reducing…
Inside Global Tech
German Competition Authority Publishes a Working Paper on “Market Power of Platforms and Networks”
By Miranda Cole, Jennifer Boudet and Jérôme de Ponsay With the European Commission’s recent Digital Single Market (“DSM”) Strategy for the European Union (“EU”) announcements (including several legislative proposals and…
Minding Your Business
Justice Scalia and the Demise of the “Genteel Monopolist”
A year before he took his seat on the Supreme Court, Justice Scalia’s future colleagues issued a decision encouraging dominant firms to behave more like that genteel, top hat wearing…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Media Company Settles Claims It Used Monopoly Power to Overcharge Advertisers
By Amanda L. Wait, Timothy J. Slattery
On February 29, 2016, News Corporation reached a $244 million settlement with a consumer product manufacturer class to end claims that it monopolized the market for third-party, in-store promotions by…
China Law Vision
SEPs and Application Boundary of the Anti-monopoly Law of China
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Dr. Zhan Hao (zhanhao@anjielaw.com) and Song Ying (songying@anjielaw.com) at AnJie Law Firm In recent years, the term "standard essential patent" ("SEP") may have been a buzzword in the circle of anti-monopoly research in China.…