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UK Competition and Market Authority Shuts Down MasterCard and Visa Probes Following Approval of European Interchange Fees Regulation

Posted  05/12/15
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office By Yulia Tosheva and James Ashe-Taylor The UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced on Wednesday that it is closing its investigations into MasterCard’s and Visa’s multilateral interchange fees (“MIF”) on the grounds of administrative priorities. The CMA reached its UK domestic decision in light of the approval by the Council of the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  05/11/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  European antitrust officials have opened an investigation into whether large technology companies are impeding competition in online shopping, the latest in a string of inquiries in Europe focused on the web’s biggest players.  According...

Conservatives’ Blockbuster Victory Could Herald Major Changes For UK

Posted  05/8/15
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office By James Ashe-Taylor In a stunning result, the Conservatives under David Cameron have won a slender majority in the UK Parliament, according to final tallies announced today. In an unexpectedly lopsided victory, the governing Conservatives won 331 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons – a gain 24 seats from the 2010 election.  It was a bitter loss for the...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  05/4/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following.   Merchants unhappy with the fees American Express charges them may steer customers toward less expensive cards without fearing retaliation from the credit card company, Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled in federal court in...

Antitrust Week in Review

Posted  04/27/15
.  Comcast has abandoned its $45 billion offer for Time Warner Cable after U.S. regulators raised concerns that the deal would give Comcast an unfair advantage in the cable TV and Internet-based services market.  The proposed deal had been attacked by politicians, media company executives and consumer and industry groups, who worried it would create a...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/20/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  The European Union has formally accused Google of abusing its dominance in web searches, bringing charges that could limit the giant American tech company’s moneymaking prowess.  These are the first antitrust charges asserted against...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/13/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  Although Europe’s antitrust investigation of Google has dragged on without a settlement for nearly five years, the internet giant’s breathing room may soon come to an end.  Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s antitrust chief,...

The Antitrust Week In Review

Posted  04/6/15
Here are some of the developments in antitrust news this past week that we found interesting and are following. .  European antitrust regulators are intensifying their scrutiny of giant American tech companies.  Not only is the European Union antitrust investigation into Google heating up, but additional European countries are looking into Facebook’s...

Congress Grapples With The Right Mix For Bipartisan Data Breach Bill

Posted  04/2/15
By Leigh Orliner LaMartina Congress is actually making progress in advancing a bipartisan bill that seeks to stem the avalanche of data breaches that lately seem to threaten massive amounts of sensitive consumer financial information with alarming regularity. On March 25, 2015, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to approve the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 (the “Act”), which...

Supreme Court Seeks To Untangle Patent And Antitrust Principles Caught In Spider-Man’s Web

Posted  03/31/15
By Seth D. Greenstein The Supreme Court heard oral argument today on whether litigation over a toy based on Spider-Man’s web should be used to vanquish a 50-year-old precedent precluding patent owners from collecting patent royalties on expired patents under a per se rule, and to replace it, in effect, with an antitrust Rule of Reason analysis. In Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc., an individual inventor...
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