By Yulia Tosheva and James Ashe-Taylor
The European Commission (“EC”) is taking aim at artificial restraints on cross-border online sales in the European Union with its  of a formal investigation into e-commerce.
The antitrust investigation, which was opened on May 6, 2015, will focus on barriers to cross-border online trade in goods and services...				 
				 					 	
								
			
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...				 
				 					 	
								
			
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...