By Yulia Tosheva and James Ashe-Taylor
China’s imposition of a nearly $1 billion fine on Qualcomm, the world’s largest supplier of smartphone chips, is noteworthy not just because it is a record-breaking antitrust fine for China, but also because it serves as a warning for international companies that antitrust enforcement now spans the globe.
As ...
By Irene Fraile
A recent lively discussion with European Commission competition officials indicates that antitrust enforcement is continuing to evolve to deal with the thorny issues raised by so-called “reverse-payment” or “pay-for-delay” patent litigation settlements designed to delay the sale of generic drugs.
On January 29, 2015, Brussels Matters...
By Yulia Tosheva and James Ashe-Taylor
The European Commission (“EC”) London-based ICAP, the world’s largest broker of interest-rate swaps, for facilitating bank cartels in the market for Yen-denominated interest rate derivatives.
The EC already imposed heavy fines of 669 million euros on UBS, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup...