By Irene Fraile
The General Court of the European Union has dismissed Intel’s appeal of the European Commission´s decision fining the computer chip manufacturer a record 1.06 billion euros for breaching EU competition law.
The European Commission imposed the fine on Intel in May 2009, after finding that Intel abused its dominant position in the x86 CPU...
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office
By Natalia Mikolajczyk and Richard Pike
Major container shipping companies are attempting to resolve the European Commission’s antitrust probe into their practice of publicly announcing price increases.
The two biggest players in the container shipping market, A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S and Mediterranean Shipping Company, hope to end the proceedings without...
A View from Constantine Cannon’s London Office
By Michael Petrides
The European Commission’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, is the EC from charges that its proposed settlement with Google concerning search engine practices would permit Google to expand its dominant market position.
Commissioner Alumina’s defense of the proposed settlement joins a debate with Matthias...