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MOFCOM invites comments on draft regulations on simple merger cases - what procedural benefits will simple merger cases have?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • China, European Union
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  • April 17 2013

The draft Interim Regulations on Standards for Simple Cases of Concentrations of Business Operators (Draft Simple Cases Regulations) was published

In brief

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 27 2013

EU: The European Commission evaluates expanding the scope for the simplified merger control procedure to other cases that, according to the

The French Competition Authority launches a wide-ranging sector inquiry in the pharmaceutical distribution sector

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • February 27 2013

On 25 February 2013, the French Competition Authority announced the launch of a sector inquiry in the pharmaceutical sector. The Authority plans to

Major changes in the pipeline for EU rules on technology licensing

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 21 2013

The European Commission has moved a step closer to adopting tougher anti-trust rules on technology licensing and has launched a public consultation

Minority shareholdings might become subject to mandatory competition review

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • February 4 2013

In a speech late last year the EU's Commissioner for Competition identified that the European Commission is considering a revision to the EU Merger

ECN revises its Model Leniency Programme

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • November 30 2012

The network of European antitrust and competition authorities (“ECN”) published its revised Model Leniency Programme (“Revised MLP”) recently

EU merger control: accidental by-catch?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 30 2012

When the European Commission prohibited the planned merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext , the question that arose was whether this misalignment between the parties' view of the issues and that of the European Commission was a one-off caught in the commission's merger control net or whether it is of more general relevance

When is a software licence transferable even if it says it’s non-transferable?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • August 16 2012

Software companies cannot prevent the sale of “second-hand” software licences, where those licences are for a one-off fee and an unlimited period

Is the food sector ripe for a sectoral inquiry?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 5 2012

The European Commission's competition department has the power to investigate an industry or sector

E.ON case for obstructing commission inspection: Advocate General opinion on E.ON Energie’s appeal against fine imposed for breaking a seal

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union
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  • June 26 2012

On 21 June 2012, Advocate General Bot gave an opinion on E.ON’s appeal against a General Court judgment which upheld the European Commission’s decision to fine E.ON 38m for breaking a seal during a Commission investigation