ALTIUS | Belgium | 23 Feb 2023
The Brussels Court of Appeal recently rejected Carrefour Belgium's application for the suspension of a Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) decision to authorise the concentration between Intermarché AB and Mestdagh. Carrefour filed for both the suspension and the annulment of the BCA's decision based on article IV.90 of the Belgian Code of Economic law and applied for interim measures in......
Lexology PRO | USA | 13 Feb 2023
A shallow talent pool, a concentrated market, and insufficient transparency – practitioners have largely echoed concerns raised by the US Treasury on emerging risks associated with cloud services in banking.
SAI Law & Economics | Mexico | 5 May 2022
The Second Collegiate Circuit Court in Administrative Matters, Specialised in Economic Competition, Telecommunications and Broadcasting recently discussed the latest jurisdiction battle between the Federal Institute of Telecommunications and the Federal Economic Competition Commission – this time, over matters related to over-the-top content.
Baker & Miller PLLC | USA | 7 Apr 2022
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently held their first of four "listening sessions" related to their review of the merger enforcement guidelines. The purpose of the listening sessions is to hear directly from businesses, consumers and organisations on the impact of mergers in their industries. While DOJ and FTC guidelines lack the force of law, they......
Baker & Hostetler LLP | USA | 11 Apr 2019
In another setback for diagnostic method patents, the Federal Circuit rejected efforts by patent owner/Appellant Cleveland Clinic to avoid 35 U.S.C…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 21 Mar 2019
The Federal Circuit weighed in on patent subject matter eligibility again last week, finding certain amino-acid containing dietary supplements, and…
Cuatrecasas | European Union | 21 Jan 2019
El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (“TJUE”) ha confirmado la Sentencia del Tribunal General que anuló, por vulneración del derecho de…
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | USA | 11 Jan 2019
If you have been in an asbestos trial lately you have probably heard the claim that “no one has ever identified a safe level of exposure to asbestos…
BMA Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão | Brazil | 20 Dec 2018
The Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) recently requested, for the second time, the compulsory notification of a transaction that did not meet the legal turnover thresholds. This right allows the authority to review the business strategies of successive small acquisitions or acquisitions of nascent rivals in the event that they do not trigger the turnover thresholds. The risk......
Cuatrecasas | European Union, Spain | 17 Dec 2018
El término Fintech, en un sentido amplio, hace a referencia a la aplicación disruptiva de los nuevos avances en las tecnologías de la información y…