Posts tagged Europe
Barron's - Vertical Mergers Are in the Crosshairs after Microsoft’s Activision Acquisition Was Blocked

Legal director Sandeep Vaheesan writes an article regarding Activision Blizzard being blocked by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority and how vertical mergers are affected with repercussions.

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Joint submission to Call for Evidence on Article 102 TFEU Guidelines

Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun, alongside a group of leading European civil society organizations, has submitted a detailed response to the European Commission’s call for evidence on future guidelines on enforcement of Article 102 TFEU, one of the European Union’s key antitrust laws.

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Germany Takes Action to Break Apple’s Dominance

Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun released the following statement with regard to Apple’s designation as a “platform of paramount significance for competition” under Section 19a of the German Competition Act (GWB), and the approval by Germany’s federal cabinet of new powers for Germany’s competition regulator the Bundeskartellamt.

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Letter to European Commission Warns Against Over - Subsidizing Large, Dominant Corporations at the Expense of SMEs in Clean Energy Transition

Open Markets Institute Europe Director Max von Thun teams up with the Balanced Economy Project, and the European Digital SME Alliance sending an open letter to the EC on EU responses to U.S. investments in a clean energy transition.

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