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Competition Newsletter

Ashurst
February 12, 2013
4 pages

In this Issue:

Commission prohibits the proposed acquisition of TNT Express by UPS
Belgian Constitutional Court finds competition fines not tax deductible
Ofwat accepts commitments from Severn Trent in predatory pricing investigation
Swedish Market Court goes to the races

Latest EU Competition & Antitrust News

Baker Botts: European Commission Raids Oil Companies and Price Reporting Agency

May 24, 2013 Antitrust & Competition

King & Spalding: EU Court Decision Significantly Reduces Cartel Fines in Marine Hose Investigation

May 22, 2013 Antitrust & Competition

Skadden: French Autorité de la Concurrence Fines Sanofi €40.6 Million for Denigrating Competing Generics

May 21, 2013 Antitrust, Competition & M&A (France)

FAPL v. QC Leisure: Copyright of Pub Football Transmissions

Herbert Smith: A judgment of two halves: full time in FAPL v QC Leisure

Taylor Wessing: FAPL v Mrs Murphy and QC Leisure - The Premier League wins

SNR Denton: FAPL v. the Pubs: Post-Match Analysis and Insights

EC's December 2010 Horizontal Guidelines

Arnold & Porter: The Revised EU Competition Rules for Production and R&D Agreements Create a More Coherent Framework of Assessment and Provide Better Guidance to Companies

Greenberg Traurig: EU competition: focus on R&D agreements

Bingham: Further Reflections on the Impact of the EC Horizontal Cooperation Guidelines on Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation

EU's New Distribution & Supply Rules (VBER)

Slaughter & May: The EU Competition Rules on Vertical Agreements

Squire Sanders: European Commission Revises Ten-Year Old Framework for Accessing Vertical Restraints

Paul Hastings: New Rules Applicable to Distribution Agreements: A New Competition/Antitrust Challenge for Suppliers in the EU?

Akzo Nobel & In-House Legal Privilege

Hogan Lovells: Navigating the Unresolved Questions Following the Akzo Judgment

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney: European Court of Justice Rules that Communications Between In-House Counsel and its Client are Not Entitled to Privilege

Chadbourne & Parke: Court of Justice of the European Union Rejects Privilege for In-House Counsel Communications in European Commission Antitrust Investigations

Deutsche Telekom Loses ECJ Margin Squeeze Case

Jones Day: Price Squeeze: The Implications of the CJ Judgments in Deutsche Telekom and TeliaSonera

Ashurst: Court of Justice finds against Deutsche Telekom in margin squeeze appeal

White & Case: Deutsche Telekom v. Commission

Almunia Appointed European Commisioner for Competition

Mayer Brown: New European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquín Almunia

O'Melveny & Myers: Judicial Enforcement of the AML

Greenberg Traurig: Will Competition Commissioner Almunia Prove to be a Man of Steel?

ECJ on Antitrust & Information Exchanges

Proskauer Rose: EC Antitrust Law Update [ECJ's Dutch Telecoms Decision re: Information Exchanges]

McDermott Will & Emery: European Court of Justice Expands Cartel Exposure from Information Exchanges

Foley & Lardner: European Court of Justice Decision Underscores Low Threshold for Antitrust Violations, Increases Risk of Competitor Information Exchanges, and Highlights Importance of Effective Antitrust Compliance Programs

EC Guidelines on State Aid to Banks

Clifford Chance: EU Accession and State aid risks

Pinsent Masons: European Commission to propose changes to state aid rules by summer

Cleary Gottlieb: EU Bank State Aid Framework and Recapitalization

EC Fines Intel for Art 82 (now Art 102) Abuse

Greenberg Traurig: The European Commission's Intel Decision

Cleary Gottlieb: Observations on the European Commission’s Intel Decision

Dechert: Uncertain times for dominant firms: the EU Commission's Intel decision finally becomes public

EC's Art. 102 (formerly Art. 82) & Abuse of Dominance

White & Case: A Missed Opportunity: Why The Guidance Paper Does Not Increase Predictability or Advance the Debate

Dechert: European Commission's effects-based enforcement approach in relation to Article 82

Arnold & Porter: European Commission Endorses A More Economic-Based Approach

GlaxoSmithKline & Parallel Trade

Greenberg Traurig: Restrictions on Parallel Trade in the EU: The ECJ's GlaxoSmithKline Decision

Norton Rose: European Court rules on Parallel Trade in the Pharmaceutical Sector

Sidley Austin: EU's top court clarifies antitrust analysis of "Dual-Pricing"

AstraZeneca v. Commission & Abuse of Dominant Position

Allen & Overy: ECJ Confirms Fine on AstraZeneca for Abusing The Patent and Regulatory Systems

Sidley Austin: EU Court of Justice’s AstraZeneca judgment may point to more pro-innovator stance

Covington & Burling: Judgment of the Court of Justice in AstraZeneca v Commission

Akzo Nobel: ECJ Confirms Presumption of Parent Company Liability

Herbert Smith: Parental liability presumption under EU competition rules can be rebutted but significant evidence needs to be provided

Steptoe & Johnson: An Update on the Parent Liability for Antitrust Violations of Subsidiaries

O'Melveny & Myers: The ECJ Judgment in the "Akzo Nobel" Case: an almost strict liability of parent companies for cartel violations committed by their wholly-owned subsidiaries

EU's Pharmaceutical Industry Inquiry

McGuireWoods: Three Years On: The European Commission (Finally) Proceeds Against Patent Settlements

Olswang: Patent Settlement Agreements – How will the US experience impact on the European Commission's decision-making?

Linklaters: EU scrutiny of the pharmaceutical sector since the European Commission’s sector inquiry

Electrabel: Record EC Fine For Late Merger Notification

ReedSmith: €20M Euro fine for failing to notify JV shareholding change to EU merger authority

O'Melveny & Myers: Some harsh lessons: EU Court upholds €20 million fine against Electrabel for acquiring control of another company without European

Ashurst: Commission imposes €20m fine for unnotified minority acquisition