State of Competition

November 10, 2021 In Antitrust, Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Google Shopping at the General Court – a decision without teeth

Some consideration on the ”fresh” (so-to-speak, for a case initiated in 2009) Google Shopping case at the General Court of the European Union, which ”largely dismisses” the request for annulment lodged by Google - but not all of it. Due to the fact that it...

November 3, 2021 In Innovation, Legislation, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

A monster in the making?

The European Union's Digital Markets Act is advancing - at slow pace - through the intricate legislative process of the European Union but behind this process there is an epic battle for the control of the revenue streams in the digital economy. This battle has very...

August 23, 2021 In Antitrust, Cases and Decisions By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Illumina’s challenge to the European Commission

The EU Competition Commissioner, Ms. Margrethe Vestager is on fire since it learned that Illumina, an US based producer of innovative screeners and markers for early detection of cancer announced that ”it completed” the acquisition of Grail, a smaller cancer test maker, before receiving a...

August 11, 2021 In Antitrust, Cases and Decisions, Cases and Decisions, Distribution, Europe, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

ICCJ impută Consiliului Concurenței depășirile termenului de prescripție, în cauza Whiteland

După ce pe data de 20 mai 2021 Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție a dezbătut recursul Consiliului Concurenței în cauza Whiteland Import-Export - dosar 3251/2/2015 - prin decizia nr. 3853/24.06.2021 aceasta a admis recursul și a casat hotărârea Curții de Apel București prin care...

July 16, 2021 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

New Release: Herbert Hovenkamp Liber Amicorum – The Dean of American Antitrust Law

Dubbed “the dean of American antitrust law” by the New York Times, Herbert Hovenkamp is almost universally recognized as the most cited and the most authoritative US antitrust scholar. Contemporary US antitrust doctrine has been forged in large part by his scholarship, which covers every...

March 18, 2021 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Antitrust Writing Awards

We are thrilled to announce that submissions are now open for the 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards. Now in their 10th year, the Antitrust Writing Awards are the field’s largest awards for written thought. Participation in the Awards process, whether as an author, jury member, or reader,...

February 18, 2021 In Antitrust, Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Asasinii Economici

Nu credeam că o să văd și asta în România dar totuși văd: acțiuni coordonate efectuate cu scopul de a scoate din piață un lider al acesteia, pentru a face locul altor companii, mai mici dar mai descurcărețe, cu tupeu și cu intrări la diferite...

January 23, 2021 In Antitrust, Cases and Decisions, Cases and Decisions, Distribution By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Curtea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene stabilește limite ale principiului efectivității, față de principiul securității juridice – cauza Whiteland vs. Consiliul Concurenței

Prin Hotărârea Camerei a doua a Curții de Justiție a Uniunii Europene din 21 ianuarie 2021 instanța supremă europeană s-a pronunțat cu privire la două întrebări, trimise de către Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție la solicitarea Consiliului Concurenței, în cadrul contestației prin care societatea...

July 19, 2019 In Antitrust, Events By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Antitrust and Developing & Emerging Economies Conference

Concurrences in partnership with NYU Law School will hold the sixth annual Antitrust and Developing & Emerging Economies Conference on Friday, November 1 2019 from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at NYU Law School. There will be four panels: Rooting out Cartels & Corruption: Where are...

June 29, 2019 In Antitrust By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Interview with Professor Raju Parakkal

StateofCompetition goes video, with an interview with Professor Raju Parakkal of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, one of the key researchers on the spread of the antitrust regimes in the world. You may watch the interview here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOCdtTsfndU&feature=youtu.be ...