State of Competition
October 12, 2014 In Europe By Dr. Valentin Mircea

“I am in love with competition” – Margrethe Vestager during the hearings in the European Parliament for EU Competition Commissioner

INTERVIEW-NEW EU ANTITRUST HEAD NOT SWAYED BY ANTI-AMERICANISM, BULLIES 23-Sep-2014 20:16By Foo Yun Chee and Alastair MacdonaldBRUSSELS, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Margrethe Vestager says that neither "loud people" in business and government nor "anti-Americanism" will sway her rulings on antitrust cases when she becomes the European...

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October 9, 2014 In Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Antitrust in Emerging and Developing Countries Conference – 24 October 2014 – New York University

Let's see how competition work and how competition rules are enforced in emerging and developing economies at this great eventConcurrences Journal, in partnership with the New York University School of Law, will hold its inaugural conference "Antitrust in Emerging and Developing Countries" on Friday, October 24, 2014,...

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September 25, 2014 In Communications and Technology By Dr. Valentin Mircea

Facebook takes over WhatsApp. What is up to?

FACEBOOK TO WIN EU APPROVAL FOR $19 BLN WHATSAPP BID -SOURCES 25-Sep-2014 18:04·         European Commission did not demand concessions -sources·         Deal will pit Facebook against telecoms industryBy Foo Yun CheeBRUSSELS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Facebook FB.O, the world's leading social network, will win unconditional EU approval for its $19 billion...

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September 11, 2014 In Cases and Decisions, Financial services By Dr. Valentin Mircea

MasterCard loses the appeal at ECJ and its consequences will be wide for the banking and the payments industries

As the result of the decision issued on 11 September 2014 by the European Court of Justice, MasterCard will have to cancel its multilateral interchange fees (MIFs), a situation which will put it at disadvantage with the competitor VISA, which chosed to settle the matter...

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June 14, 2014 In Uncategorized By Dr. Valentin Mircea

The Annual Conference of the Association of European Competition Law Judges – Bucharest – 13 June 2014

A very interesting conference focused on the mechanisms of the collective redress in the European Union - "Collective Actions - Expectations and Perspectives". For the time being, just photos. More to come - including some thoughts and conclusions. [gallery ids="215,216,218,219,220,221,222,223,224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232,233,234,235,236,237,238,239,240,241,242,243,244,245,246,247,248,249,250,251,252,253,254,255,256,257,258,259,260,261,262,263,264,265,266,267,268,269,270,271,272,273,274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284"]...

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