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Also worth noting that NCAs may have jurisdiction under Towercast if there’s pre-existing dominance. (Returning to the bluer place now.)
.@vestager responds to the court defeat in Illumina/Grail today.
She notes:
- EC will continue to accept Art 22 referrals (when NCAs have jurisdiction)
- Some NCAs have in the meantime developed call-in powers & so great chances to review such deals
ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…
The whole tax debate needs reframing. He’s trying to take 4bn away from schools, hospitals, the emergency services. Talking about “tax” without talking about services the government provides distorts the debate.
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First (but definitely not last!) piece I co-author with my @UofGLaw colleague @davidmreader.
"Taking aim at innovation-crushing mergers: a killer instinct unleashed?" now available in early access in Yearbook of European Law.
New article | @MagaliEben and I take stock of recent developments in the EU's enforcement efforts against killer acquisitions, incl. a primer on innovation harms + #merger control, and jurisdictional changes under the EUMR, DMA + TFEU (via @OxfordJournals) doi.org/10.1093/yel/yead013
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Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
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The publisher has announced my forthcoming book, Tech Monopoly -- and priced reasonably. penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
Google has an interesting take on killer acquisitions.
thurrott.com/wearables/29254…
- It's not just for smartphones but portable devices.
- There are pros and cons.
- Some devices still come with integrated cable chargers.
- Trying to make a point based on the semantics of cables v chargers is pretty weak sauce.
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Amidst all the confected outrage, a key point seems to have got lost: McDonald told colleagues how he had voted as a reminder "that their personal feelings were beside the professional point".
This was an *assertion" of civil service impartiality, not a breach of it.
I suspect the issue is that the crystallisation of “law and economics” in case precedent, particularly in the US but also in the EU, doesn’t reflect the work of these scholars.
This is a mind-numbingly bad statistic.
Sadiq Khan expanded ULEZ to outer London last month. The aim is to improve air quality - and in turn, Londoners’ health. @FactCheck analysis shows the expansion will add just 13 minutes to the average Londoner’s life expectancy this year.
channel4.com/news/factcheck/…
So not news to many people, but @SBarrettBar really doesn’t like it when you point out that he’s got the law wrong.
