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		<title>U.S. Department of Justice Litigates to Block Two Mergers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Justice (&#8220;DOJ&#8221;) has blocked two mergers in the past several months, in each case after filing a lawsuit against the merging parties.  The first case involved a relatively small transaction in the digital tax business involving &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/02/01/u-s-department-of-justice-litigates-to-block-two-mergers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/02/01/u-s-department-of-justice-litigates-to-block-two-mergers/</link>
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		<title>Italian Competition Authority Challenges Patent Measures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Italian Competition Authority started the New Year with a bang by imposing a fine of more than EUR 10 million on Pfizer for alleged abuses of the patent system in violation of Article 102 TFEU. The decision is available &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/01/23/italian-competition-authority-challenges-patent-measures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/01/23/italian-competition-authority-challenges-patent-measures/</link>
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		<title>Economic evidence and analysis at the early stages of EU merger control proceedings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“In appropriate cases, DG Competition may discuss in advance with the addressees or other affected parties the scope and the format of the Data Request. DG Competition may also explain the analysis that it intends to perform with the requested &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/01/17/economic-evidence-and-analysis-at-the-early-stages-of-eu-merger-control-proceedings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2012/01/17/economic-evidence-and-analysis-at-the-early-stages-of-eu-merger-control-proceedings/</link>
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		<title>The Dongfeng Nissan Case and the Gaps of China’s Competition Law Regime in Tackling Vertical Restraints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent Dongfeng Nissan Case shed some interesting lights on the status of vertical restraints rules in China, three years after China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) became effective in August 2008. Currently, China’s competition law regime is still insufficiently equipped to &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/12/31/the-dongfeng-nissan-case-and-the-gaps-of-china%e2%80%99s-competition-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/12/31/the-dongfeng-nissan-case-and-the-gaps-of-china%e2%80%99s-competition-law/</link>
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		<title>“Thanks Nicolas Sarkozy, but no thanks.” CJEU rules on status of Protocol on Internal Market and Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the EU leaders agreed on the final version of the Lisbon Treaty, one particular amendment caused turmoil in the European competition law community. The Lisbon Treaty repealed the 50-year-old commitment to “undistorted competition”, embedded in the fundamental provisions of &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/25/%e2%80%9cthanks-nicolas-sarkozy-but-no-thanks-%e2%80%9d-cjeu-rules-on-status-of-protocol-on-internal-market-and-competition/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/25/%e2%80%9cthanks-nicolas-sarkozy-but-no-thanks-%e2%80%9d-cjeu-rules-on-status-of-protocol-on-internal-market-and-competition/</link>
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		<title>The Commission’s Best Practices for the Submission of Economic Evidence: Improved, but still lacking in key areas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 17 October, the Commission published a revised version of its Best Practices for the submission of economic evidence and data collection in competition cases (“BP”). The first version of the BP, published in January 2010, included guidance on issues &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/22/the-commission%e2%80%99s-best-practices-for-the-submission-of-economic-evidence-improved-but-still-lacking-in-key-areas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/22/the-commission%e2%80%99s-best-practices-for-the-submission-of-economic-evidence-improved-but-still-lacking-in-key-areas/</link>
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		<title>U.S. FTC Scrutinizes Interplay Between Authorized Generics and Patent Settlements</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has recently released two reports relating to the pharmaceutical industry. A significant theme in both reports is a concern that brand name pharmaceutical companies are using the threat of launching an authorized generic to make &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/14/u-s-ftc-scrutinizes-interplay-between-authorized-generics-and-patent-settlements/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/14/u-s-ftc-scrutinizes-interplay-between-authorized-generics-and-patent-settlements/</link>
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		<title>Status quo of structural assumption in merger control</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Public discussion on merger control in the last few years of has put the spotlight on two elements of contemporary merger analysis: market definition and market concentration, of which the former has raised considerable debate, in particular. It has been &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/status-quo-of-structural-assumption-in-merger-control/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/status-quo-of-structural-assumption-in-merger-control/</link>
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		<title>Little, large and not proven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big story for British sports fans has been the recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) in the FA Premier League / Karen Murphy case.  Effectively, the ECJ has said that British viewers can &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/little-large-and-not-proven/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/little-large-and-not-proven/</link>
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		<title>German FCO allows installment payment of cartel fine in mills cartel case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2011, the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) fined mills company VK Mühlen AG in the amount of € 23.8 million for price fixing and customer and market allocation with competitors regarding the sale of flour in Germany. In &#8230; <a href="http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/german-fco-allows-installment-payment-of-cartel-fine-in-mills-cartel-case/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://kluwercompetitionlawblog.com/2011/11/04/german-fco-allows-installment-payment-of-cartel-fine-in-mills-cartel-case/</link>
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