Category Archives: Antitrust – Competition law

Antitrust and Competition Law news articles, reiews, notes and blog examples.

Hiring: World Bank looking for a senior economist

Senior Economist Job #: req3067 Organization: World Bank Sector: Private Sector Development Grade: GG Term Duration: 3 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Washington, DC Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 5/31/2019 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC See… … Continue reading

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French Council of State Confirms GDPR Sanction, Lowers Penalty Fee

Following a recent data breach, Optical Center has been fined 250,000 euros by The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL). The website breach allowed public access to invoices, purchase orders, and personal data of customers. On appeal, the … Continue reading

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Assessing the Gains from E-Commerce

Paul Dolfen, Stanford University, Liran Einav, Stanford University – Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University – Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Benjamin Klopack, Stanford University, Jonathan Levin, Stanford… … Continue reading

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25 Years of European Merger Control

Pauline Affeldt, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Tomaso Duso, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); TU Berlin- Faculty of Economics and Management – Empirical Industrial Organization, and Florian Szücs, Vienna University of… … Continue reading

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In Apple v Pepper, SCOTUS leaves home without its Amex

It might surprise some readers to learn that we think the Court’s decision today in Apple v. Pepper reaches — superficially — the correct result. But, we hasten to add, the Court’s reasoning (and, for that matter, the dissent’s) is … Continue reading

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