In its 18 September 2024 ruling, the General Court of the European Union annulled the €1.5 billion fine that the European Commission had imposed on Google in 2019 for allegedly abusing its dominant position in online search...more
10/4/2024
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Google ,
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Online Advertisements ,
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Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
Websites
To date, 2024 has not yet seen the type of mega-merger (Pfizer/Seagen) or level of agency enforcement (Sanofi/Maze or Amgen/Horizon) as 2023. But two notable investigations — one still active — show the Federal Trade...more
9/10/2024
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Orange Book ,
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Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
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Sanofi ,
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On 3 September 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the European Commission (Commission) cannot encourage or accept referrals for below-threshold deals from national competition authorities if those...more
9/6/2024
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Life Sciences ,
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Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector ,
Threshold Requirements
The European Commission (EC) has launched a formal investigation under its abuse of dominance rules into US life sciences company Zoetis in the area of novel veterinary medicines. The EC alleges that the discontinuation of a...more
Two major technology companies, Meta and Microsoft, continue to defend their acquisitions against challenges from antitrust regulators. The FTC dropped one of the two claims underlying its challenge of Meta’s acquisition of...more
11/10/2022
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Microsoft ,
Mobile Apps ,
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UK ,
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