#ECJ #AG Kokott: A takeover or merger that has not been the subject of any ex ante assessment may be assessed ex post on the basis of the prohibition of abuse of a dominant position #Towercast 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

Interessant kronikk av Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss om lobbykamp og frie markeder: dn.no/fredagskronikk… Forskning viser at for stor politisk makt gjennom lobbying kan forhindres ved aktiv konkurransepolitikk: arxiv.org/pdf/2106.13612…

Skriver i Dagens Næringsliv i dag om hvordan konkurransepolitikk fører til omfordeling. Eller som Margrethe Vestager sa forleden om arbeidet til europeiske konkurransetilsyn: «We don't often think of our work in terms of social policy, but in fact that is what it is» dn.no/innlegg/ulikhe…

#ECJ #AG Kokott : suggests that #EUGeneralCourt judgment annulling European Commission decision concerning the incompatibility of O2 's acquisition project by Three UK with the #EUMergerRegulation should be set aside and referred back for a new ruling 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

The most undervalued skill of our time is the ability to write. In an analog world, talking was the main currency of communication and connection. In a digital world, there's a growing premium on the capacity to convey thoughts in text. The pen is mightier than the spoken word.

And here in an ProMarket piece w/ Natalia Moreno Belloso 8/n promarket.org/2021/04/06/mea…

How are competition cases dealt with in Brussels? Monday 14 November Cecilio Madero and Thomas Vinje will share their experiences and give a unique insight into how the big competition cases are dealt with at DG Comp. beccle.no/how-are-compet…

Utvidelsen nordover bør komme raskest mulig. Den må gå over Bryggen, og da bør riksveien der fjernes. (Kanskje motstanden mot dette dempes hvis bergenserne snart forstår at verden utenfor Bergen ikke er så veldig imponert over denne husklyngen.) 7/7

In autumn, EU Competition published new guidelines allowing collective bargaining for solo self-employed people. Some of the first ones to use it are Brussels translators. Silvia Ellena reports for @EURACTIV. euractiv.com/section/econom…

EU vurderer å lempe på statsstøttereglene. Da er en effektiv konkurransepolitikk viktigere enn noen gang, skriver @Konkurransedir og Hans-Petter Hanson i Dagens Næringsliv i dag. dn.no/innlegg/konkur…

“I don’t think we need more (allegedly) sophisticated economics when it comes to policy, because we create a big mess,” the “orthodox yet progressive economist” Tommaso Valletti tells Antitrust, Regulation and the Political Economy

The Fireside Chat dedicated to "Judges and economists: Let's bridge the gap! '' organised by Concurrences in partnership with Positive Competition, is now starting in Brussels. #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw

Konkurransemyndigheter over hele verden følger i disse dager med på de makroøkonomiske trendene. #inflasjon #konkurranse #prisstigning #kostnadsøkninger konkurransetilsynet.no/kronikk-sterke…

den ærverdige og respektfulle supporterkulturen i fedrelandet våres har blevet skjendet og bortføret av ramp og pøbel siger jei, lad oss skvaldre vår nationalhymne i frid for disse provinsielle huliganer

🔴Today the European Commission has appointed Fiona Scott Morton as Chief Competition Economist, as of 1st September 2023. We EU Competition look forward to working with her! More information 👇 europa.eu/!wKt4XH #EUCompetition

Many economists strongly support the appointment of Fiona Scott Morton @profFionasm as chief economist EU Competition including Tomaso Duso, Monika Schnitzer🇺🇦🇪🇺, Luís Cabral, Martin Peitz, Volker Nocke, Ulrike Malmendier and many more. #antitrust #CompetitionLaw

The new US merger guidelines aim to address the problem of merger policy underenforcement -which I believe to be real- by returning to stronger structural presumptions. Regardless of whether they will achieve their goal they are the biggest shift in US antitrust policy in decades

@KongelstadJ Agreed. ESA got there already EFTA Surveillance Authority - ESA eftasurv.int/esa-at-a-glanc…

Everything you always wanted to know about industrial concentration in Europe over the past 20 years. Joint work with Gábor Koltay and Szabolcs Lorincz EU Competition, forthcoming Oxford University Press. So... what happened to concentration? 1/2

Bottomline: 1) It went up overall; 2) It went up in every country, and in every industry; 3) Especially so in industries that matter for antitrust enforcement. The Leverhulme Trust And much more you can read (open access) here 👇 academic.oup.com/jcle/advance-a… Ciao 2/2