MaCCI 2024 Conference on merger control

 Videos here.

The Evolving Role of Non-Price Competitive Parameters in EU Merger Review

 Norton Rose Fulbright, here. 

Byzantine splits

One of the strangest things about US antitrust policy to my European eyeballs has always been the byzantine split between the FTC and the DOJ on merger enforcement. Interagency collaboration as well as the very hot discussions on modernizing merger guidelines are on the agenda of an upcoming Spring Enforcers Summit (4 April). 

Economic analysis in merger investigations

 OECD, Discussion Paper here. 

Antitrust gets the John Oliver treatment

Axios, here.

Video here. 

These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers

ProPublica, here. 

Competition is Messy: Merger Challenges

B. Baer, here. 

Maverick: Making Sense of a Conjecture of Antitrust Policy in the Lab

C. Engel, A. Ockenfels, here. 

Telecom Italia's rebel investor opposes sale of TIM Brasil

Reuters.com, here. 

Por sus obras los conoceréis - El Gobierno se ha metido de hoz y coz a regular las condiciones de competencia

L. Berenguer, ElPais.es, aquí.

La monopolización como moneda de cambio: El Gobierno y la fusión entre Antena 3 y La Sexta

Nada es gratis blog, aquí

Canada: New Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here. 

Commentary on Retail Mergers

OFT and Competition Commission, here.

Canadian Competition Bureau Announces Plans to Moderately Revise the Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here. Among the announced revisions:
"- clarify that merger review is not a linear process that must start with market definition, but rather an iterative process in which evidence of market concentration is considered alongside other evidence of competitive effects, with the goal of determining whether a merger creates or enhances market power" and
"- provide more detailed guidance on how the Bureau assesses the unilateral effects of a merger, particularly in light of current economic thinking"

Market for live music ticket retailing in the UK: merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation cleared (again)

See the Competition Commission's Press release and Final Report

US Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Revision Released for Public Comment

Here.