Chillin'Competition

• At last, the Intel decision is out. Until today, Commission officials had presented this decision as THE foremost illustration of the new effects-based, economic, approach.  Now, at least, we can check whether that’s true. At first glance, the huge amount of intent-related evidence that is relied upon by the Commission to establish an infringement seems to call for a little more nuance. 
• I just posted on ssrn a new paper on the effects-based approach pursuant to the Guidance Communication. The paper should appear in December in World Competition. Much to my dismay, I will have to update it in light of Intel, and go through the scarry 518 pages Commission decision.
• Seminars on antitrust law. See here for the 2009-2010 season of the “Mardis du droit de la concurrence” and below for a lunch seminar on penalties for antitrust infringements (with. W. Wils, Commission and King’s College).

Lunch-forum.invitation

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