Chillin'Competition

• The Commission has opened a consultation process on Best practices in antitrust proceedings, submission of economic evidence and on a Hearing Officers’ guidance paper. This initiative should lead to the adoption of  much welcome guidelines on competition proceedings.
• Congratulations to D. Geradin who has recently been appointed William W. Cook Global Law Professor at Michigan Law.
• R. H. Lande has posted the best and the worst AT developments of the last decade. Within the AT community Lande is a non-conformist.  His views often spark controversy. Although I often disagree with his positions, I like the fact that Lande stands up to challenge  the easy, and overly rehashed, “small antitrust” arguments that have influenced, and still heavily influence, antitrust scholarship.
• The EU Commissioners’ hearings at the European Parliament will be shown live online here this coming week. Almunia’s hearing will take place on Tuesday in Brussels, from 4:30 to 7:30 pm. I attach hereafter the answers prepared by Almunia to the written questionnaire of MEPs (word document): Answers to EP Questionnaire – Commissionner Designate Almunia

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