Data-Driven Mergers Under EU Competition Law

Mergers and Partial Mergers Under EEC Law

This Article, in Parts I-III, traces the development of Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty from the drafting of the Treaty, through discussions in the 1960s on their possible application to mergers, to the Continental Can case in 1973 and its subsequent interpretation. Part IV examines the Commission’s proposal for a regulation on the control of concentrations between undertakings. Part V exp...

Data protection issues pertaining to social networking under EU law

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how the introduction of new communication channels facilitates interactive information sharing and collaboration between various actors over social networking services and how social networking fits in the existing European legal framework on data protection. The paper also aims to discuss some specific data protection issues, focusing on the ro...

Competition Law and Data

Merger Remedies in EU: Design under the Entire Competition Law Structure

Challenges of EU competition law for general practice commissioning.

The health white paper has generated considerable debate, but there has been little discussion about the practical implementation of the processes underpinning its requirements. Many commentators have drawn parallels between some features of general practice commissioning and previous commissioning incarnations, such as fundholding and total purchasing pilots. However, the regulatory landscape ...