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The International Competition Network (ICN) seeks to provide competition authorities with a specialized yet informal venue for maintaining regular contacts and addressing practical competition concerns. It is focused on improving worldwide cooperation and enhancing convergence through dialogue. The ICN is the only international body devoted exclusively to competition law enforcement. Membership is voluntary and open to any national or multinational competition authority entrusted with the enforcement of antitrust laws. The ICN does not exercise any rule-making function.

Since its inception in 1989, APEC Member Economies work together to sustain economic growth through a commitment to open trade, investment and economic reform.

OECD Competition Committee works on competition law and policy actively encourages decision-makers in government to tackle anti-competitive practices and regulations and promotes market-oriented reform throughout the world. Valuable ressources include: Committee Reports, Recommendations and Best Practices, Best Practice Roundtables.

The WTO is the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, the legal ground-rules for international commerce and for trade policy.

Located in Brussels, the EFTA Surveillance Authority ensures that Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway respect their obligations under the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA Agreement) which entered into force on 1 January 1994.

As an international business organization, the ICC is concerned with competition policy as it affects the international business community, and provides the business perspective to the international dialog on competition. This page provides links to ICC guidelines, policy statements, new items and documents.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a free trade area with twenty member states in Africa. Its Competition Commission is a body corporate responsible for promoting fair competition and penalising uncompetitive practices in the COMESA region.

The American Antitrust Institute is an independent Washington-based non-profit education, research, and advocacy organization. Valuable free ressources on US antitrust law.

The Institute of Competition Law (Institut de droit de la concurrence) is a portal for various antitrust publications and facilities: the e-Competitions bulletin - the first on-line review on national European competition laws - the peer-reviewed Concurrences journal, a unique calendar of commercial and academic world-wide conferences and this Antitrust Bookmark. The Institute is actively seeking academic and corporate partnerships. Send an email webmasterATconcurrencesDOTcom to contact the Institute.

The Institut Montaigne is an independent think tank founded in 2000 by Claude Bébéar. It has no partisan ties and its highly diversified funding is from private sources only; no single contribution accounts for more than 2% of the annual budget of about € 2.5 million. It brings together business leaders, senior civil servants, academics and representatives of civil society from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of experience. The Institut Montaigne operates with associate researchers and working groups, developing and circulating concrete long-term proposals to address major issues facing society today. Using rigorous and critical research and analytical methods, recommendations are drawn up and then used to lobby policy-makers. The Institut Montaigne, pioneering think tank in France, produces publications and organises conferences, playing an active role as a stakeholder in democratic debate, and intera alia, in the competition law field.

The Competition Law Forum is a centre of study from the British Institute of International & Comparative Law. It provides a forum in which the practical application of competition policy will be considered by lawyers, economists, senior business managers, public servants, public affairs professionals, consumer bodies and other specialist practitioners. The Forum identifies areas requiring debate and analysis, and provides the required forum and experts, thereby contributing to policy initiatives. It contains many valuable free access resources.

The FIW (Forschungsinstitut für Wirtschaftsverfassung und Wettbewerb, Research Institute for Economic Order and Competition) is the leading competition law Institute of Germany and a highly-recognised platform for debates and discussions on competition policy and ecomomic order. It was founded in 1960 and is an independent institution that has strong links to the German industry but is also sponsored by law firms and academics. Its main goal is to promote the interchange of ideas and differing views between politicans, academics and representatives of the industry. It is very well-known for its long established and various events on current issues of competition law and ecomomic order featuring world-ranking speakers and participants. It also gives important impulses to the discourse on economic order and competition law by publishing conference transcripts and outstanding dissertations.

CUTS -C-CIER: Founded in Rajasthan, India, in 1983, the Consumer Unity & Trust Society now engages in research and advocacy, organized through several advocacy and program centers, including a Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation, Jaipur, established in 2003, aims to be a centre of excellence on regulatory issues. The centre has been created to give focused attention to work on competition, investment and economic regulation.

The Global Competition Law Centre (GCLC) is a research centre of the College of Europe1. It was founded on 1 January 2004, aims to promote rigorous legal and economic analysis of competition policy reforms in the EU and globally, and to provide a discussion forum for academics, practitioners, and enforcement officers in the competition field.

The Jevons Institute for Competition Law and Economics at UCL (The Jevons Institute), set up in 2006, aims through external events, research projects, teaching and publications to: stimulate research and debate concerning the application of competition law and industry regulation to the marketplace; and promote interaction among academic scholars in law and economics, policymakers and enforcement officials, the judiciary, practitioners and business leaders. The Jevons Institute actively seeks to develop international links with academic institutions and research bodies to promote joint initiatives in pursuance of its aims.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Competition Law and Policy (ICC) is a research centre aiming at the delivery of world-class work in the field of competition law and policy. The Centre brings together the research strengths and expertise of the Queen Mary Schools of Law (with its Department of Law and the Centre of Commercial Law Studies), Economics, Politics and Geography.

The University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy (CCLP) provides a centralised platform for teaching and research of competition law and policy at the University of Oxford. Activities and courses focus on regulation of competition in the UK, EU and US, international aspects of competition law and antitrust economics. Valuable free online papers and materials Database.

The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) undertakes interdisciplinary research into competition policy that has real-world policy relevance without compromising academic rigour. The Centre was established in September 2004. It currently boasts a total of ten faculty members, seven full- and part-time researchers and fifteen PhD students. The Centre produces a Working Paper series, run weekly seminars, hold a number of events throughout the year (including a yearly conference), and publish a regular newsletter and e-bulletin. Free valuable materials on-line.

The aim of the Competition Policy Center is to bridge the gap between academic analysis and policy formation. Inspiration for the CPC comes from the Berkeley faculty. Free on-line working paper series.

In 2006 at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences the Competition Law Research Centre was established. The centre is devoted among others to foster research in competition law, to establish international relationships and to publish papers on recent developments in Hungary and Europe. The research centre was established with the aim to create a forum for competition lawyers pursuing either academic or other legal careers to debate controversial issues arising in competition law. The debate is not only oriented at lawyers, but also to economists, since competition policy issues in the broad term are also in focus. Among the plans for 2007 there are several activities and services which were missing in Hungary up to date. The centre will start research in many issues and also start a newsletter in English to communicate the most important developments in Hungarian competition policy. Members of the centre receive a regular newsletter about European developments. The centre also publishes regular comments on European cases in Hungarian on the website. The work and research in the centre is supervised by the Scientific Council. The members of the Scientific Council selected according to their previous achievements in competition law with an aim to represent all professions (attorneys, judges, administrative officials, economists and academics).

Some good free articles on competition and intellectual property laws. English and French papers.

The OECD-Hungary Regional Centre for Competition is a joint venture between the Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) and the OECD. Opened in February 2005, the Centre expands the OECD’s work on competition in the Central, East and South-East European regions. The Centre provides capacity building assistance and policy advice through workshops, seminars and training programmes on competition law and policy for officials in competition enforcement agencies and other parts of government, sector regulators, judges and others in the Central, East and South-East European region. The Centre’s activities are aimed mainly at the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine. Limited on-line ressources: Centre’s Schedules of Activities and Annual Activity Report.

The OECD-Korea Regional Centre for Competition is a joint venture between the Korea Fair Trade Commission and the OECD. Opened in May 2004, the Centre helps competition authorities in the Asian region develop and implement effective competition law and policy. The Centre provides a hub for competition officials from Asian countries to meet regularly to exchange experiences and deepen their capacities in competition law and policy through workshops, seminars and other events. The Centre’s activities are focused on the following countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Vietnam. Limited on-line ressources: Centre’s Schedules of Activities and Annual Performance Report.

The Regulatory Policy Institute (RPI) is an independent, charitable organisation dedicated to the study of all aspects of regulation and deregulation, including the institutional processes through which public policy is formed as well as the development, implementation, enforcement and impact of particular policies. It conducts research, publishes, and holds conferences and seminars.

CCRP is a research oriented centre that brings together academics and practitioners working in the areas of competition and regulation. Our aim is to develop and disseminate research that can improve the functioning of regulated and non-regulated markets. To this end, our members are currently working in a wide range of relevant topics in competition and regulation. As part of our research programme, we are making available a set of Working Papers by Centre members. Among other activities, the CCRP will also organise regular conferences and workshops.

The Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies is a non-partisan, independent academic center designed to explore the impact of antitrust enforcement on the individual consumer and the public, and to shape policy issues. The Institute promotes a comprehensive, inclusive view of the benefits of competition law and policy that includes, yet goes beyond, prevailing narrow notions of economic efficiency. The Institute fulfills its mission by sponsoring symposia, academic colloquia and a unique student fellowship.

TILEC supports and stimulates research activities related to the economic regulation of markets by scholars associated with the Faculties of Law and Economics of Tilburg University. By its scientific work, events and contract research, TILEC aims to belong to the top in Europe and to be recognized as a leading centre in its areas of activity also in the US. TILEC publishes research in different types of publications: Discussion papers contain academic papers not yet published in an academic journal. Reports contain applied research typically commissioned by an outside clients. TILEC members also write more informal pieces, aimed at a general audience.

The Competition and Regulation European Summer School (CRESSE) is organising a yearly summer event in the areas of Competition and Regulation Policy in Europe. In eight distinct self-contained Modules of 8 to 16-hour duration each it provides a comprehensive account of the most up-to-date developments in economic theory, empirical analysis and of legislation in the policy areas of Competition and Regulation.

Since its foundation in 1966, the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law (formerly Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Patent, Copyright and Competition Law) has been a leading research institution in the area of intellectual property rights. For decades the Institute has attracted generations of leading IP scholars from all over the world to conduct research in its inspiring atmosphere, which includes the richest specialized library in the world.

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a world wide collaborative of over 800 leading scholars that is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research. It is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. Free antitrust papers.

The official review of DG COMP. All issues on-line, PDF format only. Free.

The review of the International League of Competition Law (Ligue Internationale de droit de la concurrence). Since 2003 the RIC is only published in electronic form, and is now called ERIC. Two editions a year. Articles covering international legislation and case law, good comparative studies of law (free but very slow to load, be patient...)

Published by the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, this review provides access to extensive information and documentary material concerning international developments and judicial practice in the fields of: patent, copyright, design and trade mark law, restraints of competition and unfair competition law, with particular emphasis on decisions of the EC Commission and the European Court of Justice, articles covering international legislation and case law as well as comparative studies of law.

Hart Publishing launched the peer-reviewed European Competition Journal in spring 2005. There are three to four scholarly articles of 8-10,000 words with footnotes per issue and shorter articles or analysis from anywhere in the world, including analysis of new legislation, and lengthy review articles dealing with new publications. Archives accessible on-line for subscribers.

The Journal of Competition Law and Economics publishes articles of a substantial length providing in-depth analysis of developments in competition law, including developments in the US and EU but also covering other regional and national developments. The journal also publishes economic papers relevant to legal theory and practice. RSS feeds, free e-Tocs.

EStAL - European State Aid Law Quarterly is the sole magazine dedicated to European State Aid Law.

Competition Policy International is a peer-reviewed journal on global competition policy. It is published twice a year in the spring and autumn and is run by its editor-in-chief, Richard Schmalensee (Dean of MIT’s Sloan School of Management), and an independent board of editors that consists of leading antitrust scholars, judges, practitioners, and policymakers who ensure the journal’s quality, balance, and objectivity. Most articles are available for registered site users to download, free-of-charge, on the journal’s website.

World Competition examines all aspects of competition policy from, primarily, a legal perspective, but also from an economic point of view. By taking both disciplines into account, it uniquely enables readers to understand competition issues. Its currency and multi-disciplinary approach make it essential reading for practitioners and academics in the field.

European Competition Law Review (Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson) provides a comprehensive updating service for the competition or antitrust lawyer covering developments in EU law and the national laws of EU Member States, as well as the other major trading nations. e-TOCS on line, but not up to date at the time of visit (N° 2004 in 2007...). No access to full-text archives.

The Antitrust Law Journal is published three times annually by the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, and produced by ABA Publishing. Abstracts availabe on-line.

The European Journal of Law and Economics (Springer group) publishes analytical studies on the impact of legal interventions into economic processes by legislators, courts and regulatory agencies. There is an emphasis on European Community law and the comparative analysis of legal structures and legal problem solutions in member states of the European Community. The editors are particularly interested in papers discussing the institutional (and) legal prerequisites for efficient market operation both in the European Community and in the new European market economies. On-line version. Free e-Tocs.

FTC:WATCH is a fortnightly newsletter published 22 times a year. Started in 1976 by former FTC employees, it is a comprehensive, independent newsletter specializing in coverage of the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, State Attorneys General and Congress. It offers in-depth analysis of the most current news surrounding mergers and acquisitions, consumer protection and trade regulation. No e-Tocs, no archives.

Established in 1958, the Journal of Law and Economics publishes research on a broad range of topics including the economic analysis of regulation and the behavior of regulated firms, the political economy of legislation and legislative processes, law and finance, corporate finance and governance, and industrial organization. Frequency: Quarterly since February 2007. 250 pages/issue. RSS feeds, free e-TOCS.

First published in 1952, the Journal of Industrial Economics has a wide international circulation and is recognised as a leading journal in the field. It was founded to promote the analysis of modern industry, particularly the behaviour of firms and the functioning of markets. Contributions are welcomed in all areas of industrial economics including: organization of industry ; applied oligopoly theory ; product differentiation and technical change ; theory of the firm and internal organization ; regulation ; monopoly merger and technology policy. Some free recent articles. Abstracts on-line. e-Tocs subscription.

The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization (Oxford University Press) is an interdisciplinary exercise. It seeks to promote an understanding of many complex phenomena by examining such matters from a combined law, economics, and organization perspective (or a two-way combination thereof). In this connection, we use the term organization broadly - to include scholarship drawing on political science, psychology and sociology, among other fields. It also holds the study of institutions - especially economic, legal, and political institutions - to be specifically important and greatly in need of careful analytic study. Searchable on-line archives, e-Tocs.

Since 2005, e-Competitions is the first and sole review dedicated to national European competition laws (no EC law). Every 2 weeks, around 15 new cases comments in English are published with the orignal texts. The data basis is fully searchable on line. Free e-Tocs subscription.

Journal of Irish and European anti-trust laws and regulation of utilities. The Website provides free news and articles, but needed up-to-date at the time of our visit.

The OECD Journal of Competition Law and Policy is published in English and French on a quarterly basis. Table of contents on line for issues since 1999, but no on-line access, nor search engine. Subscription or purchase single issues through the OECD online bookshop.

The Competition Law Review is a fully refereed scholarly academic law journal. The CompLRev is distinctive from other competition journals by virtue of having a very strong scholarly basis and focus on particular topical competition law themes. It provides scholars with a forum in which to discuss in detail the complexities and underlying trends in modern competition law. Valuable free access resource.

The Competition Law Journal is edited by Sir Christopher Bellamy, Daniel Beard, Ben Rayment and Christopher Brown. It provides all competition law advisers with a reliable source of information on law and practice in the UK. It focuses on matters of concern to both UK practitioners and companies, addressing important EC and UK developments. Published quarterly. Not available on-line.

The ICC Global Antitrust Review (GAR) was founded in 2008 as a refereed student journal and represents another outstanding example of intellectual entrepreneurship at the ICC. GAR aims at encouraging and promoting scholarship among young competition law scholars by providing a unique platform for students to engage in research within the field of competition law and policy with a view to publishing the output in the form of scholarly articles, case commentary and book reviews. GAR is dedicated to achieving excellence in research and writing among the competition law students’ community around the world.

The Antitrust Source is a publication from the Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association. It is an online antitrust source for the entire range of issues that "antitrust" encompasses - domestic, foreign, global, civil, criminal, regulatory, economic, and consumer protection. The Antitrust Source provides free access to current developments in the law and literature. Articles and features published every other month. Comments, op eds., articles, letters, and proposals are submitted to an Editorial Board.

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries (CRNI) is a double blind peer reviewed journal that explores the legal, economic, institutional and public policy aspects of network industries.

One of the 2 official reviews of the DGCCRF (French NCA). Interesting working papers.

The official review of the DGCCRF (French NCA), includes consumer law & policy. 4 issues a year, 2 special issues with the conferences papers of the "Ateliers de la DGCCRF". Print only version; Summaries on-line.

Excellent Law & Economics review. English abstracts. Print & on-line versions.

This international business law review contains articles in both English and French. The EU competition chronicles section is in free access. Valuable free ressource.

Concurrences - Revue des droits de la concurrence - is the first review in French dedicated to competition law & economics. It deals with both EC and French laws and has an International section. Peer-reviewed, 4 issues a year. Fully searchable archives, free e-TOCS subcription.

The Global Competition Forum is a website from the International Bar Association (IBA). Useful ressrouces on world’s competition laws, direct links to national competition authorities and international organisations, articles, speeches, and commentary by experts in competition law enforcement, regulation and reform. This site facilitates the IBA’s work with the International Competition Network (ICN).

The Association of Competition Economics (ACE) brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases. It is based in Europe and is open to all those interested in the economics of competition.

The Antitrust Committee of the International Bar Association provides an international forum for the exchange of the most current thinking in the field of antitrust law. This website contains interesting articles but in restricted access only.

The official website of the ABA

This is the website of the Belgium Association for the study of competition law. The website contains interesting articles on Belgium competition law, both in Dutch and French.

AFEC is the main French association for competition lawyers. It holds regular conferences and publishes various reports on EC and French competition issues.

The Forum, which is run in Scotland on a non profit-making basis, has been set up as a means of bringing together those with a Scottish perspective on competition law and policy for topical discussion and debate. The aims of the Forum are: i) To encourage and contribute to debate about the development and application in Scotland of competition law and policy; ii) To foster closer working links in the field of competition law between solicitors, advocates, academic lawyers, accountants, economists, regulators and any others that are interested in competition law in Scotland; iii) To promote wider understanding of competition law and its practical application across the Scottish legal profession and allied professions.

The website of the newly born Luxembourg Association for the study of competition law publishes useful Luxembourg competition acts and regulation and up to date news on proposed reform.

Detailed case notes on US antitrust cases and regulations. Free online subscription to the newsletter.

Some articles published in legal magazines. Archive search engine.

Some good detailed articles on EU/UK competition laws. More intellectual property law publications.

Antitrust review, newsletters, briefings and articles. A dedicated Financial Services Antitrust Bulletin. Some detailed reports (Banking and finance...). Free on line subscription to the newsletters.

Good newsletter (European Competition Review, "ECR"), monthly report covering the latest developments in competition law both at European level and at national level. Free on-line subcription.

Some detailed articles on US antitrust law.

A detailed Quarterly news bulletin. Also sells a multi-media interactive CD-Rom designed to be used either in a trainer-led session or an individual PC-based session.

Brief LawFlash. Some detailed articles published in legal magazines.

Brief EU and UK competition newsletter. Easy to use but needed update at the date of our visit.

Articles published in the press and legal magazines in the various Salans offices (Czech, Poland, France, Russia...)

Excellent value added website, specially the In Depth section. Need on-line free registration. RSS feeds.

Some clients notes, mainly on US antitrust.

Exceptionnaly rich content in free access on this well-known antitrust niche law firm.

The aim of the Competition and EU law Planner is to provide a one-stop source of information on forthcoming major competition and EU law conferences, seminars and symposia around the world. This free ressource can be cross-checked with the Antitrust Conferences section of the Concurrences Review & e-Competitions Bulletin published by the Institute of Competition Law.

Lawin is a group of Baltic law firms including Klavins & Slaidins from Latvia and Lepik & Luhaäär from Estonia. Although not specialised in competition law, the website contains some interesting competition resources on the Baltics.

AntitrustAsia.com consolidates information on the varied competition law regimes across 20 Asia Pacific jurisdictions. Users gain access to: key features of the 20 competition laws (including copies of reliable and up to date versions of each law), information about the competition law regulators in each jurisdiction and a "market overview"- which is a leading competition law specialists’ view of the enforcement climate and perspectives on recent enforcement decisions of the regulator. This site contains a valuable free access repository of basic information about the competition laws of 20 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions.

Case notes from 1997, some free on-line articles published in economic reviews. Based in London.

Three detailed weekly newsletters (Telecom - Intellectual property - Energy & Transport). Many publications in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish (articles, discussion papers...). Competition memos in English, French and German. Free on-line detailed articles (archives from 2000). RSS feeds.

A law & economics consulting firm with offices in Washington and Cambridge. Excellent detailed publications classified under experts’ names... but no search engine.

Offices based in Washington and San Francisco. News letter ("Economists Ink", archives from 1991). Some good free on-line articles (needed update at the date of our visit).

Based in London. Value-added website for its detailed free on-line reports ordered by UK and other European regulators, municipalities and professional association in various business sectors.

Free on-line bulletins (case studies) and articles (some of them published in periodicals). Conference presentations for some Practice areas. Based in Europe (London, Brussels, Cologne) and in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane).

The LECG Library includes published papers, juried journal pieces, op/eds, working papers and presentations given at professional and other trade associations. All materials in the library are authored or co-authored by LECG experts and carefully chosen to help provide useful insight into matters that impact competition policy worldwide. Good added-value free access contents, much more interesting than the official LECG website!

Many interesting reports, working papers and economic briefs. Few on-line articles. Conference presentations. Based in 6 European countries.

A comprehensive e.library (published articles, reports, working papers, briefs...) with an efficient browser. Free on-line subscription to six newsletter. 600 experts in 22 offices across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.

Online subscription to the publications with access to full text articles, reports and commentaries. Free on-line sample articles from "The Utilities Journal", Oxera economic review, and general detailed reports. Offices based in Oxford (since 1982) and Brussels (since 2006).

Romanian website in English and Romanian. Free on-line monthly newsletter, fornightly news, some reprints articles.

A mix of critical comments on EC competition law and policy by Prof. Damien Geradin and Nicolas Petit.

An excellent law professors blog mainly on US antitrust.

A good US antitrust blog by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP law firm.

The sole known antitrust blog in Spanish language! Useful for those who can not have access to English sources.

Exceptionnaly rich blog: more than 100 published articles in free access. Subject covered: Law & Economics on cartels, private enforcement, low cost, intellectual property in the pharmaceuticals and drugs sector and general antitrust issues.

Good antitrust blog on Hungarian competition law and much more.

A blog on US antitrust, consumer protection, franchising, advertising, privacy, and civil RICO law, by the editors of the CCH Trade Regulation group of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Excellent added value.

Lively and excellent antitrust blog! Highly recommended for fun (and work).

The Berkeley Global Antitrust Blog has been started by law students, legal professionals and academics who are currently studying at UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). Members of the blog hail from jurisdictions around the world, from the United States to Poland, from Mexico to Armenia, from Germany to South Korea, making this blog a truly international group of scholars. The blog aims to create a platform for students, experts and professionals to write about recent developments in antitrust and competition law, with a particular emphasis in global and comparative topics. This platform hopes to build on the great wealth of cross-jurisdictional knowledge and experience that its members and contributors possess. With an ever-increasing global economy, a growing consensus that antitrust laws promote sound competition, protect consumers and encourage innovation, this blog capitalize on the international draw and reputation of Berkeley Law to create a forum to discuss these topics.

This blog covers relevant news on Canadian competition law.

This blog is an excellent source to learn about news and developments in Canadian competition and regulatory law.

This blog provides interesting updates on the Chinese Anti-monopoly law and its application.

This blog aims to follow developments in UK and EC competition law with excursions into other parts of the world if they are sufficiently interesting.

This blog offers insights of antitrust related issues in China.

This blog aims to comment selectively on competition issues in the news as well as government and agency policies.

Kluwer Competition Law Blog is a publication of Kluwer Law International, offering information and news on international competition and antitrust law provided by leading experts.

This blog is designed as a forum for discussion, analysis and commentary on antitrust issues.

Good blog by law students with an academic scientific committee. French and EU law, in French only.

This legal blog focuses on antitrust, competition, and distribution law issues (including in, but not limited to, intellectual property (“IP”) markets and related markets).

The Stanford-Vienna Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (TTLF) offers a digest of news covering the most recent developments in EU and US technology law and policy issues.

EU Competition Law Online, a Thomson/Ellis title, is a service reporting EU competition law and anitrust developments within 24 hours of publication. It contains core competition rules across all market sectors plus it delivers the daily collated information from the DG Competition integrated with Ellis’ enhanced EU data. EU Competition Law Online offers one search screen giving easy access to mergers, antitrust and state aid decisions plus a wide range of related material included case law, press information and reports.

KluwerCompetitionLaw.com is a fully searchable, collection of primary source material, commentary and analysis for anyone with an interest in EU competition law. The database has been organised into the specific competition law topics of Antitrust, Mergers and State Aid. Each topic consists of an Overview, Legislation and Notices, Commission and Court Decisions and Analytical Material, explaining the reasoning behind the decisions and their implications. Liberalisation, the Internal Market, Services and Goods and Consumer Policy and the Environment are included as special sectors.

Various sections and topics: review, who’s who, news... Some articles in free access. Access to News section only by subscription. Sell valuable reports. A good business lawyers community center.

MLex markets & law is a subscription-based news service focussed on providing news and analysis on European antitrust around the world. Although not exclusively dedicated to competition law (sections on trade and intellectual property, all regulations affecting companies), this ressource is popular with antitrust law firms.

PLC Competition provides an EC only service and a combined EC & UK service. Good contents but popular mostly in the UK. No free access resource.

LawLex is an extensive database specialised in French and EC Competition law and unfair practices (JuriBases section). The site is updated on a regular basis thanks to the excellent team of Vogel & Vogel law firm. French only.

The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics is an ambitious reference work that attempts to survey the whole law and economics literature in nearly 5,000 pages. Most entries contain two elements: a review of the literature, written by an authority in the field, and a quasi complete bibliography (not just a selection). This does not specifically concern competition law but some interesting articles on law & economics may be found. Edited by the University of Ghent and Edward Elgar.

The Antitrust Encyclopedia is threefold: i) An e-text book: It contains texts and links of all main national competition provisions; ii) A data base: It provides quotations and links of case law and articles, and; iii) A laws comparator: It allows comparison between various topics of national competition laws. The Antitrust Encyclopedia is a free access academic research program with scientific supervision which offer added value services for users and marketing opportunities for contributors. It is edited and published by the Institute of Competition Law, together with the e-Competitions Bulletin. Up-date is made thanks to the e-Competitions Bulletin but most of the content is different. Users are welcome to quote material from the Encyclopedia cited as "The Antitrust Encyclopedia, www.concurrences.com" with relevant author’s name and publication date. Access to the Antitrust Encyclopedia is free. However, users wishing to reproduce part of the resources must quote the author(s) together with the source (for ex.: “A. Balfour, Antitrust Encyclopedia, N° 12345, www.concurrences.com”). Use of these facilities is subject to the Terms of use of this website. Academic supervision is ensured by Dr. Ioannis Kokkoris prior to publication. 39 experts have been selected within 30 jurisdictions for the 2008 Edition. These authors are lawyers, academics or enforcers, all selected on the basis of previous publications or professional credentials. They can view the statistics of visits for their articles thus allowing to assess themselves their readership. The views expressed by enforcers are those of the authors alone.

ACE brings together those working on the economics of competition in government, academia and the private sector and provides a forum for discussion and debate of both issues and cases. It is a not-for-profit organization based in Europe and is open to all those interested in the economics of competition. The main activity of ACE is the annual conference but the Association also encourages local conferences and workshops and holds a Best Paper Award. The aims of the award are to promote research in competition economics and recognition for excellence both in theoretical and empirical analysis in this important area of economic policy and to encourage members to stay up to date with the best research. The award is given annually and is worth € 1000.

JADE is the association of students and former students from the Professional Master 2 in European Business Law of Paris II Panthéon-Assas University / Paris European College. The Master, directed by Prof. Louis Vogel, is considered to be one of the very best French master in competition law. Since 2008, JADE and the e-Competitions Bulletin hold an annual conference on comparative competition law.

Assas Alumni is the association of former students from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University, created in 2009. It publishes a printed review and a website. Several events are organised each month to connected alumni and discuss about law and economics and competition law among other key subjects. Twice a year, Assas Alumni and Concurrences joins forces to hold an antitrust conference.