Pola Karolczyk is an associate in Sidley’s Brussels office and a member of the Sidley Austin’s Antitrust/Competition practice. Pola has experience in various aspects of competition law, including abuse of dominance, multi-jurisdictional cartel investigations and leniency applications, antitrust counseling, state aid, merger control and compliance programs. She has advised on antitrust issues in a wide range of commercial activities. Pola has worked on projects involving clients in the following sectors: telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics, beer and soft drinks, automotive, shipyards, copper production, chemical and biotechnological products, and hypermarket chains. She has significant experience in the application of competition law to distribution systems in various industries. Prior to joining the firm, Pola gained experience in international firms located in Warsaw. During her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Pola started a popular competition law blog (Berkeley Global Antitrust), in which she covers Internet-related issues.
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This article has been nominated for the 2013 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The DOJ believes that Apple is forcing you to pay more for e-books* On April 11, 2012 the world of antitrust became abuzz with the news that the DOJ filed a (...)
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DOJ closes investigation into Google’s acquisition of Admeld Inc.* On December 2, 2011 the DOJ announced its decision to close the investigation into Google’s acquisition of Admeld Inc. allowing Google to complete its $ 400 million merger. The DOJ’s investigation focused on the potential (...)
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EU Commission halts the artificial inflation of “Mobile Termination Rates” (MTR) by Polish telecom regulator* In its letter to the Polish telecom regulator (“UKE”) sent on November 21, 2011 the European Commission objected to the increase of the MTR for one of the mobile operators - Aero2 and (...)
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Is Apple forcing customers to pay more for e-books? - Global developments in the alleged e-book price-fixing case* European investigations On December 6, 2011 the European Commission announced that it opened formal proceedings to examine whether five major international publishers (Hachette (...)
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Product Certification – The Next Big Standard-Setting Debate?* Introduction The smart phone wars have led to heated discussions over standard setting in technology markets. It seems only a question of time before the standard setting debate spills over into other areas. My personal candidate (...)
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