Following the substantive harmonisation in Regulation (EC) no. 1/2003, the Commission has started more recently to focus on procedure and sanctions, and in January 2016, the European Parliament called for penalties against natural persons. This ‘On Topic’ issue looks at the current state of (...)

This first roundtable of the conference “New frontiers of Antitrust”, Paris, 21 February 2014, was dedicated to the detection of anticompetitive practices. Although competition authorities are provided with significant investigative resources, the discussions goes on about the need to dispose of (...)

Competition Agencies with Complex Policy Portfolios: Divide or Conquer? David A. Hyman & William E. Kovacic The worldwide adoption of competition law is a remarkable development in economic regulation. More than 120 jurisdictions have enacted competition laws, and roughly 90 of these (...)

Les lignes directrices de 2010 sur les concentrations horizontales sont l’occasion pour le DOJ et la FTC de réviser et de renforcer le cadre institutionnel de la politique de concurrence américaine. Le bon fonctionnement commun des deux agences fédérales dans l’application et l’explication de ces (...)

This third roundtable of the conference "New frontiers of Antitrust", Paris, 11 February 2011, was dedicated to the role of consumers associations in competition proceedings. According to William E. Kovacic, Commissioner at the US Federal Trade Commission, competition and consumer protection (...)

You were appointed as Chairman of the FTC in April 2008. However, the FTC is a well-known administration for you. Indeed, from 1979 to 1983, you served as a staff attorney and as an advisor to one of the FTC’s Commissioner. Later from 2001 until 2004, you served as the General Counsel of the (...)