Baskaran Balasingham is an assistant professor at Utrecht University since January 2021. Baskaran Balasinghamholds a PhD in Law and was visiting tutor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He holds a BA, LLB and LLM from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. After completing an LLM in competition law at King’s College London in 2009, he was a trainee in the cartels division of DG COMP. He began his research at King’s under the supervision of Professors Alison Jones and Richard Whish in autumn 2011. His doctoral research is funded by the Centre of European Law, King’s College London. His PhD topic focuses on the legitimacy of the EU Leniency Notice in light of private and criminal enforcement.
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Background of the case Ryanair has been attempting to take over its rival Irish airline Aer Lingus since 2006 when it made its first bid. The COM prohibited the merger but also found it had no power to require Ryanair to divest itself of the minority stake of 25% in Aer Lingus. In the appeal (...)
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Shortly after the BCCI case (In Re BCCI Case No. 61/2010), the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has taken another decision against a national sports federation. In Sh. Dhanraj Pillay and Others v. Hockey India (Case No. 73/2011) the central issue was Hockey India’s (HI) alleged abuse of (...)
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On 28 December 2012, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has imposed a total fine of 55 million Euros against the two private TV-broadcasting groups Pro7Sat1 and RTL, as well as two individuals. The two undertakings allegedly entered into an anti-competitive agreement. The FCO found that in (...)
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The commitments decision concerns the Federal Cartel Office’s (FCO) proceedings against Lufthansa‘s contracts with business clients and the collection of sensitive client information which might be anti-competitive. Background The FCO commenced proceedings against Lufthansa in September (...)
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The Court of Appeal, in its decision in Deutsche Bahn AG and others v Morgan Crucible plc, has clarified the meaning of the term “decision” in section 47A of the Competition Act 1998 for the purpose of applying the limitation period for bringing follow-on action claims for damages in the (...)
