John Ratliff is a partner in the firm’s Regulatory and Government Affairs Department, and a member of the Antitrust and Competition and European Regulatory Practice Groups. He joined the firm in 1999. Mr. Ratliff has practised EC Competition law for more than 30 years, dealing with all aspects of EU competition law. He has handled matters involving Phase 1 and 2 EU merger control, cartel and other infringement defenses, abuse of dominance and competition remedies before the European Commission, national courts and the European Courts. Mr. Ratliff has worked for clients in numerous sectors, including energy (gas and electricity), maritime pipelay, metal (steel and copper), heavy machinery, sport, telecoms, financial services (payment cards), pharma, aircraft manufacture, aviation and retail/consumer goods.
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The European Competition Network of the 27 EU Member State Antitrust Authorities (the ‘ECN’), several individual EU Member State antitrust authorities, the UK’s antitrust authority and Norway’s government have issued statements in response to antitrust enforcement and COVID-19, focusing on three (...)
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The COVID-19 crisis is first and foremost a health issue, as governments around the world seek to limit and treat its effects and save lives. However, it is also an immediate economic and social issue, as companies and individuals strive to deal with its effects on their livelihoods—from (...)
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This chapter provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission (“EC”) and European national competition authorities (“NCAs”) as regards the application of competition rules to unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions (abbreviated here to “e- C”). There are more than 120 cases covered, including national court judgments and investigations, which were started, settled or did not result in a decision. The reference period for this latest update is May 2018 to June 2019.
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This chapter provides an overview of the practice of the European Commission and European national competition authorities as regards unilateral conduct in the energy sector. It is based mainly on cases reported in e-Competitions. There are more than 120 cases covered, including national court judgments and investigations, which were started, settled or did not result in a decision.
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The Commission has published a legislative proposal to allow it to deal more rapidly with cartel cases. The proposal would enable cartel defendants to enter into settlement discussions with the Commission in exchange for earlier certainty about the level of fines and a yet unspecified (...)
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On 15 February 2005, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) dismissed the European Commission’s appeal in the Tetra Laval/Sidel merger case. The ECJ’s judgment establishes two significant principles that apply beyond the facts of this particular case : • The judgment confirms that the Court of First (...)
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2020 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU, US and National Leading Cases
The Digest comprises of 41 essays and is structured in two parts : Part I deals with competition rules in general (procedural rules, unilateral practices, mergers...), whereas Part II is (...)
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2018 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU and National Leading Cases
Cet ouvrage collectif, dans sa 3ème édition, fournit une synthèse des décisions du droit de concurrences essentiels entre 1990 et 2016. Le livre est structuré en deux parties : la première partie (...)
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2015 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU and National Leading Cases
This second edition of the Digest is enriched with a selection of more than 50 essays on European competition case law from the 27 European Union Member States, EU law, and US law. Each essay (...)
2013 Competition Case Law Digest - A Synthesis of EU and National Leading Cases
The purpose of this book is to compare and contrast EU competition case law with European Members States competition case law, and Members States competition case law with each other. To the best (...)
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