2018 S&S Annual Antitrust Report

Shearman & Sterling publishes its sixth annual Antitrust Annual Report today. The 2018 Report discerns two key trends – a global resurgence of controls on foreign direct investment and the focus on ‘fairness’ developing in the European Union (EU). The report also discusses various other important developments in international competition law enforcement.

Categories: EU Antitrust Basics, EU Cartels, EU Distribution, EU Enforcement, EU Mergers, US Antitrust Basics, US Cartels, US Distribution, US Enforcement, US Mergers

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Goeteyn and Rawnsley Author Article on EU Damages Directive and Access to Evidence for Antitrust Damages Actions

Partner Geert Goeteyn (Brussels–Antitrust) and counsel Collette Rawnsley (London–Antitrust) have authored an article in The Strategic View – Competition Litigation 2016 on “The EU Damages Directive and Access to Evidence for Antitrust Damages Actions.” In this article, the authors consider how the EU Damages Directive seeks to provide victims of competition law infringements with easier access to evidence for the purposes of private damages actions, while preserving the effectiveness of public enforcement tools.

Categories: EU Antitrust Basics, EU Cartels, EU Distribution, EU Enforcement

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Antitrust Annual Report Surveys Recent Antitrust Developments

In its 2016 Annual Report, Shearman & Sterling's Antitrust Group discusses 19 major trends in antitrust law worldwide in merger control, cartels, compliance, unilateral conduct, antitrust litigation, and state aid.

Categories: EU Antitrust Basics, EU Cartels, EU Distribution, EU Enforcement, EU Mergers, US Antitrust Basics, US Cartels, US Distribution, US Enforcement, US Mergers

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