Reading Room: Jurisdiction specific
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Argentina
Barco Botta, Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) (403pp, 978-9-0411-3402-8)
Reviewed by Julian Pena in World Competition 35, no. 2 (2012): 385–392
Australia
Austria
2012
Astrid Ablasser-Neuhuber, 'Austria' in Global Competition Review, The European Antitrust Review 2013
Brazil
2012
Barco Botta, Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies: A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina (Wolters Kluwer, 2011) (403pp, 978-9-0411-3402-8)
Reviewed by Julian Pena in World Competition 35, no. 2 (2012): 385–392
Gustavo Flausino Coelho, Brazil: New Merger Review Process in Brazil (Mondaq, 11 June 2012)
JonesDay, 'Antitrust Alert: Brazil's New Merger Control Law – A New Hurdle for Global M&A (May 2012)
Miguel Amaral Vaz and Thane D Scott, ‘What a Difference a Year Makes! Brazil’s New Merger Control Regime Reaches First Anniversary’ (2013) 21(5) Latin American Law & Business Report 1
Canada
2011
2006
Anthony J Greco, 'Premerger Notification in Canada: How Well is it Working' (2006) 2 Commentaries on Law and Economics 65-88
2004
Campbell, Neil, 'The Increased Focus on Competitive Effects in Canadian Merger Analysis' (Paper prepared for the Canadian Bar Association Annual Competition Law Conference, Ottawa, 23 September 2004)
Campbell, Neil, 'New Canadian Merger Guidelines Focus on Competitive Effects' (Canadian Antitrust Report, McMillan Binch LLP Newsletter, 2004)
Chile
China
See also Hong Kong
2014
Deborah Healey, 'Mergers in China: What's the Story?' (2014) 88 Australian Law Journal 92
Yuanshan Li, 'A critical evaluation of the analysis of horizontal mergers under the Anti-Monopoly Law in China — what can we learn from the EU?' (PhD Thesis, University of Glasgow)
Zhang Xingxiang and Frank Li, 'Joint Ventures and Merger Control in China: A Continuing Work in Progress" (2014) 10(1) Competition Law International 75-90
2013
Tom Bridges, 'Merger Review in China' (2013) 21 Australian Journal of Competition and Consumer Law 223
2012
Jones Day, 'Lessons from Four Years of Antitrust Enforcement in China' (September 2012)
2011
Adrian Emch, 'Chinese Merger Control - Where do we stand' (Spring 2011) XI(2) The Threshold 47-63
Jones Day, 'Antitrust Alert: China Issues Guidelines on the Assessment of Mergers Under the Anti-Monopoly Law' (September 2011) (attaches unofficial English translation of Guidelines)
2010
2009
Estonia
Articles
Alexandr Svetlicinii and Külliki Lugenberg, ‘Merger remedies in a small market economy: the Estonian experience’ (2012) 33(10) European Competition Law Review 475-481
Ethiopia
European Union
Books (date order)
Reports
EU Publications on merger control
Articles
2014
Catalin Stefan Rusu, '(Non-controlling) Minority Shareholdings as Self-Standing Transactions under EU Merger Control Analysis: Prospective Solutions' (2014) 37(4) World Competition 487–515
Gabrielle Williamson and Marie-Madeleine Husunu, 'Non-controlling Minority Sharholdings in EU Merger Control' (May 2014) 15(2) Business Law International 123
2013
2012
Anne C Witt, 'From Airtours to Ryanair: Is the more Economic Approach to EU Merger Law Really About More Economics?' (2012) 49 Common Market Law Review 217-246
2011
2010
Tim Frazer, Susan Hinchcliffe and Mark Gardner, 'The EC's Decision in Kraft Foots/Cadbury: The Assessment of Mergers Involving Consumer Products' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 81
Massimo Motta, Michele Polo and Helder Vasconcelos, 'Merger Remedies in the European Union: An Overview' (2007) 52 (3&4) Antitrust Bulletin 603 (alternate site)
2009
Greg Olsen, 'Revised EU Merger Remedy Guidance' (Spring 2009) Antitrust 80
2006
Akbar, Yusaf H and Gabriele GS Suder, 'The New EU Merger Regulation: Implications for EU-US Merger Strategies' (2006) 48 Thunderbird International Business Review 667
2005
EC Commission Merger Remedies Study (2005)
2004
Lorenzo Coppi and Walker, Mike, 'Substantial convergence or parallel paths? Similarities and differences in the economic analysis of horizontal mergers in US and EU competition law' (2004) Antitrust Bulletin 101
2002
Burnley, Richard, 'An Appropriate Jurisdictional Trigger for the EC Merger Regulation and the Question of Decentralisation' (2002) 25 World Competition 263
2001
Angwin, Duncan, 'Mergers and Acquisitions across European Borders: National Perspectives on Preacquisition Due Diligence and the Use of Professional Advisers' (2001) 36 Journal of World Business 32
1998
Banks, J D, 'The Development of the Concept of Extraterritoriality under European Merger Law and its Effectiveness under the Merger Regulation following the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas Decision 1997' [1998] European Competition Law Review 306
1994
Bulmer, S J, 'Institutions and Change in the European Communities: the Case of Merger Control' (1994) 72 Public Administration 423
Germany
Buxbaum, Hannah L, 'German Legal Culture and the Globalization of Competition Law: A Historical Perspective on the Expansion of Private Antitrust Enforcement' (2005) 23 Berkeley Journal of International Law 474
Hong Kong
Ching-yi Fung, 'Hong Kong Competition Bill: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back', (2012) 35(1) World Competition 165-190
India
2014
Ruchit Patel, 'The Treatment of Late Filings in Indian Merger Control' (2014) (2) World Competition 249–259
2013
KK Sharma, 'State of Merger Control in India' (CPI, 23 July 2013)
Cyril Shroff and Nisha Kaur Uberoi, 'India's New Competition Regime Steadily Gaining Ground' (April 2013) 9(1) Competition Law International 67
2011
Pallavi S Schroff, 'India: Merger Control' in GCR, The Asia-Pacific Antitrust Review 2012
KK Sharma, ''New Merger Control Regime of India' (8 March 2011 - PowerPoint slides)
KK Sharma, 'New Combination Regulations of India' (India FDI Forum, 31 May 2011)
Neeraj Tiwari, 'Merger Under the Regime of Competition Law: A Comparative Study of the Indian Legal Framework with EC and UK' (2011) 23(1) Bond Law Review 117
Ireland
2011
Patrick Massey, 'A Tale of Two Mergers: Irish Merger Policy after the Heineken and Kerry Decisions' (2011) 34(1) World Competition 113–137
Israel
Forthcoming
Japan
Kenya
Korea
New Zealand
2012
Michael Pickford, 'A comparison of merger regulation in New Zealand and the United States' (2012) 20 CCLJ 95
2011
Michael Pickford, 'Merger regulation in New Zealand: Did the change from dominance to a substantial lessening of competition make a difference?' (2011) 19 Competition and Consumer Law Journal 1
South Africa
Spain
Sonia Cortes, 'Merger Control under Spanish Law' (2000) 28 International Business Lawyer 407
Switzerland
Turkey
2012
1998
Francesca R Crotti and Mine Kasman, 'Turkey's New Merger Control Legislation' (1998) European Competition Law Review 370
United Kingdom
Books
2012
George Cumming, Merger Decisions and the Rules of Procedure of the European
Community Courts, Kluwer Law International, 2012
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 387-388 (464 pages, ISBN
9789041136718)
2011
Steven Noë, Directory of EU Case Law on Merger Control: 'The Merger Brick' (Kluwer
Law International, 2011), 644 pp., ISBN 978-90-411-3285-7
Reviewed by Despoina Mantzari
in (2012) 35(2) World Competition 560
Articles and working papers
2013
Luca Aguzzoni, Elena Argentesi, Lorenzo Ciari Sr., Tomaso Duso, Massimo Tognoni, 'Ex-Post Merger Evaluation in the UK Retail Market for Books' (21 June 2013) Quaderni - Working Paper DSE N° 889 (empirical evaluation of price effects of Waterstone/Ottakar merger)
2012
Gabi Olson-Welsh, 'Mandatory notification and the proposals by the Department of Business Innovation and skills: Is a Hybrid approach teh way forwarrd?' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 132-138
Ruchit Patel, 'BIS reforms to the UK merger regime: An opportunity missed?' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 139-153
Michael Scheidgen, 'Merging the merger authorities - an economist's view on the BIS proposal' (2012) 11(2) Competition Law Journal 123-131
2007
Arnold, Malcolm and David Parker, 'UK Competition Policy and Shareholder Value: The Impact of Merger Inquiries' (2007) 18 British Journal of Management 27
United States
Undated
Mergers and Acquisitions I: Law, Merger Guiddelines, and DOJ/FTC Merger Review
Terrific collection of resources by Dale Collins at NYU School of Law (web site: Applied Antitrust: Case Development and Litigation Strategy)
2014
2012
James A Keyte, 'United States v H&R Block: The DOJ Invokes Brown Shoe to Shed the Oracle Albatross' (Spring 2012) Antitrust 32
John Kwoka, 'Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on US Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes' (April 2012) (alternate SSRN)
Michael Pickford, 'A comparison of merger regulation in New Zealand and the United States' (2012) 20 CCLJ 95
2011
Rachel Brandenburger and Joseph Matelis, 'The 2010 US Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Historical and International Perspective' (Summer 2011) 25(3) Antitrust 48
Louis Kaplow, 'Market Definition and the Merger Guidelines' (Harvard Law and Economics Discussion Paper No 695, 05/11) (also available at SSRN)
2010
Alden F Abbott and Samuel N Weinstein, 'The New US Horizontal Merger Guidelines and International Competition Policy Convergence' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 39
Elizabeth M Bailey, Gregory K Leonard and Lawrence Wu, 'Unilateral Competitive Effects of Mergers Between Firms with High Profit Margins' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 28
William Blumenthal, 'Scope and Specificity in the 2010 Guidelines: A Pretty Good Balance' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 10
Leah Brannon and Kathleen Bradish,
'The Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Can the Courts Be Persuaded?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Jeffrey W Brennan, 'Bridge to the New Merger Guidelines: The FTC-DOJ 2006 Commentary' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 15
Dennis W. Carlton and Mark Israel, 'Will the New Guidelines Clarify or Obscure Antitrust Policy?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Susan Creighton, '2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: The View from the Technology Industry' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Jay Ezrielev and Janusz A. Ordover, 'The 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines: A Static Compass in a Dynamic World?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Deborah L. Feinstein, 'The Revised Merger Guidelines: Did the Agencies Heed the Lessons of the Past?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Deborah L Feinstein, 'The New Merger Guidelines: Using Statistical Analysis to Assess Their Impact' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 5
Larry Fullerton, 'Introduction: 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 8
Deborah A. Garza, 'Market Definition, the New Horizontal Merger Guidelines, and the Long March Away from Structural Presumptions' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Ilene Knable Gotts, 'Are the New Guidelines Representational Art or Pop Art in the End?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
John D. Harkrider, 'A Return to Von's Grocery?' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
Jerry Hausman, '2010 Merger Guidelines: Empirical Analysis' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
D. Bruce Hoffman and Daniel Francis, 'Including Exclusion in the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
James Langenfeld and Gregory G Wrobel, 'Upward Pricing Pressure Analysis Under the 2010 Horizontal Merger Gudelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 21
M Sean Royall and Adam J Di Vincenzo, 'Evaluating Mergers Between Potential Competitors Under the New Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (Fall 2010) 25 1 Antitrust 33
Shearman & Sterling LLP Antitrust Group, 'The 2010 DOJ and FTC Horizontal Merger Guidelines: Increasing Realism While Reducing Predictability' (Client Publication, August 2010)
Gary Zanfagna, 'Pandora's Box Opened: The New Horizontal Merger Guidelines' (October 2010) The Antitrust Source
2009
James W Brock, 'Merger policy and the Antitrust Modernization' (2009) 54 Antitrust Bulletin 337
Malcolm R Pfunder, 'Acquisitions from Financially Distressed Entities Under the HSR Act' (Spring 2009) Antitrust 18
2008
2000
International Competition Policy Advisory Committee (ICPAC), Final Report to the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust (2000)
See, in particular, chapters 2-3 relating to merger control.
2004
Lorenzo Coppi and Walker, Mike, 'Substantial convergence or parallel paths? Similarities and differences in the economic analysis of horizontal mergers in US and EU competition law' (2004) Antitrust Bulletin 101
1997
Baer, William J, 'Twenty years of Hart-Scott-Rodino Merger Enforcement: Reflections on Twenty Years of Merger Enforcement Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ' (1997) 65 Antitrust Law Journal 825
Blumenthal, William, 'Twenty years of Hart-Scott-Rodino Merger Enforcement: Introductory Note' (1997) 65 Antitrust Law Journal 813
1992