March 4, 2015
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Eric Schmidt, a top executive at Google, has had a first meeting with the EU's new competition regulator to discuss a long-running probe into the company.
Antitrust Buzz 
Mario Todino
The purpose of this article is to discuss the objectives that the newly appointed EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager should prioritize.
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Maurice Stucke

Federal Trade Commissioner Joshua Wright recently proposed a new legal standard to evaluate "unfair methods of competition" under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") Act.
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Dominance Thresholds: A Cautionary Note
Douglas A. Herman (Independent), Shawn W. Ulrick (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) Seth B. Sacher (U.S. Federal Trade Commission)
As a threshold matter, high market shares are considered informative of potential underlying competitive dynamics, especially issues of market power and dominance. However, as is well known, high shares may not tell the entire story.
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