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By: Folakunmi Pinheiro*   I. Introduction Many countries have faced record inflation levels in recent years, driven by pandemic-induced economic responses and the war in Ukraine. Nigeria has been no...

By: Adrian Emch[1]   I. Introduction 2025 proved a busy year for merger control in China, as the State Administration for Market Regulation (“SAMR”) – China’s antitrust authority – beefs...

By: Marcelo Guimarães[1]   I. Introduction The discussion on the interplay between competition and intellectual property (IP) has featured prominently on policy and academic agendas for several decades. At first...

  By: Ravi Gangal[i]   In 2024, the Indian merger control regime was overhauled, introducing a deal value threshold (DVT) that mandates notification for transactions valued above INR 20 billion...

By Lukas Rengier & Friedrich Preetz[i] Germany has just enacted a “Fuel Measures Package” (Kraftstoffmaßnahmenpaket) to counter high fuel prices. The new legislation introduces significant changes to German competition law,...

By: John M. Taladay and Christine Ryu-Naya*   I. Introduction Effective competition regulation seeks to foster a level playing field and promote market efficiency. To do so, some authorities are...

By Eleanor Fox1   Happy Birthday, ICN, from a fan who knew you when. But don’t lie on laurels bed. You have lots of work ahead. It is a pleasure to wish the ICN a happy birthday and many more. I remember well when ICN was just a gleam in a few eyes. I was […]

By Leandra Diem* & Barbora Jedličková**   The concept of competition law as it relates to public procurement is not a particularly common topic of discussion in Australia. Unlike in Switzerland...