Kevin Coates
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@KevinCoates at https://t.co/oezGz21Ouc and https://t.co/2186XJMH35 Competition lawyer PhD candidate at @KCL_Law Lawyer @CovingtonLLP ex @EU_Competition All views personal
Brussels & Brighton
Joined March 2007
Also worth noting that NCAs may have jurisdiction under Towercast if there’s pre-existing dominance. (Returning to the bluer place now.)
.@vestager responds to the court defeat in Illumina/Grail today. She notes: - EC will continue to accept Art 22 referrals (when NCAs have jurisdiction) - Some NCAs have in the meantime developed call-in powers & so great chances to review such deals
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The whole tax debate needs reframing. He’s trying to take 4bn away from schools, hospitals, the emergency services. Talking about “tax” without talking about services the government provides distorts the debate.
Britain's richest man, Brexiter Sir Jim Ratcliffe, moved to Monaco to save £4bn in tax. So much for the patriotism of the Brexiters.
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First (but definitely not last!) piece I co-author with my @UofGLaw colleague @davidmreader. "Taking aim at innovation-crushing mergers: a killer instinct unleashed?" now available in early access in Yearbook of European Law.
New article | @MagaliEben and I take stock of recent developments in the EU's enforcement efforts against killer acquisitions, incl. a primer on innovation harms + #merger control, and jurisdictional changes under the EUMR, DMA + TFEU (via @OxfordJournals)
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I have a couple more codes. Let me know.
Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
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A couple of codes left.
Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
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Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
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Any competition / antitrust folk out there who’d like an invite to the other social network where the skies are bluer, let me know. I have some invite codes. For followers only; dm me.
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The publisher has announced my forthcoming book, Tech Monopoly -- and priced reasonably.
penguinrandomhouse.com
A serious look at competition problems in tech markets and whether antitrust law can help address them. In recent years, the astronomical rise of tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft...
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Google has an interesting take on killer acquisitions. https://t.co/056HO9yRok
thurrott.com
Google has quietly stopped selling Fitbit products in 29 markets across the world to "align" with the regional availability of Pixel devices.
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One left. Mutuals only please.
I have three Bluesky invite codes. DM me if you want one.
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Two left. Mutuals only please.
I have three Bluesky invite codes. DM me if you want one.
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Given that the far left and far right were both pro-Brexit, this is a very bad take.
Vg by @MatthewdAncona, although a centrist is by definition a moderate Brexiter
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- It's not just for smartphones but portable devices. - There are pros and cons. - Some devices still come with integrated cable chargers. - Trying to make a point based on the semantics of cables v chargers is pretty weak sauce.
The most baffling thing about the EU rulings mandating USB-C chargers for smartphones is the claim that it will stop people buying new chargers Yet these days everyone just gets *cables* not chargers, because all the cords work with USB wall plugs Modularity >> Standards
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Amidst all the confected outrage, a key point seems to have got lost: McDonald told colleagues how he had voted as a reminder "that their personal feelings were beside the professional point". This was an *assertion" of civil service impartiality, not a breach of it.
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I suspect the issue is that the crystallisation of “law and economics” in case precedent, particularly in the US but also in the EU, doesn’t reflect the work of these scholars.
But it's not "the" law and economics discipline, just one small and declining fragment of it. Many progressive and more interventionist scholars also do law and economics today. Including PhD economists in both econ departments and law schools.
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This is a mind-numbingly bad statistic.
Sadiq Khan expanded ULEZ to outer London last month. The aim is to improve air quality - and in turn, Londoners’ health. @FactCheck analysis shows the expansion will add just 13 minutes to the average Londoner’s life expectancy this year. https://t.co/ehj1uhSLI8
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So not news to many people, but @SBarrettBar really doesn’t like it when you point out that he’s got the law wrong.
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We tax them more with “student loans”, put property out of their reach, denied them the chance to live and work across Europe, whatever will we do to do in the youth vote back? Ah, yes CONSCRIPTION
👥 We have a major crisis among Britain’s young generation: they’re unhappy, unskilled and unmoored. It’s time to look at what a new Great British National Service would look like to reengage them with society. Latest column for @theipaper
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