Latin Antitrust Chronicles: September 2025-March 2026
The latest Latin Antitrust Chronicles highlights Brazil’s most contentious retail merger, the CADE‑approved union of Petz and Cobasi, which was cleared only after the authority imposed the divestiture of 26 São Paulo stores and behavioral commitments. Analysts warn the deal could still lift pet‑food prices by up to 15% in local markets, a concern echoed by rival Petlove and consumer groups. At the same time, Bill 4675/2025 seeks to create a Digital Markets Superintendence inside CADE, a move projected to cost between $540 million and $2.3 billion over a decade and sparking fierce debate over ex‑ante regulation. A parallel development is CADE’s settlement with Apple over iOS app‑store practices, signaling a broader shift toward more proactive platform oversight in Brazil.
Antitrust Antidote: January-March 2026
The Antitrust Antidote’s Q1 2026 edition reviews five pivotal U.S. antitrust rulings, from the Ninth Circuit’s classification of Apple’s data‑sharing change as a refusal‑to‑deal to the FTC’s successful injunction against Edwards Lifesciences’ acquisition of JenaValve. The court also dismissed CVS Health’s alleged...
Introducing Dynamic Competition in the Middle East
The article outlines Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 as a sweeping reform agenda that goes beyond flagship giga‑projects to overhaul the kingdom’s competition policy and digital infrastructure. By strengthening property rights, digitizing economic registries and revamping the 2019 Competition Law, Saudi...
Competition Stories: July 2025 – December 2025
The EU competition landscape is seeing a surge in parallel investigations, especially in digital markets where the European Commission and national competition authorities (NCAs) often pursue the same conduct. The WhatsApp AI‑provider policy sparked simultaneous probes by the Commission and...
Fairness and Redistribution in Antitrust Law
The article argues that antitrust law is designed solely to protect competitive output, not to achieve wealth redistribution, with the Robinson‑Patman Act as its only exception. It traces the Act’s origin to a 1930s lobbying effort by independent grocers who...