http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/magazine/graphics/logo-rss.png http://www.thelawyer.com http://www.thelawyer.com/after-setanta-skys-the-limit/1001101.article http://www.thelawyer.com/after-setanta-skys-the-limit/1001101.article Given the regulator’s reluctance to split up Sky, will the government realise that competition law is not fit for purpose, if the purpose is changingSky’s behaviour to make life easier for its rivals? Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:52 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/112807.article http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/112807.article After thirty years on the drawing board, a true pan-European company is now possible Mon, 8 Nov 2004 02:01 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/work-life-quiz/111360.article http://www.thelawyer.com/work-life-quiz/111360.article Peter Crossley, head of commercial dispute resolution, Hammonds Mon, 2 Aug 2004 03:48 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/lifetime-achievement-award-for-lord-lester-of-herne-hill-qc/110660.article http://www.thelawyer.com/lifetime-achievement-award-for-lord-lester-of-herne-hill-qc/110660.article Eloquently, passionately and with no little wit, the man can most certainly talk. Fortunately, on this occasion, he restricted himself to one gag, and to the delight of some in the audience, it was at Campbell’s expense. Opening his copy of the Civil Service (No 2) Bill at Section 6(3) Lord Lester turned his steely gaze on the evening’s host to quote “from one former special adviser to another: ‘Special advisers shall not exercise executive powers over civil servants’.” Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:43 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/work-life-quiz/110178.article http://www.thelawyer.com/work-life-quiz/110178.article Commercial property partner Patrick Andrews qualified in 1986 at Dundas & Wilson. A year later he moved to arch rival Shepherd + Wedderburn (S+W) and this month took up the management reins from Paul Hally, who stood down after five years at the helm. The son of a former S+W partner, Andrews ... Mon, 24 May 2004 08:33 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/109907.article http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/109907.article On Saturday 1 May, we woke up to a larger EU and new opportunities brought by the 10 new member states. That date also saw the dawn of a new era in the enforcement of competition law. Many businesses seem inadequately prepared. Mon, 10 May 2004 06:06 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/109629.article http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/109629.article An important day for the European Commission and the application of European competition rules came on 24 March. With its largest ever fine of €479m (£314.9m) against Microsoft, Mario Monti showed that European competition rules can touch the biggest players. But with such a firm stance against Microsoft he has reopened the transatlantic antitrust v competition debate. Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:40 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-warner-goodman-and-streat/109476.article http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-warner-goodman-and-streat/109476.article Hampshire firm Warner Goodman & Streat recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, making it one of the longest-established South Coast practices. But longevity is allied with expansionist and forward-thinking policies. Family-friendly policies are the norm, with staff working regularly from home. Profit, while clearly important, is not the sole motive ... Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:49 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/108618.article http://www.thelawyer.com/opinion/108618.article Lawyers are preparing for Europe’s ‘big bang’ on 1 May, when, as well as the accession of 10 new member states, a package of measures intended to modernise the existing European system of competition law will be introduced. Among these measures is a revision to the special exemption from competition rules, the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation, issued by the European ... Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:43 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/the-bbc-behemoth-how-aunties-rivals-missed-a-trick/108434.article http://www.thelawyer.com/the-bbc-behemoth-how-aunties-rivals-missed-a-trick/108434.article Helen Power on how the authorities backed down from censuring the BBC’s commercial activities Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:21 GMT http://www.thelawyer.com/for-the-record/108391.article http://www.thelawyer.com/for-the-record/108391.article I was very surprised to read in The Lawyer: “To add to FLAG’s financial woes, in August 2002 the Office of Fair Trading started an investigation into anticompetitive practices by cable-lending operators in the UK, including FLAG. Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:45 GMT