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News & Analysis as of May 26, 2013

REGULATORY: UK Competition Law: Application of Competition Law to the Energy Sector: Changes to UK Concurrency Regime

by King & Spalding on 3/8/2013

The UK government has tabled reforms to UK competition law which could allow the removal of the “concurrent” powers of sector regulators to apply competition law. The changes extend to the energy sector and beyond, raising...more

REGULATORY: EU Competition Law: Greek Public Power Company Wins EU Court Challenge

by King & Spalding on 10/11/2012

The EU General Court has decided in favour of the Greek state-owned power company Public Power Corporation (PPC) against a European Commission decision sanctioning the utility’s continued virtual monopoly rights over lignite...more

Energy Newsletter - October 2012

by King & Spalding on 10/3/2012

In This Issue: - DISPUTE RESOLUTION: International Arbitration: Extra Heavy Crude Oil: An Increased Potential for International Disputes by Louis-Alexis Bret - International Arbitration: Second Circuit Clarifies...more

REGULATORY: EU Competition Law: EU General Court Slashes E.ON and GDF Antitrust Fines By Suzanne Rab

by King & Spalding on 8/6/2012

The European Commission (Commission) fined E.ON and GDF Suez over EUR 1 billion for an alleged market sharing agreement dating back to the 1970s. On 29 June 2012, the EU’s second-highest court, the General Court, gave...more

Giving Robinson-Patman New Life In The 6th Circ.

by Mintz Levin - Antitrust on 7/10/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York (July 06, 2012, 12:44 PM ET) In Williams v. Duke Energy International Inc., No. 10-3604 (6th Cir. June 4, 2012), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected a Rule...more

REGULATORY: EU Competition Law: EU Internal Energy Market Legislation Not Fully in Force By Suzanne Rab

by King & Spalding on 6/7/2012

The Electricity and Gas Directives of the EU’s Third Energy Package were required to be implemented in EU national legislation by March 3, 2011 (with a year’s grace period until March 3, 2012 for unbundling rules). In our...more

Ninth Circuit Revives Sherman Act Claim Against Oil Companies, Recasting Conspiracy Under Rule of Reason

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/13/2009

Despite the California Supreme Court's conclusion that gasoline purchasers failed even to imply a price-fixing conspiracy among major oil companies, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has allowed wholesale gasoline...more