2013: The Wind of Change?

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol

Ruchit Patel (Cleary Gottlieb) asks 2013: The Wind of Change?

ABSTRACT: The wind of change is blowing through this continent. Whether we like it or not ..."

2013 has the potential to be a year of significant change for European antitrust law. Aside from anticipated policy developments in the areas of State Aid, Merger Control, Collective Redress, and Free Trade, it seems likely that a number of important cases, currently under investigation by the European Commission, may progress or be decided in 2013. This article seeks to summarize and anticipate certain (but by no means all) of the most important likely developments in 2013.