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GCR Guide to Data & Antitrust – Competition law and data
Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
Publication | June 13, 2016
The prolonged downturn of oil prices has begun to take its toll. Over 27 oil and gas bankruptcy cases have filed in 2016, and over 69 since 2015,1 as companies seek to access powerful protections under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the Code).
One such protection at the forefront of the trend is the ability to escape certain burdensome contracts. Rejecting these contracts under §365 of the Code can create substantial bargaining power for a going concern enterprise or increase the value of assets sold through a bankruptcy.
This article analyzes a hiccup in this strategy presented in three recent cases—one that promises to recur. The outcome in these cases will signal a trend that broadly affects similar agreements across the industry.
Download the full article: Current issues running with contract rejections in oil gas cases
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Miranda Cole and Francesco Salis from our Brussels office are the authors of a chapter on the evolving view of data in the application of competition law.
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Miranda Cole, Lara White and Christoph Ritzer from our Brussels, London and Frankfurt offices are the authors of a chapter on how the interplay between competition and privacy law is affecting online advertising.
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Unannounced inspections by competition authorities, usually called “dawn raids”, are undoubtably one of the most efficient tools for collecting evidence and enforcing competition rules. They are also an area where investigators test (and sometimes exceed) the boundaries of companies’ procedural rights.
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