Linda A. Thompson
Linda A. Thompson is the Brussels-based correspondent for Law.com International. She writes about legal and regulatory issues related to the EU and the European Commission, as well as about lawyers and legal issues in Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands. Her coverage includes the business of law at global and domestic law firms and in-house legal departments. and the impact of regulatory decisions on law firms and global companies. She can be reached at [email protected].
November 01, 2024 | International Edition
Leading Generic Drug Maker Slapped With €467 EU Antitrust FineTeva described the EU regulator's decision as "extreme, untested and factually unsupported."
By Linda A. Thompson
3 minute read
October 24, 2024 | International Edition
Intel Secures Hard-Won Victory in Decades-Long Legal Wrangle With EU RegulatorThe judgment centered on a 2004 antitrust investigation launched two competition chiefs ago.
By Linda A. Thompson
4 minute read
October 18, 2024 | International Edition
K&L Gates Brussels Hires Senior Antitrust Partner From Gibson DunnLena Sandberg's departure for K&L Gates leaves the U.S. firm with no female partners in Brussels.
By Linda A. Thompson
2 minute read
October 18, 2024 | International Edition
Austria's Wolf Theiss Launches in Brussels with Competition Law TeamWolf Theiss, one of Austria's largest firms, is opening a Brussels office to better serve clients from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.
By Linda A. Thompson
2 minute read
October 15, 2024 | International Edition
'Lawyers Are Pigeonholed, Wrongly So': Prosus GC Says It's High Time for In-House Lawyers' Business Savvy to Be Seen, and ValuedPaul Peake also discusses some of his pet peeves about working with outside counsel. No. 1 on his list: "Law firm coffee is terrible."
By Linda A. Thompson
7 minute read
October 07, 2024 | International Edition
TikTok Antitrust Counsel Amaryllis Müller on Navigating EU Rules, Admiring Vestager and BodybuildingThe Belgian-Swiss, Harvard-educated lawyer joined TikTok from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Brussels office last year.
By Linda A. Thompson
6 minute read
October 06, 2024 | International Edition
'Send These Guys Back to the US': Lawyers on Google's EU Antitrust Complaint Against MicrosoftAn antitrust complaint filed by Google against Microsoft in the EU demonstrates the limits of the U.S. antitrust system, lawyers say.
By Linda A. Thompson
4 minute read
October 02, 2024 | International Edition
EU Official Suggests AI Antitrust Investigations Loom on the HorizonSince May 2023, the Digital Markets Act has imposed a tough list of do's and don'ts on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.
By Linda A. Thompson
3 minute read
October 02, 2024 | International Edition
EU Official Suggests AI Antitrust Investigations Loom on the HorizonSince May 2023, the Digital Markets Act has imposed a tough list of do's and don'ts on Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Booking, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft.
By Linda A. Thompson
3 minute read
October 02, 2024 | International Edition
EU Court Upholds Ban Barring Lawyers from Advising on Russian M&A, FinancingThe EU's General Court upheld a 2022 ban preventing law firms from advising Russian entities on non-contentious matters like M&A and financing. However, it clarified that lawyers can still represent Russian clients in litigation.
By Linda A. Thompson
3 minute read
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