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Strict remedies are needed to ensure EU antitrust probes are effective, study says

By Lewis Crofts and Nicholas Hirst ( February 20, 2025, 16:10 GMT | Insight) -- EU antitrust enforcers should have greater leeway to force divestments on infringers, according to a study for the European Commission of the outcomes of a dozen antitrust cases over the past two decades. Remedies should be monitored systematically by a trustee, according to the research, which highlighted shortcomings in the remedies imposed on Microsoft, Mastercard, e-book publishers and Rambus, among others. Companies subject to antitrust probes should face firmer and more-closely monitored orders to change their business if EU interventions are to be effective, an independent study for the European Commission has found. ...

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