LIRNEasia » Neelie Kroes http://lirneasia.net a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Fri, 25 May 2012 02:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 Europe in the lead of anti-trust law http://lirneasia.net/2008/02/europe-in-the-lead-of-anti-trust-law/ http://lirneasia.net/2008/02/europe-in-the-lead-of-anti-trust-law/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:13:34 +0000 Rohan Samarajiva http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/02/europe-in-the-lead-of-anti-trust-law/ Microsoft Gets Record Fine and a Rebuke From Europe – New York Times

The European antitrust regulator imposed a record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft on Wednesday in a ruling intended to send a clear message to the world’s largest software maker — and to any other company — of the dangers of flouting Europe’s competition rulings. Neelie Kroes, Europe’s antitrust regulator, expressed irritation with Microsoft, saying it had not complied with a 2004 ruling.
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The size of the penalty, which surprised lawyers and legal experts, was a clear assertion of the power of the European Commission and its main antitrust regulator, Neelie Kroes, who is its competition commissioner. She has emerged from a lengthy legal battle with Microsoft as possibly the world’s most activist regulator.

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