EU Court's Booking/Etraveli Ruling Brings Heightened Merger Risk for Dominant Companies -

The EU General Court upheld the European Commission's decision to block Booking's acquisition of Etraveli, applying a new 'reverse leveraging' theory of harm where acquiring a complementary business can reinforce dominance in the original market, especially in digital ecosystems with network effects.

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