Gianluca Faella is an associate professor at the Università degli studi Link Campus University of Rome, where he teaches competition and intellectual property law and public comparative law. He also serves as counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he specializes in the fields of competition law, economic regulation, state aids, intellectual property, EU law, contract law, commercial litigation and arbitration. Aside, he is also Adjunct professor of Competition and High-Tech Markets and of Law and Economics at the Luiss University of Rome.
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On August 5, 2022, the Italian Parliament adopted Law No. 118, the “2021 Annual Competition Law” (the “ACL”). The ACL, which will enter into force on August 27, 2022, amends the Italian Competition Law (Law No. 287/90) to further align the Italian antitrust law to EU rules, which have (...)
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The Italian Competition Authority (the “ICA”) fined ferry operator Caronte & Tourist (“C&T”) €3.7 million for having charged excessive prices on a ferry transportation route between Sicily and Calabria between 2017 and 2019 (the “Decision”). I. The investigation In July 2020, the (...)
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On March 2, 2021, in dismissing the appeal brought by the European Commission against the judgment of the EU General Court in the Tercas case, the EU Court of Justice issued a landmark ruling on the standard of proof for the imputability to the State of support measures granted by private (...)
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This section selects books on themes related to competition laws and economics. This compilation does not attempt to be exhaustive but rather a survey of themes important in the area. The survey usually covers publication over the last three months after publication of the latest issue of (...)
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The existence and application of the so-called "efficiency defence" in Article 102 TFEU has been an issue of serious contention over the last years. The 2009 Guidance Paper gave new impetus to the notion. The articles below provide an EU and a national perspective. The existence, legitimacy (...)
