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4 juil. 2019

Politique de concurrence : L’Autorité de la concurrence formule, dans un nouvel avis sur le fonctionnement de la concurrence en Outre-Mer, 19 recommandations pour réduire les écarts de prix substantiels avec la métropole, notamment en développant le commerce en ligne, et revient à la charge sur l’injonction structurelle

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Le 4 juillet 2019, Isabelle De Silva, présidente de l’Autorité de la concurrence a remis à Annick Girardin, ministre des Outre-mer et à Agnès Pannier-Runacher, secrétaire d’État auprès du ministre de l’économie l’avis n° 19-A-12 concernant le fonctionnement de la concurrence en Outre-Mer. Élaboré en réponse (...)

3 Jul 2019

The Competition and Markets Authority announces the commencement of a formal Market Study into online platforms and the UK market for digital advertising

Annalie Grogan, Peter Broadhurst, Satyen Dhana • July 2019

What is the Study about? The Study is broad in scope and aims to examine three potential sources of harm in connection with the digital advertising market: i) to what extent online platforms have market power in user-facing markets and what impact this has on consumers; ii) whether consumers (...)

1 Jul 2019

The Portuguese Competition Authority warns that firms are responsible for the algorithms they use to coordinate market prices

Portuguese Competition Authority • July 2019

The AdC warns that using algorithms to coordinate market prices is incompatible with the Portuguese Competition Law* The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência, AdC) warns that firms are responsible for the algorithms they use and that employing these tools with the aim of (...)

12 Jun 2019

The UK Competition Authority clears a takeover of a mobile payments company after an in-depth Phase 2 probe (PayPal / iZettle)

Oliver Latham, Simon Chisholm, Samuel Lynch • June 2019

Acquisitions of Potential Rivals in Digital/Tech: Valuation Analysis as Key Economic Tool - PayPal/iZettle Antitrust authorities everywhere are increasingly concerned with so-called “killer acquisitions” – cases where an established incumbent buys up a small rival which might have the potential (...)

12 Jun 2019

The Hungarian Competition Authority fines several companies for price coordination by using online cash registers (IPSZOI)

Hungarian Competition Authority • June 2019

The competition supervision procedure initiated against PayPal has ended with the acceptance of commitments* The Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (the Hungarian Competition Authority, GVH) accepted the commitments of the online payment method provider, PayPal. On the basis of the commitments, the (...)

12 Jun 2019

The UK Competition Authority clears a merger in the online and offline payment services market (PayPal /iZettle)

UK Competition Authority • June 2019

CMA clears PayPal / iZettle deal* The CMA has cleared PayPal’s completed takeover of rival mobile payments company iZettle after an in-depth, Phase 2, investigation. Both companies provide mobile point of sale (mPOS) devices that enable businesses to take ‘offline’ payments through a card reader (...)

5 Jun 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority prohibits a concentration between a retail company and a company offering logistical services to retailers (Walmart / Cornershop)

Mexican Competition Authority • June 2019

COFECE blocked Walmart/Cornershop concentration* • The proposed deal could generate incentives to unduly displace or block competitors’ access to the Cornershop platform and/or hinder the development of new platforms. • The new economic agent resulting from the transaction would gain sufficient (...)

4 Jun 2019

The Düsseldorf Court of Appeal quashes the Federal Cartel Office decision and finds a most favoured nation clause on a hotel booking platform to be compatible with antitrust law (Booking.com)

Silke Heinz • June 2019

Booking.com’s "narrow" MFN clauses now also permissible in Germany, Court of Appeals rules* On June 4, 2019, the Düsseldorf Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) prohibiting Booking.com to operate so-called narrow most favored nation (MFN) clauses (or best price (...)

31 May 2019

The Global Antitrust Economics Conference

Luis Cabral, Lawrence J. White, Noah Joshua Phillips, Roger Noll, Andrew Zimbalist, Brad Humphreys, Rodney Fort, Michael D. Hausfeld, James A. Keyte, Gail Levine, Timothy J. Brennan, Gregory Rosston, Dennis W. Carlton, John D. Harkrider, Cristina Caffarra, Katja Seim, Paul Csiszar, David Gilo, George A. Rozanski, Ingrid Vandenborre, Jack E. Pace, Robert Willig, Samantha Knox, Martin d’Halluin, David A. Higbee, Boris Bershteyn, Harry First, Hal Varian

Annual Concurrences conference at NYU Stern School of Business with the support of Axinn, Bates White, CRA, Hausfeld, Qualcomm, Shearman & Sterling, Skadden, White & Case (Panel Sponsors) and MLex (Media Sponsor).

20 May 2019

The Hungarian Competition Authority fines a retailer for fixing the online retail prices of its products (Husqvarna Magyarország)

Hungarian Competition Authority • May 2019

The GVH imposes a fine of HUF 100 million on Husqvarna Magyarország Kft. for fixing the online retail prices of its products* The Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (the Hungarian Competition Authority, GVH) imposed a fine of HUF 111 million (approx. EUR 330 thousand) on Husqvarna Magyarország Kft. because (...)

17 May 2019

The Italian Competition Authority launches an investigation against a search engine company suspected to abuse of its dominant position (Google)

Italian Competition Authority • May 2019

ICA: investigation launched against Google for alleged abuse of a dominant position* n the meeting of 8 May 2019, the Italian Competition Authority decided to launch an investigation against Alphabet Inc., Google LLC and Google Italy S.r.l. (indicated together as Google) to ascertain an (...)

13 May 2019

The Belgian Competition Authority clears a merger subject to remedies in the TV channels platforms market (De Vijver Media / Telenet)

Belgian Competition Authority • May 2019

The Competition College of the BCA has approved conditionally the acquisition of sole control of De Vijver Media by Telenet* the Competition College of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has approved conditionally on 13 May 2019 the acquisition of sole control by Telenet Group BVBA (...)

13 May 2019

The US Supreme Court rejects an attempt to block consumer claims against a big tech company under indirect-purchaser rule (Apple / Pepper)

Harrison J. McAvoy • May 2019

Apple v. Pepper: Supreme Court Rejects Attempt to Block Consumer Claims Under Indirect-Purchaser Rule* The Supreme Court on Monday issued a much-anticipated decision in the Apple v. Pepper case, where iPhone owners are accusing Apple of monopolizing the retail market for iOS applications, or (...)

13 May 2019

The US Supreme Court holds that the claims of consumers purchasing apps from a big tech app store may proceed as they are direct purchasers of the big tech company (Apple / Pepper)

Thomas Barnett • May 2019

Appellate and Supreme Court On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court (“the Court”) announced its 5-4 decision in Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, permitting iPhone users to proceed with an antitrust suit against Apple alleging that it monopolized the retail market for iPhone apps. The Court emphasized that it (...)

13 May 2019

The US Supreme Court rejects an attempt to block consumer claims against a big tech company under the indirect-purchaser rule (Apple / Pepper)

Craig Waldman, J. Bruce McDonald, Kate Wallace, Thomas Forr • May 2019

In May 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5–4 decision in Apple v. Pepper, one of the Court’s most significant antitrust rulings of the last several years. In a majority opinion authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Court held that iPhone owners who purchased software applications (“apps”) from (...)

1 May 2019

Disrupting the traditional value chain: How online platforms challenge competition rules on vertical restraints and RPM

Charlotte Breuvart, Yannis Schlüter • N° 2-2019

According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, almost half of SMEs in the EU use online marketplaces to sell their products or services. At the same time, many merchants report to have experienced resale price restrictions when selling online. Since online RPM is a widespread concern in online (...)

1 May 2019

Liability for outsourced algorithmic collusion: A practical approximation

Lorenz Marx, Christian Ritz, Jonas Weller • N° 2-2019

Pricing algorithms have been one of the hottest topics in the European competition law community in recent years. While the discussion is mostly focusing on long term scenarios, this article aims to meet a more modest, yet in our view highly practically relevant, objective: The assessment of (...)

24 Apr 2019

The US FTC files a monopoly claims against a provider of e-prescribing solutions (Surescripts)

Jeffrey May • April 2019

FTC Files First Monopoly Case in Two Years Against Health Information Technology Company Surescripts* After facing a significant loss in its last monopolization action filed just over two years ago, the Federal Trade Commission last week filed a new monopolization case against a provider of (...)

16 Apr 2019

The Indian Competition Commission finds that a company abuses its dominant position by requiring device manufacturers wishing to pre-install apps to adhere to a compatibility standard (Google Android)

Pallavi Shroff, John Handoll, Naval Satarawala Chopra, Shweta Shroff Chopra, Harman Singh Sandhu, Manika Brar, Aparna Mehra, Gauri Chhabra, Yaman Verma, Rohan Arora • April 2019

Following a complaint made by a number of users of smartphones using the Android operating system, the CCI prima facie found that Google was dominant in the market for licensable smart mobile device operating systems in India and had abused its dominant position by requiring device (...)

11 Apr 2019

The Dutch Competition Authority launches investigations into a big tech company for abusing its dominant position giving its applications preferential treatment (Apple App Store)

Mariska van de Sanden, Pauline Kuipers • April 2019

Dutch Antitrust Authority investigates Apple: does this support Spotify’s complaint?* After Google has been fined several times for breach of (EU) competition rules the last couple of years, it might now be Apple’s turn. Last month (March 2019), Spotify filed a complaint against Apple with the (...)

10 Apr 2019

The Italian Competition Authority opens an antitrust investigation against a major e-commerce company for alleged abuse of dominance (Amazon)

Michele Giannino • April 2019

The Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has opened an Article 102 TFEU investigation against several undertakings belonging to the Amazon group in the FBA case. The targets of the ICA investigation are Amazon Services Europe (ASE), Amazon Europe Core (AEC), Amazon EU (AEU), Amazon Italia (...)

5 Apr 2019

The EU Commission sends statement of objections concerning alleged geo-blocking of PC video games (Valve / Focus Home / Koch Media / ZeniMax / Bandai Namco / Capcom)

Andrzej Kmiecik • April 2019

On 5 April 2019, the European Commission announced via a press release that it had sent Statements of Objections to Valve – the owner of the ‘Steam’ video game distribution platform – and five video game publishers (Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media and ZeniMax) concerning their alleged (...)

4 avr. 2019

Publicité en ligne : La Cour d’appel de Paris confirme pour l’essentiel la décision de mesure conservatoire mettant en demeure l’opérateur dominant du marché de la publicité en ligne de clarifier la procédure de suspension des comptes de publicité pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits » (Google)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Le 4 avril 2019, la Chambre 5-7 de la Cour d’appel de Paris a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire des mesures conservatoires prononcées à l’encontre de Google l’enjoignant de clarifier la procédure de suspension des comptes Google Ads pour « contenus trompeurs ou interdits ». À l’exception de la 3e mesure (...)

4 avr. 2019

Politique de concurrence : La Commission européenne publie le rapport final sur la politique de concurrence à l’ère du digital (Secteur du numérique)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Afin de nourrir la réflexion sur la façon de « Façonner la politique de la concurrence à l’ère du digital », la Commission a été à l’origine de plusieurs initiatives ces derniers mois. Outre l’organisation d’une conférence le 17 janvier 2019 à Bruxelles avec un keynote speech de Jean Tirole, elle-même nourrie (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy in the digital era

Peter Broadhurst, Satyen Dhana, Nathdwarawala Shachi • April 2019

On 04 April 2019, the European Commission (EC) published a report commissioned by the EU’s Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager. The report looks at how competition policy should continue to evolve in the digital age and is written jointly by an economist, a lawyer and an engineer. The (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes final report on competition policy for the digital era

Martin Favart • April 2019

On 4 April 2019, the European Commission published a special report commissioned by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on how competition policy should evolve to continue promoting pro-consumer innovation in the digital age (“Competition Policy for the Digital Era”). The report is grounded in three (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy for the digital area

Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte, Raphael Fleischer, Matthew Giles • April 2019

On 4 April 2019, the European Commission published the much anticipated Report Competition Policy for the digital era (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). Authored by a panel of special advisers (all academics) appointed by Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, the Report explores (...)

4 Apr 2019

The EU Commission publishes a report on competition policy for the digital era

James R. Modrall • April 2019

“Digital Era” Report Bolsters Commissioner Vestager’s Digital Legacy* On April 4, 2019, the European Commission published a report by Jacques Crémer, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, and Heike Schweitzer on competition policy for the digital era (the Digital Era Re port, or the Report), the culmination (...)

3 avr. 2019

L’intelligence artificielle crée-t-elle des cartels illégaux ?

Ariel Ezrachi, Patrick Hubert

Dîner-débat organisé par la Revue Concurrences en partenariat avec le cabinet Orrick représenté par Me Patrick Hubert, en présence d’Ariel Ezrachi (Université d’Oxford).

3 Apr 2019

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf upholds a decision of the Federal Cartel Office prohibiting exclusivity clauses in the event ticketing market (CTS Eventim)

Tim Kasten • April 2019

On 3 April 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (the “Court”) upheld a 2017 decision of the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) prohibiting exclusivity clauses in the event ticketing market. In a large number of its contracts with event organisers, ticketing service provider CTS Eventim used (...)

25 Mar 2019

The EU Commission fines a company for restricting cross-border and online sales of branded merchandise by its european licensees (Nike)

Marieke Van Nieuwenborgh, Sean-Paul Brankin • March 2019

E-Commerce in Europe: A Look into Nike’s Huge Antitrust Fines* On March 25, the European Commission (EC) fined Nike €12.5 million for restricting cross-border and online sales of branded merchandise by its European licensees. In December last year, the EC fined Guess €40 million for imposing (...)

20 Mar 2019

The EU Commission imposes a fine of 1.49 Billions euros on a search engine company for abusing its dominant position by imposing restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites (Google Adsense)

European Commission • March 2019

Antitrust: Commission fines Google €1.49 billion for abusive practices in online advertising* The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party (...)

18 mars 2019

Réforme : L’Autorité de la concurrence émet un avis favorable sur le projet de loi portant modernisation de la distribution de la presse, assorti toutefois de nombreuses réserves (Modernisation de la distribution de la presse)

Alain Ronzano • N° 2-2019

Saisie par le ministre de l’économie à propos du projet de loi portant modernisation de la distribution de la presse, l’Autorité de la concurrence a rendu public le 11 avril 2019 un avis n° 19-A-06 daté du 18 mars 2019, au terme duquel elle émet un avis favorable, assorti toutefois de nombreuses (...)

28 Feb 2019

Mergers and online platforms: An overview of EU and national case law

Ioannis Kokkoris, Lydia Gavriilidou • Mergers and Acquisitions in online platforms

The European Commission has dealt with various concentrations in the field of online platforms in recent years and has thus developed a policy, which is reflected in its decisions as this article will show. One of the main issues in concentrations in online platforms remains unsolved; it is (...)

26 Feb 2019

The US FTC announces the launch of a new Technology Task Force to investigate anticompetitive conduct, review past transactions and contribute to pending merger reviews

Noah Feldman Greene, Gregory E. Heltzer • February 2019

THE LATEST: FTC’s New “Technology Task Force” Has Broad Mandate Including Review of Consummated Transactions* The US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition announced the launch of a new Technology Task Force that will investigate anticompetitive conduct, review past transactions, (...)

21 Feb 2019

The French Competition Authority issues its opinion on audiovisual sector in which it takes into account the emergence of online video platforms

French Competition Authority • February 2019

Audiovisual sector* In the context of the reform of the audiovisual sector, the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education of the French National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) referred this matter to the Autorité de la concurrence, which today delivers its opinion. In the face of the digital (...)

21 févr. 2019

Abus d’éviction : L’Autorité de la concurrence rejette faute d’éléments probants une saisine d’une entreprise du secteur du logiciel considérant avoir été abusivement écartée d’une plateforme de réservation de billets d’avion en ligne développée par un éditeur tiers (Optionizr / Amadeus)

Frédéric Marty • N° 2-2019 • pp. 79-81

Bien qu’il s’agisse d’une décision par laquelle l’Autorité rejette une saisine et une demande de mesures conservatoires faute d’éléments probants, l’affaire en question n’en est pas moins intéressante en matière d’économie industrielle, notamment en ce qu’elle éclaire les enjeux concurrentiels du (...)

14 Feb 2019

Dinner in honor of Andreas Mundt, President of the Bundeskartellamt

Andreas Mundt, Thilo Klein, Tilman Kuhn

Dinner organised by Concurrences Review with keynote speaker Andreas Mundt (President, Bundeskartellamt) in partnership with White & Case and Compass Lexecon.

14 Feb 2019

The Finnish Competition Authority issues a report on competition in data economy

Finnish Competition Authority • February 2019

FCCA: Competition and consumer protection are fundamental to data economy* With the market for digital products and services is growing, the functionality of competition and consumer protection are important considerations. A report by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), (...)

6 Feb 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority clears a merger in the entertainment industry subject to structural remedies (Disney / Fox)

Mexican Competition Authority • February 2019

Clarification on Disney/Fox transaction* Mexico City, February 6, 2019.- In August 2018, the Walt Disney Company (Disney) and Twenty-First Century Fox (Fox) notified, both the Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE or Commission) and the Federal Institute for Telecommunications (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority prohibits a social network company in dominant position from combining its user data from different sources (Facebook)

German Competition Authority • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt / Digital Economy Bundeskartellamt prohibits Facebook from combining user data from different sources* Bonn, 7 February 2019: The Bundeskartellamt has imposed on Facebook far-reaching restrictions in the processing of user data. According to Facebook’s terms and conditions (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority orders a social network company to stop collecting and matching data of its users without explicit consent as it constitutes an abuse of dominance (Facebook)

Silke Heinz • February 2019

Bundeskartellamt hits „don’t like“-button on Facebook* On February 7, 2019, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) issued its long-awaited decision in the Facebook case, see press release and background paper in English here. It qualifies Facebook’s current practice of collecting and matching data (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority holds that matching the data collected by a social network company constitutes an antitrust violation (Facebook)

Geoffrey Manne • February 2019

Doing double damage: The German competition authority’s Facebook decision manages to undermine both antitrust and data protection law* The German Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office or FCO) this week reached a decision in its nearly 3-year-old Facebook investigation. The decision appears to (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that merging of user data from multiple sources to be both anti-competitive and in breach of the GDPR (Facebook)

Caroline Henzell • February 2019

In one of the first decisions to consider data protection and competition issues side by side, the German competition regulator (the Bundeskartellamt) last week found that Facebook had both abused its market power in Germany and breached EU data protection laws in the way in which it collects (...)

6 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority finds that the data gathering practices of a social network are an abuse of its dominant position, and orders amendments in the data processing policy (Facebook)

Tim Kasten • February 2019

On 6 February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) concluded administrative proceedings concerning the data gathering practices of Facebook Inc., Facebook Ireland and Facebook Germany (together “Facebook”). The FCO found that Facebook abused its dominant position by making the private use (...)

4 Feb 2019

The German Competition Authority publishes a paper summarizing its sector inquiry into online price comparison websites

Martin Favart • February 2019

On 4 February 2019, the German Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) published a fifth paper in its series “Competition and Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy”. The paper summarizes the sector inquiry into online comparison websites in the travel, energy, insurance, telecommunications and financial (...)

1^er févr. 2019

The Roles of Innovation in Competition Law Analysis, Paul NIHOUL, Pieter VAN CLEYNENBREUGEL (dir.)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 1-2019 • p. 246

Cette rubrique recense et commente les ouvrages et autres publications en droit de la concurrence, droit & économie de la concurrence et en droit de la régulation. Une telle recension ne peut par nature être exhaustive et se limite donc à présenter quelques publications récentes dans ces (...)

31 Jan 2019

The French Competition Authority orders a search engine company to review and clarify the rules of its online advertising service (Google)

Tim Kasten • January 2019

On 31 January 2019, the French Competition Authority (the “FCA”) ordered Google to review the rules of its Google Ads service. The FCA’s Order follows a complaint by Amadeus, an operator of online enquiry services – such as “a directory that provides call or text numbers for business/ residential (...)

18 Jan 2019

The Romanian Competition Authority fines a company operating in the retail market of IT products, home appliances and marketing via e-commerce platforms for gun jumping (Corsar Online)

Romanian Competition Authority • January 2019

The Competition Council sanctioned Corsar Online Srl with fines of 1.6 million lei * The Competition Council sanctioned the company Corsar Online SRL with fines of approximately 1.6 million lei for the implementation of a merger before being authorized by the Competition Authority. In the (...)

17 Jan 2019

Privacy and antitrust: An overview of EU and national case law

Giuseppe Colangelo • Privacy and antitrust

The emergence of multi-sided media platforms occurred in parallel with the success of business models that revolve around the collection and use of personal data, generating revenue from user-data-based profiling and advertising. Given that only some of the firms elaborating those profiles hold (...)

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