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12 Sep 2019

Startups vs. Big Tech: Where is the innovation? Dinner with Christine Wilson (FTC) & Isabelle de Silva (ADLC)

Frédéric Jenny, Christine Wilson, Isabelle de Silva, Rod Sims, Toh Han Li

Annual Concurrences Dinner in New York City, organized with the support of Bates White, CRA, Gibson Dunn, Orrick, and White & Case.

9 Sep 2019

The Latvian Competition Authority imposes interim measures suspending concession agreements concluded between a municipality and two waste management companies (Riga Municipality / Getliņi EKO / Tīrīga)

Latvian Competition Council • September 2019

The Competition Council adopts a decision imposing interim measures regarding waste management in Riga* On September 9th the Competition Council of Latvia (the CC) adopted a decision imposing interim measures on Riga Municipality and the limited liability company owned by it – SIA Getliņi (...)

5 Sep 2019

Turkish Antitrust: An overview of Turkish competition law

Gönenç Gürkaynak, Esra Uçtu, Onur Özgümüş • Turkish Antitrust

The articles in this Special Issue aim to demonstrate how the Turkish Competition Board (the “Board”) paved the way for the harmonization of the Turkish competition law regime with European Union law over the span of the past decade on various fronts. In a similar vein, these articles also intend (...)

2 Sep 2019

Google’s (forgotten) monopoly – Ad technology services on the open web

Damien Geradin, Dimitrios Katsifis • N° 3-2019

Online advertising is the fuel of the digital economy. Yet despite the industry’s gigantic growth, the lion’s share is captured by a handful of digital platforms, leaving a small share of revenue for publishers, further reduced by commissions charged by ad tech companies. Against this background, (...)

2 sept. 2019

L’abus de domination sur le marché numérique : Pour une lecture juridique du déséquilibre économique à l’aune des oligopoles

Nils Monnerie • N° 3-2019 • pp. 67-75

Les condamnations se suivent sans toujours se ressembler de part et d’autre de l’Atlantique. Cependant, il est certain que le marché du numérique est au cœur des préoccupations des autorités européennes et américaines. Pratiques anticoncurrentielles, pratiques commerciales abusives et atteintes aux (...)

2 sept. 2019

Évaluation du préjudice : Questions d’actualité (Actions en réparation des pratiques anticoncurrentielles : État des lieux en France et dans l’Union - Cour d’appel de Paris, 28 mars 2019)

Aymeric Discours • N° 3-2019

À la recherche de la réparation du temps perdu Aymeric Discours Avocat associé, McDermott Will & Emery, Paris Longtemps restée l’apanage des économistes, la problématique de l’indemnisation des effets préjudiciables du temps occupe désormais une place centrale dans les décisions récentes en (...)

2 sept. 2019

Propos introductifs (Actions en réparation des pratiques anticoncurrentielles : État des lieux en France et dans l’Union - Cour d’appel de Paris, 28 mars 2019)

Chantal Arens • N° 3-2019

Introduisant la conférence annuelle de la Revue Concurrences organisée le 28 mars 2019, Mme Chantal Arens a souligné que les travaux s’inscrivaient dans la droite ligne de la réflexion que mène la cour d’appel de Paris avec les universités et les praticiens autour des évolutions législatives à venir. (...)

1^er sept. 2019

Propos introductifs (La réécriture du Titre IV du Livre IV du code de commerce - Nanterre, 4 avril 2019)

Daniel Fasquelle • N° 3-2019

La réécriture du titre IV du livre IV du code de commerce : Beaucoup de bruit pour rien ? Daniel Fasquelle Professeur agrégé des universités Membre, LARJ (Laboratoire de recherche juridique) EA 3603 Vice-président, Commission des affaires économiques, Assemblée nationale, Paris Introduction 1. (...)

1^er sept. 2019

Application dans le temps des règles de transposition de la directive “dommages” (Actions en réparation des pratiques anticoncurrentielles : État des lieux en France et dans l’Union - Cour d’appel de Paris, 28 mars 2019)

Enrico Camilleri, Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi • N° 3-2019

Damages claims for anticompetitive conduct after the Directive 2014/104/EU : Is it (still) worth talking about a private law remedy ? Enrico Camilleri Professor, University of Palermo La directive 2014/2014/UE place le recours de droit privé fondé sur la responsabilité non contractuelle au (...)

1 Sep 2019

Toh Han Li (CCCS): A decade at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore

Toh Han Li, Kala Anandarajah • N° 3-2019

Toh Han Li has spent a decade at the CCCS and has been its CEO for the past six years. In this exclusive interview, Toh Han Li shares his insights on the Singapore competition system, on his experience at the CCCS, on the agency’s growth and the new challenges it is facing. Interview conducted (...)

1 Sep 2019

Google and the trans-Atlantic antitrust abyss

Christian Bergqvist, Jonathan Rubin • N° 3-2019

During the late 2000s, several jurisdictions, including the EU and the U.S., opened investigations into potential antitrust violations by the Internet search firm, Google, for alleged bias in the ranking of the links returned in response to search queries. While the EU investigations in 2017 (...)

1 Sep 2019

Brazil: Compliance programs and abuse of dominance practices under Brazilian competition law – A roadmap for compliance monitors

Victor Oliveira Fernandes • N° 3-2019 • pp. 216-227

The Brazilian antitrust authority (Portuguese acronym CADE) has been following a worldwide trend in encouraging the adoption of competition law compliance programs. Nevertheless, one can see an apparent policy gap in the current optimal incentives for compliance program adoption in antitrust (...)

1^er sept. 2019

Le contentieux de la réparation des pratiques anticoncurrentielles (sept. 2018 – juin 2019)

Rafael P. Amaro • N° 3-2019 • pp. 230-246

La période est riche en arrêts de la Cour de justice de l’Union, ce qui dévoile, en creux, certaines insuffisances de la directive 2014/104/UE. Par ailleurs, les questions habituelles occupent le devant de la scène : prescription extinctive, problèmes liés à la spécialisation des juridictions internes (...)

1 Sep 2019

UK: Why not call a margin squeeze a margin squeeze?

Pietro Crocioni • N° 3-2019

At the end of October 2018, Ofcom issued its first abuse of dominance infringement decision and fine under the Competition Act 1998 against Royal Mail. Perhaps surprisingly, Ofcom did not examine the behaviour as either a margin squeeze or a refusal to supply, the types of cases one would (...)

26 Aug 2019

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf grants a social network company the suspensive effect to an appeal in an interim decision (Facebook)

Natascha Gerlach, Constanze Kauffmann, Tobias Pesch • September 2019

In February of this year the German antitrust agency, the Federal Cartel Office, issued a decision against Facebook regarding their handling of user data. Facebook appealed and on August 26, 2019, the Düsseldorf Court of Appeal in an interim decision granted suspensive effect to Facebook’s (...)

26 Aug 2019

The Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf orders suspensive effect of an appeal against FCO decision concerning a social network company (Facebook)

Tim Kasten • September 2019

On 26 August 2019, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf (the “Court”) granted Facebook’s request for an injunction against the immediate application of measures imposed by the German Federal Cartel Office (the “FCO”) arising from the FCO’s finding in February 2019 that Facebook abused its dominant (...)

22 Aug 2019

The Mexican Competition Authority fines an airport for refusal to deal in the market for federal land transportation (Cancun Airport)

Mexican Competition Authority • September 2019

COFECE sanctions the Cancun Airport for refusal to deal in the market for federal land transportation* The Cancun International Airport conducted a set of actions to prevent new participants from providing services, as the only agent that can rent and grant spaces for taxi access. • The harm (...)

22 août 2019

Prix excessifs : L’Autorité polynésienne de la concurrence sanctionne, au terme d’une première décision contentieuse qui n’est pas sans susciter certaines réserves, un abus de position dominante lié à une pratique de prix excessifs (Wane)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

À la faveur d’une décision rendue le 22 août 2019, l’Autorité polynésienne de la concurrence a prononcé pour la première fois des sanctions pour abus de position dominante. Il s’agit même de la première décision contentieuse adoptée par l’APC. Plus encore, celle-ci sanctionne, par cette décision qui n’est (...)

13 Aug 2019

The Competition Commission of Mauritius orders two multinational financial companies to reduce their banking interchange fees in order to promote competition (Visa / MasterCard)

Michael-James Currie • September 2019

Mauritius: Competition Commission orders VISA and MasterCard to lower interchange fees* On 13 August 2019, the Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) has, following a lengthy investigation, ordered VISA and MasterCard (Respondents) to reduce their banking interchange fees from 1% to 0,5%. (...)

9 Aug 2019

The Competition Commission of India orders investigation into multinational technology company with the aim of protecting Micro-processors importers from the company’s discriminatory practices (Intel)

Adrika Bisen • September 2019

On 9th August 2019, the Competition Commission of India directed the Director General to carry out investigations against Intel Corporation for allegedly violating Section 3 and 4 of the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (the ‘Act’). The case in hand was filed by Matrix Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. (the (...)

23 Jul 2019

The Bulgarian Competition Authority fines an electricity provider for abuse of dominance (National Electricity Company EAD)

Bulgarian Competition Authority (Sofia) • September 2019

The Commission for Protection of Competition imposed to the National Electricity Company EAD pecuniary sanctions in a total amount of 315 612 BGN for infringements of Art. 21, p. 1 of the LPC. NEK abused its dominant position on the market of balancing of electricity producers from renewable (...)

18 juil. 2019

Notion d’abus : La Commission européenne inflige au fabricant dominant de circuits intégrés une amende de 242 millions d’euros pour une pratique de prix d’éviction (Qualcomm)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Le 18 juillet 2019, la Commission européenne a annoncé qu’elle avait infligé à Qualcomm une amende de 242 millions d’euros, laquelle représente 1,27 % de son chiffre d’affaires, pour avoir abusé de la position dominante qu’elle occupait sur le marché des chipsets de bande de base 3G, lesquels permettent (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a chipmaker company €242 million for predatory pricing (Qualcomm)

European Commission • July 2019

Antitrust: Commission fines US chipmaker Qualcomm €242 million for engaging in predatory pricing* The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €242 million for abusing its market dominance in 3G baseband chipsets. Qualcomm sold below cost, with the aim of forcing its competitor Icera out of the (...)

18 Jul 2019

The EU Commission fines a company €242 million for engaging in predatory pricing in the market for 3G baseband chipsets (Qualcomm)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 18 July 2019, the Commission announced that it had adopted a decision against Qualcomm for abusing a dominant position in the market for 3G baseband chipsets, and imposed a fine of € 242 million. According to the Commission, Qualcomm’s prices to certain key customers were below its costs with (...)

17 Jul 2019

The EU Commission opens investigation into the allegedly anticompetitive conduct of a multinational online platform focused on e-commerce (Amazon)

European Commission • July 2019

Antitrust: Commission opens investigation into possible anti-competitive conduct of Amazon* The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Amazon’s use of sensitive data from independent retailers who sell on its marketplace is in breach of EU competition (...)

17 Jul 2019

The Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office close their respective abuse of dominance investigations after the company committed to changing contract terms (Amazon)

Tim Kasten • July 2019

On 17 July 2019, the Austrian Federal Competition Authority and the German Federal Cartel Office closed their respective abuse of dominance investigations against Amazon, after Amazon committed to changing contract terms. Throughout the years 2017 and 2018, both competition authorities had (...)

12 Jul 2019

The South African Government publishes a notice bringing into force some of the provisions of the amendment act of competition law

Lerisha Naidu, Nxumalo Sphesihle • July 2019

An extensive set of competition law amendments has been in the making since December 2017 when the Competition Amendment Bill (Bill) was initially gazetted for public comment. After robust public participation and commentary, the key features of the Bill have predominantly made their way into (...)

11 Jul 2019

Concurrences 15-year Anniversary: Which competition policy for 2019-2024?

Cecilio Madero Villarejo, Jacques Steenbergen, Andreas Mundt, Marc van der Woude, Cristina Caffarra, Frank Montag

Roundtable discussion and reception at the BELvue Museum at the occasion of Concurrences’ 15 year-anniversary, organised in partnership with Freshfields and CRA.

11 juil. 2019

Retard d’entrée : La Cour d’appel de Paris réduit la sanction infligée à un laboratoire pharmaceutique de 4 millions d’euros, mais confirme pour l’essentiel l’analyse de l’Autorité sur le retard de l’entrée des génériques sur le marché (Janssen-Cilag, Johnson & Johnson)

Alain Ronzano • N° 3-2019

Le 11 juillet 2019, la Cour d’appel de Paris a rendu un arrêt dans l’affaire du retard de l’entrée des génériques de Durogesic. On se souvient que par décision rendue le 20 décembre 2017, l’Autorité de la concurrence avait sanctionné le laboratoire Janssen-Cilag, en tant qu’auteur, et sa mère Johnson (...)

27 Jun 2019

The District Court of Rotterdam annuls a €41 million fine imposed by the Dutch Competition Authority on a Dutch railway operator for allegedly abusing its dominant position (Nederlandse Spoorwegen)

Mariska van de Sanden, Tialda Beetstra • June 2019

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE FINE OF € 41 MILLION FOR DUTCH RAILWAY OPERATOR ANNULED* Introduction The Authority for Consumers and Markets (“ACM“, the Dutch competition authority) was in 2017 – after years of silence – finally able to fine an undertaking for abuse of dominance. A heavy fine of almost € 41 (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens an investigation against a designer of integrated circuits for wired communication devices and sends a Statement of Objections seeking to impose interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

European Commission • June 2019

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Broadcom may be restricting competition through exclusivity practices, in breach of EU rules. The Commission intends to impose interim measures during the investigation with regard to TV and modem chipsets (...)

26 Jun 2019

The Brazilian Competition Authority decides to file charges against a multinational technology company due to one of its online shopping platform features (Google)

Paulo Burnier Da Silveira, Victor Oliveira Fernandes • June 2019

GOOGLE SHOPPING IN BRAZIL: HIGHLIGHTS OF CADE’S DECISION AND TAKEAWAYS FOR DIGITAL ECONOMY ISSUES On 26 June 2019, the Brazilian Competition Authority (CADE) decided to file the competition charges raised against Google on its “Google Shopping” feature. It was not an easy decision, which is shown (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens a formal investigation to assess whether a producer of integrated circuit abused its dominant position (Broadcom)

Tim Kasten • June 2019

On 26 June 2019, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that it had opened a formal investigation to assess whether integrated circuit (“IC”) provider Broadcom may be abusing its dominant position, in breach of Article 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. In parallel, (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens investigation and sends statements of objections on interim measures in TV and modem chipsets markets (Broadcom)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • June 2019

The Commission has opened an investigation into Broadcom’s commercial practices over a number of competition concerns. Broadcom is one of the world’s largest designers, developers and providers of key components of wired communication devices and is a global leader in the markets of (...)

26 Jun 2019

The EU Commission opens investigation into semiconductor company for exclusionary conduct and uses interim powers for the first time in two decades (Broadcom)

Pedro Callol • June 2019

The European Commission has announced that it has opened an investigation against Broadcom in connection with various practices such as between Broadcom products and other products. The case follows precedents in the microchips market, particularly echoing the investigation against Intel which (...)

20 Jun 2019

The Russian Competition Authority opens proceedings against a railway company suspected of fixing monopolistically high prices (Russian Railways)

Russian Competition Authority • June 2019

THE ANTIMONOPOLY SERVICE OPENED A CASE AGAINST RUSSIAN RAILWAYS* FAS exposed elements of fixing monopolistically high price for heating energy in the form of steam The Antimonopoly Service received a complaint from “Rikwest-Service” Ltd. about signs of violating the antimonopoly law by Samara (...)

11 Jun 2019

The Brazilian Antitrust Authority enters in a settlement agreement with a major refining company for the sale of oil refineries (Petrobras)

Amadeu Ribeiro, Marcio Soares, Felipe Rodrigues Caldas Feres, Giovani Loss, Nilton Mattos, Renata Fonseca Zuccolo Giannella • June 2019

During a hearing held on June 11, 2019, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) entered into a Settlement Agreement with Petrobras for the sale of eight oil refineries and associated infrastructure. The agreement was approved by the majority of CADE’s Commissioners and has in (...)

6 Jun 2019

Competition law in the railway transport sector: An overview of EU and national case law

David Henry • Transport (rail)

The rail sector is notorious for its complexity and its endemic competition problems. In a damning account of the state of play in this sector, the European Commission (“EC”) recently lamented the continued absence of effective competition and innovation therein. Furthermore, the risks of (...)

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 (...)

1 Jun 2019

The MOFCOM announces that China will introduce the ’Unreliable Entity List’ regime and issues general criteria for determining which foreign entities and individuals will be listed

Yang Zhan • June 2019

UNRELIABLE ENTITY LIST EMBRACES ABUSE OF DOMINANCE UNDER THE AML OF THE PRC* On May 31, 2019, the Ministry of Commerce of China (“MOFCOM”) announced that China will establish an “Unreliable Entity List” (“UEL”) targeting on foreign entities and individuals that fail to comply with the principles of (...)

30 May 2019

The Spanish Competition Authority fines a collecting company for abuse of dominant position in the management and exploitation of IP rights (SGAE)

Clara García Fernández, Miguel Troncoso Ferrer, Sara Moya Izquierdo • May 2019

The CNMC has fined SGAE (“Sociedad General de Autores y Editores”) with EUR 2.95 million for abusing its dominant position in the market of management and exploitation of musical and audio-visual intellectual property rights. The CNMC investigation started in 2017, following several complaints. (...)

30 May 2019

The Spanish Competition Authority fines a company for abuse of dominant position in the management and exploitation of intellectual property rights of authors and publishers of musical and audiovisual works (SGAE)

Pedro Callol • May 2019

The NMCC has fined the Spanish Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers (SGAE) €2.95 million for abusing its dominant position in the management and exploitation of intellectual property rights of authors and publishers of musical and audiovisual works (Articles 2 SCA and 102 TFEU). The (...)

30 May 2019

The Croatian Competition Authority finds that the Croatian Taekwondo Federation did not abuse of its dominant position (Hrvatskog taekwondo saveza)

Croatian Competition Authority • May 2019

Croatian Taekwondo Federation did not abuse dominant position* The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) found that the latter that was sent by the Croatian Taekwondo Federation (CTF) to all its members including the complainant – the undertaking LMK, potentially limited access only to a smaller (...)

28 May 2019

The Swedish Appeal Court confirms the dismissal of a Competition Authority action against a stock exchange company for alleged abuse of dominant position (Nasdaq)

Tim Kasten • May 2019

On 28 June 2019, the Swedish Patent and Market Court of Appeal (the “Appeal Court”) upheld a ruling of the Swedish Patent and Market Court that rejected an action brought by the Swedish Competition Authority (Konkurrensverket or “KKV”) against Nasdaq Stockholm Aktiebolag and several affiliated (...)

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 (...)

15 mai 2019

Droit antitrust de l’Union européenne et droits fondamentaux des entreprises. Approche contentieuse, Mathieu LE SOUDEER

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 2-2019 • p. 264

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 (...)

15 mai 2019

European Competition Law. A Case Commentary, Weijer VERLOREN VAN THEMAAT et Berend REUDER (dir.)

Stéphane Rodrigues • N° 2-2019 • p. 265

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 (...)

15 mai 2019

Les inspections de concurrence des autorités françaises Section 1 Définition, autorités compétentes et champ d’application

Nathalie Jalabert-Doury

L'inspection sur autorisation judiciaire (article L. 450 -4) 16N. Jalabert-Doury – Les inspections de concurrence des autorités françaises Section 1 Définition, autorités compétentes et champ d'application Pour l'entreprise qui fait face à une inspection lourde, la premiè\?fi?re urgence est de (...)

15 mai 2019

Les inspections de concurrence des autorités françaises Section 4 L’arrivée des enquêteurs et la notification de l’objet de l’enquête

Nathalie Jalabert-Doury

L'inspection simple (article L. 450 -3) 168N. Jalabert-Doury – Les inspections de concurrence des autorités françaises l'ensemble du territoire, sans qu'il soit exigé d'être fo\?fi?nctionnaire de catégorie A comme cela est le cas pour les inspections sur autorisation judiciaire. L'article L. 450 -3, (...)

13 mai 2019

États-Unis : La Cour suprême des États-Unis juge que les utilisateurs d’Applications pour téléphones sont des acheteurs directs et ont qualité à agir contre la plateforme qui les distribue (Apple / Pepper)

Jean-Christophe Roda • N° 3-2019 • pp. 208-211

L’actualité du trimestre en droit américain antitrust est incontestablement marquée par l’affaire Apple Inc. v. Pepper (587 U.S., 2019). Dans une décision rendue le 13 mai 2019, la Cour suprême des États-Unis a été amenée à se prononcer sur la question de savoir si les utilisateurs d’iPhones pouvaient agir (...)

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