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The Indonesian Competition Authority imposes its first predatory pricing fine against a multinational cement manufacturer (CKSC)B
The German Parliament passes the digital competition act bringing significant changes to the competition law landscapeB
The German Parliament passes amendments of antitrust law focusing especially on the reform of regulatory requirements to curb the market power of large companies with digital business modelsB
The Russian Ninth Arbitration Appeal Court upholds the decision of the Competition Authority in respect of national railways abusing their dominant position (Russian Railways JSC)B
The UK Competition Authority opens an investigation into big tech company’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes (Google)B
The EU Commission and the UK Government publish an agreement governing post-Brexit trade relations that includes provisions regulating antitrust enforcement and cooperationB
The Lithuanian Competition Authority terminates investigation into real estate ads company for alleged abuse of dominant position (Diginet LTU)B
The Japanese FTC and the Government propose draft guidelines for business collaboration between large companies and startups for the purpose of promoting open innovation and ensuring fair and free competitive environmentsB
The Spanish Competition Authority confirms the opening of an investigation against pharmaceutical firms (Leadiant Biosciences Spa / Leadiant Biosciences LTD)B
The Spanish Competition authority initiates proceedings against two pharmaceutical companies for abuse of dominant position ((Leadiant Biosciences SPA / Leadiant Biosciences LTD))B
The Hong Kong Competition Authority brings first case on abuse of substantial market power to Competition Tribunal (Linde)B
The UK Competition Authority accepts legally binding commitments from a pharma company to continue supplying a key bipolar drug at an affordable price (Essential Pharma)B
The UK Competition Authority accepts legally binding commitments from a pharmaceutical company (Essential Pharma)B
The UK Competition Authority accepts the commitments of a pharmaceutical company to continue supplying a bipolar medicine to the national market (Essential Pharma)B
The US DoJ gives permission to three States to join its antitrust lawsuit against a big tech company for maintaining monopolies in search and search advertising (Google)B
The Spanish Competition Authority opens an investigation against a company for an abuse of dominance in the market for accessing and connecting to the electricity transmission network (Enel)B
The Luxembourg Competition Authority President rejects a request for interim measures in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis (Bionext / Laboratoire National de Santé)R
Proportionnalité : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme l’absence d’intérêt de l’Union européenne à poursuivre l’examen d’une plainte d’un concurrent d’un fabricant de fenêtres de toit, dès lors que l’étendue des investigations nécessaires serait disproportionnée au regard de la probabilité limitée de constater une violation de l’article 102 TFUE (Fakro)B
The EU Commission publishes report on the implementation of damages directiveB
The German Competition Authority examines linkage between virtual reality products brand and social network company (Oculus / Facebook)B
The German Competition Authority announces that it has initiated abuse proceedings against a social platform company for linkage with a virtual reality products brand (Oculus / Facebook)B
The US FTC sues the world’s dominant social network company for illegal monopolization, requires divesting its acquisitions of up-and-coming rivals and prohibiting the imposition of anticompetitive conditions on software developers (Facebook)B
The US State of New York Attorney General (AG) leads a bipartisan lawsuit by 46 State AGs, District of Columbia AG, and Territory of Guam AG seeking to end the dominant social network company’s allegedly illegal monopoly, including predatory acquisitions and reduction of privacy protections for consumers (US State AGs / Facebook)eB
Douglas H. Ginsburg Liber Amicorum : An Antitrust Professor on the Bench Vol. II Antitrust and the Clash of SovereignsB
The OECD holds a roundtable on abuse of dominance in digital marketsB
The Israeli Competition Authority examines 21 national start-ups that were acquired by giant technology companies and submits the findings to the OECDB
The Dutch Competition Authority finds in its study of major tech firms on the national payment market that tightening of rules is needed to maintain a level playing fieldB
The Irish Competition Authority seeks High Court order on ticket sales and distribution company’s agreement (Ticketmaster)B
Unilateral conduct in the energy sector: An overview of EU and national case lawR
Abus de position dominante : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne étend aux festivals sa jurisprudence permissive autorisant les sociétés de gestion collective à imposer un barème de redevances calculé sur la base des recettes brutes tirées de la vente des billets d’entrée dans des discothèques et sur les recettes des émissions de télévision destinées au grand public (SABAM / Weareone.World, Wecandance)B
The EU Court of Justice rules that the fee structure for music played at festivals adopted by a Belgian collecting society is not abusive (SABAM)B
The EU Court of Justice states that the fee structure for music played at festivals adopted by collecting societies is not necessarily abusive (SABAM)B
The EU Court of Justice rules that a hotel using an online booking platform may, in principle, bring proceedings against that platform before a court of the Member State in which that hotel is established in order to bring to an end a possible abuse of a dominant position (Wikingerhof / Booking.com)B
The UK Competition Authority consults on proposed commitments from a pharma company to keep bipolar medicine on the market at an affordable price (Essential Pharma)R
Compétence : La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne dit pour droit qu’une action en responsabilité fondée sur l’obligation légale de s’abstenir de tout abus de position dominante relève de la matière délictuelle au sens du règlement Bruxelles I bis (Wikingerhof / Booking)B
The UK Competition Authority consults on commitments offered by a pharma company to keep its cheaper bipolar drug in the market at an increased price that is still below the company’s more expensive competing bipolar medication (Essential Pharma)B
The EU Court of Justice rules that an online travel agency has abused its dominant position, and opens greater access to victims to bring actions before national courts (Wikingerhof / Booking.com)B
The EU Court of Justice rules that an action based on an abuse of dominant position is a matter relating to tort regarding the European regulations even if the parties are bound by a contract (Wikingerhof / Booking.com)B
The Australian Competition Authority alleges that an ice-cream supplier infringed competition law by engaging in exclusive dealing (Peters Ice Cream)B
The EU General Court upholds the Commission’s decision finding that the national railway company of Lithuania abused its dominant position on the national rail freight market (Lietuvos geležinkelai)R
Infrastructure essentielle : Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne confirme la décision de la Commission européenne constatant un abus de position dominante par l’opérateur historique lituanien des chemins de fer, mais réduit l’amende infligée (Lietuvos geležinkeliai)B
The EU General Court maintains Commission decision finding that a Lithuanian railway company abused its dominant position on the national rail freight sector (Lietuvos geležinkelai)B
The EU General Court confirms the Commission’s decision finding that a national rail company abused its dominant position on the market (Lietuvos geležinkelai)eB
Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. II DEBORAH MAJORAS, Procter & Gamble and HANNA ANTTILAINEN, DG COMP, European CommissioneB
Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. II DIANE WOOD, US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and LINA KHAN, Columbia UniversityeB
Women & Antitrust - Voices from the Field, Vol. II LAURENCE IDOT, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas and ANNE-SOPHIE CHONÉ-GRIMALDI, University Paris NanterreB
The Hungarian Supreme Court upholds Competition Authority’s finding that a food retail company has abused its dominance (Auchan)B
The EU Commission sends statement of objections to global e-commerce company for the use of non-public independent seller data and opens second investigation into its e-commerce business practices (Amazon)R
Abus de position dominante : La Commission européenne adresse une communication des griefs à une plateforme de commerce électronique lui reprochant d’avoir utilisé de façon systématique les données commerciales non publiques des vendeurs indépendants qui utilisent sa place de marché afin de favoriser la vente de ses propres produits (Amazon)B
The Italian Competition Authority fines a plastic supply chain consortium €27 million for abuse of dominant position in the recovery of pet plastic packaging (Corepla)
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