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9 Nov 2020 B

The US FTC settles allegations that a real-time communications platform offering a videoconferencing software has engaged in a series of unfair practices and requires it to enhance its security procedures (Zoom)

Lale Tuzmen Aktas • Competition Law & Covid-19

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (Zoom) gained enough popularity to attract the FTC’s attention, including to its security practices. The FTC-Zoom settlement announced on November 9, 2020, which requires Zoom to implement a robust information security program, marked (...)

6 Nov 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Icelandic schemes to compensate companies suffering income losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • November 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves Icelandic schemes to compensate companies* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved two Icelandic schemes that will offer direct grants to companies suffering income losses as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the (...)

5 Nov 2020 B

Dominance in the pharmaceutical sector: An overview of EU and national case law

Marion Provost, Mélanie Thill-Tayara • Pharma & Dominance

While pharmaceutical companies are subject to sector-specific regulations, the industry is not exempt from competition law, as exemplified by the numerous investigations that are regularly conducted by competition authorities around the globe and the magnitude of the sanctions that have been (...)

4 Nov 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Norwegian renewal of support scheme for cultural events due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • November 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves renewal of support scheme for cultural events in Norway* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved renewal and amendments of a scheme to cover losses following cancellation and postponement of events. Events across Norway have been cancelled or (...)

4 Nov 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €1.5 billion Dutch scheme to compensate public transport companies for damages suffered due to COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • November 2020

State aid: Commission approves €1.5 billion Dutch scheme to compensate public transport companies for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a Dutch scheme of around €1.5 billion to compensate companies providing regional and (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

Competition and the pandemic

Rod Sims • N° 4-2020

Extraordinary times sometimes require extraordinary responses. The authorisation provisions in Australia’s competition law have enabled the ACCC to react quickly and flexibly to this dreadful pandemic and allow some competitors to cooperate temporarily to address more effectively the economic (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

Croatia: Topical issues in the current competition law

Siniša Petrović, Marijana Liszt, Petra Kontić • N° 4-2020 • pp. 258-263

This paper discusses current developments in competition law in Croatia by reviewing some of the most relevant issues in these unprecedented times. One of them concerns the recent decisions of the Croatian Constitutional Court by which several judgments of the Administrative Court were quashed. (...)

1^er nov. 2020 R

Olivier Guersent (DG COMP) : La politique de concurrence européenne dans le contexte de crise

Olivier Guersent, Thierry Boillot, Muriel Chagny, Jacques Derenne, Frédéric Jenny, Michel Ponsard, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin • N° 4-2020 • pp. 14-22

Entretien réalisé avec : Thierry Boillot, Directeur Concurrence, AFEC – AFJE, Paris Muriel Chagny, Professeur, Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris-Saclay) et Présidente, AFEC, Paris Jacques Derenne, Associé, Sheppard Mullin, Bruxelles et Professeur, Université de Liège Frédéric (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

USA: Does a federal price gouging law even make sense—and, if so, what should it look like?

Michelle K. Fischer, Tiffany D. Lipscomb-Jackson • N° 4-2020

As COVID-19 continues to impact communities across the United States—causing many state and local authorities to extend (or reinstate) emergency orders and other state-specific pricing restrictions—the idea of federal price gouging legislation has become a hot topic of conversation in the U.S. (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

Pierre Régibeau (DG COMP): Chief Economist – Priorities and cases in times of upheaval

Pierre Régibeau, Cristina Caffarra • N° 4-2020

A conversation with Cristina Caffarra, Head of European Competition, Charles River Associates, London/Brussels. The big “Zeitgeist” discussion when you started off as chief economist was—and continues to be—about antitrust enforcement falling short in its ability to deal with digital platforms in (...)

1 Nov 2020 R

The failing firm defence in the age of COVID-19

Nicholas Levy, Daniel P. Culley, Richard Pepper, Alexis R. B. Lazda, Edward Dean • N° 4-2020

As COVID-19 continues to cause economic upheaval, undermine established business models, and jeopardise the long-term viability of important sectors of the economy, an increasing number of transactions may involve firms in severe financial difficulty. This may in turn increase the number of (...)

30 Oct 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves Norwegian State aid to cancelled Offshore Northern Seas conference and fair due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Offshore Northern Seas Foundation)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • October 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves state aid to cancelled Offshore Northern Seas conference and fair* The EFTA Surveillance Authority has today approved state aid for the Offshore Northern Seas Foundation’s (ONS) 2020 conference, which was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The (...)

27 Oct 2020 B

The Dutch Competition Authority allows health insurers to distribute the additional costs of effects of the COVID-19 crisis among each other

Dutch Competition Authority • October 2020

Dutch health insurers may distribute the additional costs of effects of the coronavirus crisis among each other* This year, Dutch health insurers may distribute the additional costs of the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis among themselves. The Netherlands Authority for Consumers (...)

23 Oct 2020 B

The Australian Competition Authority issues interim report on its first inquiry of digital services platforms which finds a surge in online messaging use during the COVID-19 pandemic as big digital platforms continue to expand

Australian Competition Authority • October 2020

Surge in online messaging use as big digital platforms continue to expand* Australians are increasingly turning to online private messaging services to keep in touch with each other, and are overwhelmingly choosing services provided by Facebook and Apple. The ACCC’s first Digital Platform (...)

22 Oct 2020 B

The UK Competition Authority provisionally finds in Phase II investigation that the complete merger in online secondary ticketing market will reduce competition and proposes structural remedies even after accounting for COVID-19 (Viagogo / StubHub)

UK Competition Authority • October 2020

CMA finds competition concerns in viagogo and StubHub merger* Following an in-depth investigation, the CMA has provisionally found that the completed merger of viagogo and StubHub will reduce competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that viagogo and StubHub are close (...)

22 Oct 2020 B

The Mexican Competition Authority opens investigation into possible anticompetitive practices in the market for the leasing of non-residential real estate spaces

Mexican Competition Authority • October 2020

COFECE investigates possible absolute monopolistic practices in the market for the leasing of non-residential real estate spaces* This investigation shall not be understood as a prejudgment, but as an action of the authority to verify compliance with the Federal Economic Competition Law. In (...)

21 Oct 2020 B

The Russian Competition Authority approves first two manufacturers on the maximum selling price of medicine favipiravir used in treating COVID-19 and announces that the price registration will increase its availability for the country’s population

Russian Competition Authority • October 2020

FAS: After Favipiravir Price Registration, Its Retail Price Will Be Reduced at Least Twice* Registering the price of a medicine for treatment of COVID-19 will significantly increase its availability for the Russian population The FAS Russia has approved the first two pharmaceutical (...)

19 Oct 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves aid to an agricultural and trade fair in Norway due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Dyrsku’n)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • October 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves aid to Dyrsku’n agricultural and trade fair in Norway* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved aid to Dyrsku’n, Norway’s largest agricultural and trade fair. The aid aims to compensate for pandemic-related losses following the cancellation of the (...)

19 Oct 2020 B

The Polish Competition Authority clears the first merger under rules for protecting companies of strategic national importance during COVID-19 (H&F Corporate Investors VIII / The Center for Electronic Settlements Polish ePayments)

Polish Competition Authority • October 2020

Investment control - first decision of the President of UOKIK* H&F Fund from the Cayman Islands granted consent to take over the Center for Electronic Settlements Polish ePayments S.A. The transaction does not pose a threat to security, order or public health. This is the first decision of (...)

15 Oct 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves prolongation of support to airlines in Norway due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • October 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves prolongation of support to airlines in Norway* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved the extension of the current guarantee scheme for airline operators in Norway until 31 December 2020. Strict containment measures, including travel (...)

14 Oct 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority approves renewal of Norwegian support to event organisers in the sports and voluntary sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • October 2020

COVID-19 pandemic: ESA approves renewal of support to event organisers in the sports and voluntary sector* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today approved renewal and amendments of a scheme to cover losses following cancellation and postponement of events. Events across Norway have (...)

13 Oct 2020 C

Financial Services and Antitrust: A live update with DG COMP and UK FCA

Barbara Brandtner, Sheldon Mills, Frederic Palomino, Matthew Readings, Daniela Bowry-Blum

Webinar of the "Law & Economics" Series organised by Concurrences, in partnership with Compass Lexecon and Shearman & Sterling, with Daniela Bowry-Blum (Head of Competition, Santander), Barbara Brandtner (Head of Unit, Markets and cases III: Financial services - Antitrust: Payments (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs and expands temporary framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses due to the COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • October 2020

State aid: Commission prolongs and expands Temporary Framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses* The European Commission has decided to prolong and extend the scope of the State aid Temporary Framework adopted on 19 March 2020 to support the economy in the (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission extends for the fourth time the State aid temporary framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

François-Charles Laprévote, Theodora Zagoriti • October 2020

On October 13, the Commission extended and expanded for the fourth time the scope of the State aid Temporary Framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak (the “TF”).. Based on this amendment, all TF provisions are extended until June 30, 2021 while the section on (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The Mexican Competition Authority proposes 12 measures on economic competition matters to support the recovery of the national economy as a result of the COVID-19 health crisis

Mexican Competition Authority • October 2020

COFECE proposes 12 measures on economic competition matters to support the recovery of the Mexican economy* As a result of the health crisis, markets could further concentrate. Guaranteeing inclusion and permanence of a wide range of companies is the best way to ensure a sustainable recovery (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission publishes the fourth amendment to the State aid temporary framework to support the economy in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Nina Niejahr, Bram Hoorelbeke, Hannelore Wiame • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the Commission decided to extend the coverage of the Temporary Framework and prolong it for six months until 30 June 2021, except for the section on recapitalisation support, which was extended for three months until 30 September 2021 (4th Amendment). In March 2020, the (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs its State aid temporary framework in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Renato Antonini, Kaarli Harry Eichhorn, Jörg Hladjk, Cristiana Spontoni • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the European Commission decided to prolong and extend the scope of the State Aid Temporary Framework as follows: Extension of Temporary Framework: All sections of the Temporary Framework are prolonged for six months until 30 June 2021, except the section that enables (...)

13 oct. 2020 R

Covid-19 : La Commission européenne prolonge et étend l’encadrement temporaire pour soutenir l’économie dans le contexte de l’épidémie de coronavirus

Alain Ronzano • N° 4-2020

Le 13 octobre 2020 la Commission européenne a adopté, après consultation des États membres un 4ème amendement à l’encadrement temporaire des aides d’État du 19 mars 2020, lequel avait déjà été modifié à trois reprises, les 3 avril, 8 mai et 29 juin 2020. Le présent amendement entraîne : La prolongation de (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission announces extension of the EU State aid temporary framework in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Matthew Levitt, Leigh Hancher, David Gabathuler • October 2020

Prolongs the Regime until 30 June 2021, Allows for Short-term Support for Uncovered Fixed Costs and Adapts Conditions for State Recapitalization Measures The European Commission (‘Commission’) relaxed the strict EU state aid rules and introduced a Temporary Framework (‘TF’) in March 2020 to allow (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission adopts the fourth amendment to the State aid temporary framework in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, making Serbia add recapitalization measures

Bisera Andrijašević • October 2020

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the Government of Serbia has adopted several state aid measures aimed at helping the economic entities preserve jobs and liquidity. In this respect, the Government took the lead from the European Commission and its measures adopted within the scope of (...)

13 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission prolongs and expands COVID-19 temporary framework to further support companies facing significant turnover losses

Francesco Pili, Markus Wellinger • October 2020

On 13 October 2020, the Commission prolonged the scope of the COVID-19 Temporary Framework adopted on 19 March 2020. All sections of the Temporary Framework have been prolonged for six months (i.e. until 30 June 2021), and the section to enable recapitalisation support is prolonged for three (...)

6 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €1.5 billion Italian scheme to support companies affected by COVID-19 outbreak in Southern Italy

European Commission • October 2020

State aid: Commission approves €1.5 billion Italian scheme to support companies affected by coronavirus outbreak in Southern Italy* The European Commission has approved a €1.5 billion Italian scheme to support companies operating in regions of Southern Italy affected by the coronavirus outbreak, (...)

2 Oct 2020 B

The EU Commission consults Member States on a proposal to prolong and adjust State aid Temporary Framework in the context of the changing COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • October 2020

Coronavirus: Commission Statement on consulting Member States on proposal to prolong and adjust State aid Temporary Framework* Today, the European Commission has sent to Member States for consultation a draft proposal to prolong until 30 June 2021 the State aid Temporary Framework, adopted on (...)

24 Sep 2020 B

UK & Covid-19: An overview of the competition policy and leading cases

Okeoghene Odudu • UK & Covid-19

An outbreak of COVID-19 pneumonia was detected in Wuhan, China and reported to the World Health Organisation on 31 December 2019 and characterised as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. In the absence of either a treatment or a vaccine, Government advice on social distancing, concerns about disruption (...)

24 Sep 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority prolongs its recommendation for quicker conformity assessments for PPE and proposes derogations from standard market-approval procedures for medical equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • September 2020

ESA prolongs a recommendation to prevent delays and ease market access for protective equipment and medical gear* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today decided to amend and prolong its Recommendation on conformity assessment and market surveillance procedures , in order to continue (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The EU Commission approves a €44 million Italian recapitalisation scheme to support large companies affected by COVID-19 outbreak

European Commission • September 2020

State aid: Commission approves €44 billion Italian recapitalisation scheme to support large companies affected by coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has approved an Italian scheme, with an overall budget of €44 billion, to support large enterprises affected by the coronavirus (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The Australian Competition Authority releases an airline competition report exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the sector

Australian Competition Authority • September 2020

Airline competition critical for consumers and economy* The ACCC’s Airline Competition in Australia reportreleased today explores the significant impact of COVID-19 on the sector and outlines the approach the ACCC will take to protecting competition. The report is the first under the Federal (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The Australian Competition Authority authorizes cooperation in the energy industry under strict restrictions due to COVID-19 outbreak

Australian Competition Authority • September 2020

Energy industry cooperation authorised with strict conditions* The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and participants in gas and electricity markets have been authorised to cooperate on measures to secure Australia’s energy supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authorisation (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority renews decision requiring disclosure of net short positions of 0.1% and above during the COVID-19 pandemic

EFTA Surveillance Authority • September 2020

ESA renews decision requiring disclosure of net short positions of 0.1% and above* The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has renewed its decision to temporarily require holders of net short positions in shares traded on a regulated market of the EEA EFTA States to notify the relevant national (...)

17 Sep 2020 B

The UK Competition Authority imposes interim measures while it prolongs due to COVID-19 pandemic its investigation of an updated agreement between major airlines on providing slots to other competitors on certain UK-US routes (Atlantic Joint Business Agreement)

UK Competition Authority • September 2020

CMA acts to protect competition on UK-US airline routes* Due to coronavirus, the CMA has imposed measures to protect competition on UK-US air routes while it investigates an agreement involving BA and American Airlines. The next year will see the expiry of remedies in place under a set of (...)

11 Sep 2020 B

The Hellenic Competition Authority launches an investigation on health and hospital equipment during COVID-19 pandemic

Hellenic Competition Authority • September 2020

The interim results of HCC’s investigations on health and hospital equipment during covid-19 pandemic* Subject: Investigation by the Hellenic Competition Commission in the markets of a) healthcare materials, b) other appropriate means of individual or collective protection against the spread of (...)

10 Sep 2020 B

The Australian Competition Authority authorizes oil companies to cooperate to secure fuel supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Australian Competition Authority • September 2020

Oil companies authorised to cooperate to secure fuel supplies during COVID-19* The Australian Institute of Petroleum (AIP) and major oil refiners have been granted authorisation by the ACCC to continue cooperating on measures to improve the security of fuel supplies during the COVID-19 (...)

4 Sep 2020 B

The EU Commission approves €199.45 million Italian support to compensate national airline for damages suffered due to COVID-19 outbreak (Alitalia)

European Commission • September 2020

State aid: Commission approves €199.45 million Italian support to compensate Alitalia for damages suffered due to coronavirus outbreak* The European Commission has found Italian €199.45 million support in favour of Alitalia to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measure aims at compensating (...)

3 Sep 2020 B

The Australian Competition Authority authorises supermarkets to continue cooperating on COVID-19 response

Australian Competition Authority • September 2020

Supermarkets authorised to continue cooperating on COVID-19 response* Supermarket operators will be allowed to continue cooperating to ensure supply of food and groceries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, under an ACCC authorisation granted today. Coles, Woolworths, Metcash, Aldi, and (...)

3 Sep 2020 B

The Montenegrin Competition Authority opens investigations into the compatibility with State aid rules of aid granted to an airline company in the view of the COVID-19 pandemic (Lex MA)

Bisera Andrijašević • September 2020

The Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition (“Agency“) issued on 3 September 2020 a decision to open a formal investigation procedure into the compatibility with state aid rules of the state aid granted by virtue of the 2019 Law on Investment into Consolidation and Development of the (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Isabelle Berger-Steiner (Nivalion): Funding competition claims – What is the impact of the Covid-19 crisis?

Isabelle Berger-Steiner, Marc Barennes • N° 3-2020 • pp. 16-18

Interview conducted by Marc Barennes, CDC Cartel Damage Claims, Luxembourg. As a follow-up to the first interview with a litigation funder I carried out last year, it is my pleasure this year to interview Dr Isabelle Berger-Steiner, a Director and Head of Switzerland, France & Benelux with (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

Failing firm defence – a tool in crisis?

Didier Théophile, Anne Faber • N° 3-2020

The failing firm defence, although a well-established principle of EU and numerous national merger control rules worldwide, is only very rarely successful because of the strict interpretation and high evidentiary burden imposed by competition authorities. The current Covid-19 crisis has plunged (...)

1 Sep 2020 R

COVID-19: Lessons learned in public procurement. Time for a new normal?

Laurence Folliot-Lalliot, Christopher R. Yukins • N° 3-2020 • pp. 46-58

The COVID-19 crisis upended markets and assumptions in public procurement, and posed an almost existential threat to traditional procurement systems. Seismic changes in economic relationships – governments were no longer monopsonists, government officials failed as economic intermediaries (...)

1^er sept. 2020 R

Les relations fournisseur-distributeur à l’épreuve de l’épidémie de Covid-19 (Webinaire - 21 avril 2020)

Jacques Davy, Daniel Diot, Valérie Weil-Lancry • N° 3-2020

La crise sanitaire et ses conséquences ont impacté directement les accords commerciaux qui venaient à peine d’être signés pour l’année 2020 entre les distributeurs et les entreprises de l’alimentation qui les fournissent. Cette situation a amené les fournisseurs à réfléchir aux différents mécanismes (...)

27 Aug 2020 B

The EFTA Surveillance Authority greenlights state guarantee for Icelandic airline due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Icelandair)

EFTA Surveillance Authority • August 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic: ESA greenlights state guarantee for Icelandair* Iceland will provide state aid to Icelandair to partly compensate for the damage resulting from travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 outbreak. Icelandair is an international passenger airline operating in Iceland. It (...)

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