EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 -
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid and public procurement rules,...more
9/4/2020
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
FRAND ,
Internet Retailers ,
Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) ,
Resale Pricing ,
Retailers ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
On 8 November 2016, the “Autorité de la concurrence” (French competition authority) provided a stark warning about the dangers of early implementation of a transaction prior to merger control clearance. This is one type of...more
Only a few weeks ago, EU Competition Commissioner Vestager said in a speech, “We continue to look carefully at this issue, but we haven’t found a competition [antitrust] problem yet”. She was referring to antitrust issues...more
3/9/2016
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Big Data ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Facebook ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Young Lawyers
On 16 February 2016, the European Commission (EC) took the next step in its antitrust investigation into the use of price increase letters by 15 container liner shipping companies (carriers). The concern identified by the...more
3/2/2016
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Google ,
Patent Litigation ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Settlement Agreements ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
A self-described “small business” recently succeeded in obtaining an interim injunction (restraining an alleged abuse of dominance) in a UK court against the giant telecom provider Telefónica (trading in the UK under the name...more
9/1/2015
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Capital Markets Act (CMA) ,
Compensation Schemes ,
Competition Authorities ,
CRA ,
EU ,
Excessive Pricing ,
Injunctions ,
Small Business ,
UK ,
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)