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All-Clear for Dual Distribution? New EU Rules on Vertical Agreements Provide Important Guidance

Hogan Lovells on 5/19/2022

The European Commission has now published the final text of the revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and the accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints. The new rules will enter into force on 1 June 2022 and...more

Dual Distribution in the EU – European Commission publishes new draft guidance

Hogan Lovells on 2/15/2022

The European Commission has published a new draft guidance with regard to exchange of information related to dual distribution. This draft guidance provides valuable dos and don’ts for companies concerning the information...more

Retail Price Maintenance: Dammann Frères Fined for Imposing Online Sale Price of Tea to Its Retailers

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 12/16/2020

In Decision No. 20-D-20 issued on Dec. 3, 2020, the French Competition Authority fined the tea producer Dammann Frères €226,000 for forbidding its retailers to freely determine their own online resale prices for Dammann...more

Shaping Europe’s Digital Future – EU publishes its draft Digital Services Act

Hogan Lovells on 12/16/2020

Awaited with bated breath by stakeholders in the online industry and by IP right holders alike, the EU Commission published its official draft for the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA is conceived as one of the central...more

Digital Markets: Closing the Regulatory Gap on All Fronts?

Morgan Lewis on 10/12/2020

The European Commission is opening multiple fronts to adapt and increase regulatory oversight of digital players in the EU Internal Market. At the same time, EU member states such as Germany and France on the one hand, as...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: June-July 2020

K&L Gates LLP on 7/13/2020

ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The General Court Of The EU Overturns A Commission Decision To Prohibit A £10.25bn Telecom Takeover In The UK - In 2016, the European Commission (Commission) blocked the proposed acquisition of a...more

Financial Daily Dose 12.18.2019 | Top Story: Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot Boards Agree to $50 Billion Merger

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/18/2019

Fiat Chrysler and rival Peugeot have agreed to binding merger terms that, if approved by US and European regulators, would create a “$50 billion auto giant that would rank among the world’s largest car companies by sales”....more

Modernizing EU Competition Policy: Will the EU's Angst with Chinese State-Owned Companies Help U.S. Tech Firms off the European...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/23/2019

During her five-year term as European commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager has earned a reputation for going hard after U.S. tech companies. This position had traction in certain European political circles and,...more

Short-Term Rental Update: Airbnb poised for a reprieve in the EU; Guesty offers innovative and more streamlined tools for property...

Foster Garvey PC on 5/20/2019

Airbnb poised for a reprieve in the EU - ("Why Airbnb Could Escape the Uber Trap in Europe," Fortune Magazine on Apr 30, 2019) The Court of Justice of the European Union is considering whether Airbnb was breaking the...more

Opportunity to Help Shape the Key Rules that Affect How You Sell Your Products in Europe

K&L Gates LLP on 2/12/2019

The European Commission ("Commission") has invited manufacturers and other interested market participants to provide their input on the laws that govern how products are sold in Europe, in particular the sorts of restrictions...more

European Competition Law Newsletter – December 2018

McGuireWoods LLP on 12/4/2018

EU Kicks Off Review of Critical Rules on Vertical Agreements - The EU’s 2010 “block exemption” for vertical agreements is probably the most commonly used piece of EU competition legislation in day-to-day practice. ...more

Platform Bans: German Competition Authority Critical Despite Coty Judgment

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/15/2018

Since last year’s “Coty” judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), it may have seemed settled that authorized dealers in a selective distribution network can be prohibited from selling products via third-party...more

Is Amazon The Next Big Case? – GAFA Under Antitrust Scrutiny

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/18/2018

Margrethe Vestager, head of the European Union’s Directorate-General for Competition (“DG Comp”), recently announced that the EU was once again investigating actions of a high-profile tech company – Amazon....more

Alert: European Commission Fines Consumer Electronics Manufacturers €111 Million for Online Pricing Restrictions

Cooley LLP on 8/15/2018

On 24 July 2018, the European Commission announced that it had fined four consumer electronics manufacturers – Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer – a total of €111 million (c.$126 million) for imposing fixed or...more

EU Commission fines major consumer electronics manufacturers for fixing online resale prices

BCLP on 7/25/2018

On 24th July 2018 the EU Commission passed a decision to enforce the competition rules in yet another case involving the e-commerce sector. This time it fined a number of leading consumer electronics groups including Denon &...more

The Challenge of the Internet for EU and US Retail Distribution Strategies

BCLP on 7/16/2018

The increasing importance of the internet has caused EU and US antitrust regulators to look closely at a range of trading policies including restrictions on internet sales, geo-blocking, use of on line platforms, MFN clauses...more

Proskauer’s Second Annual Survey on Trends in Private Credit Markets

Proskauer Rose LLP on 4/18/2018

We are delighted to share with you the results from our second annual Trends in Private Credit survey. This year’s survey was conducted via web from January 9th to February 9th 2018. In this report, we will share...more

Expansion of digital markets and restrictions

BCLP on 4/17/2018

The European Commission has been closely following the developments in e-commerce. As more and more goods and services are sold online, the Commission finds itself inevitably drawn into regulating the competition rules in...more

2018 EU Trade, Regulatory and Competition Trends

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/9/2018

Our “trends for 2018” are only a selection of interesting developments to watch for in 2018. Within the political and legislative cycle of the European Union, 2018 promises to be an eventful year, given that it is the last...more

10 EU Competition & Regulatory Trends to Watch for in 2018

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/24/2018

Introduction - Our “trends for 2018” are only a selection of interesting developments to watch for in 2018. Within the political and legislative cycle of the European Union, 2018 promises to be an eventful year, given...more

Protecting Prestige: EU Decision Safeguards Sale of Luxury Brands From Online Marketplaces

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/14/2017

In a major victory for luxury brands in Europe that could have far-reaching effects on e-commerce sales of luxury products in the future, the European Court of Justice (COJ) recently held that a luxury goods supplier can stop...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: July

K&L Gates LLP on 7/7/2017

On 10 May 2017, the European Commission (“Commission”) published its final report (“Report”) concluding a wide-ranging two-year long inquiry into e-commerce (“Inquiry”). During the Inquiry – which was conceived as part of the...more

European Competition Law Newsletter – June 2017

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/2/2017

EU Regulators Open Pharma Pricing Investigations Focusing on Abuse of Dominance - The European Commission and UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have both opened new investigations into alleged abuses of...more

The European Commission Announces Further Competition Enforcement Following its E-Commerce Inquiry: Considerations for Consumer...

K&L Gates LLP on 5/19/2017

On 10 May 2017, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its final report (“Final Report”) concluding its wide-ranging, two-year long inquiry into e-commerce (“Inquiry”). The Final Report offers key insights into...more

Alert: E-commerce Sector Inquiry Final Report Heralds Renewed Enforcement by the Commission

Cooley LLP on 5/12/2017

The European Commission published the hotly anticipated final report of its two year E-commerce Sector Inquiry on 10 May. As predicted by our client briefing on the Commission’s Preliminary Report, which the Commission...more

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