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Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

For the First Time, Israel Competition Authority Enforces Prohibition on Excessive Pricing

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For the first time, the Israel Competition Authority has opened enforcement proceedings against a monopolist for abuse of its dominant position by charging an unfairly high price. Subject to a hearing, the authority intends...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Defending an Abuse of Dominance Case after the Vancouver Airport Decision

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The Competition Tribunal has released extensive reasons for dismissing the abuse of dominance claim brought by Canada's Commissioner of Competition against the Vancouver Airport Authority. For future investigations and...more

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Unfair Data Protection Practices May Constitute an Abuse of Market Power

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The Situation: An investigation launched in 2016 by the German competition authority was meant to determine if Facebook was abusing its market position with its imposition of "misleading" data protection policies. The...more

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German Antitrust Authority Finds Antitrust Infringement on the Basis of a Data Protection Breach

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The German antitrust authority (FCO) has ordered Facebook to stop collecting data outside Facebook’s platform without the user’s “voluntary consent.” The decision breaks new ground because it links data protection and...more

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