Tag: Abuse of Dominance
Apple (C-595/17): ECJ on jurisdiction clauses and private enforcement: “Multinationals, go...
October 2018
CPI EU News Column edited by Thibault Schrepel, Sam Sadden & Jan Roth (CPI) presents:
Apple (C-595/17): ECJ on jurisdiction clauses and private enforcement: “Multinationals,...
Lithuania: Regulator agrees to Swedbank concessions
The Lithuanian Competition Council announced on July 20 that the local branch of Swedbank has made concessions in order to resolve an ongoing investigation...
Greece: HCC fines Colgate-Palmolive €10m
The Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) announced on July 17, 2017, that it had issued over €10 million (US$11.5 million) in fines to a group...
EU: Qualcomm loses daily fine appeal
US chipmaker Qualcomm faces the threat of a daily fine of €580,000 (US$665,000) for failing to provide EU antitrust regulators with information after missing...
Spain: Nokia Networks fined in antitrust case
Spanish communications and competition regulator, CNMC, has fined Nokia Solutions and Networks Spain a total of EUR 1.74 million (US$1.94m) following anticompetitive behavior in...
The EU Competition Law Fining System: A Quantitative Review of the...
Posted by Social Science Research Network
The EU Competition Law Fining System: A Quantitative Review of the Commission Decisions between 2000 and 2017
By Damien Geradin...
Reflections on Section 5 of the FTC Act & the FTC’s...
Daniel Crane, Feb 28, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) unprecedented enforcement action against Intel raises profound issues concerning the scope of the FTC’s powers...
EU: McDonald’s accused of antitrust practices in France, Italy and Germany
McDonald’s is facing antitrust complaints in France, Germany and Italy for allegedly abusing its market power to force franchisees to charge higher prices than...
South Africa: Competition Commission pursues prosecution of seed potato supplier
The Competition Commission has asked the Competition Tribunal to prosecute Netherlands-based seed potato breeder HZPC Holland and its exclusive South African distributor Wesgro Potatoes...
The Tetra Pak Case: Are Loyalty Rebates Treated Differently By The...
By Michael Han, Andrew Skudder and David Boyle -
In November 2016, the SAIC published its penalty decision against Tetra Pak. Following a thorough investigation,...