Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Peter D. Camesasca, Johan Ysewyn (Clifford Chance), Thomas Weck and Brian Bowman ask Cartel Appeals to the Court of Justice: The Song of the Sirens? ABSTRACT: This article reviews the cartel precedent of the General...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Ludivine Garside, University of Bristol - Leverhulme Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO), Paul A. Grout, University of Bristol - Leverhulme Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO) and Anna Zalewska, University of Bath...
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Valeria Falce (European University of Rome) discusses INTERLOCKING DIRECTORATES: AN ITALIAN ANTITRUST DILEMMA. ABSTRACT: The detrimental effects deriving from the widespread diffusion of interlocking directorates in the financial sector have been recently addressed by the...
La cuestión acerca de la legitimación que a los registradores de la propiedad confiere el artículo 328 de la Ley Hipotecaria para acudir a los tribunales solicitando la nulidad de las resoluciones dictadas por la Dirección General de los Registros y del Notariado revocatorias de su calificación, ha sido abordada por esta Sala en su sentencia de Pleno núm. 62 […]
Es la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 24 de mayo de 2013 En nuestro caso, consta que en la junta de socios celebrada el día 17 de marzo de 2006, se aprobó por unanimidad un acuerdo por el que los socios y la propia sociedad renunciaban al derecho de adquisición preferente previsto en los estatutos, respecto de la comunicación de venta de participaciones re […]
No son frecuentes las sentencias que se ocupen de casos de exclusión de socios. En buena medida por la restrictiva regulación legal de la figura, el escaso uso que se hace en los estatutos sociales de la libertad de configuración de éstos – muchas pegas en los registros mercantiles - y, también en buena medida, porque no se acoge generalizadamente la idea d […]
RBB EconomicsRBB Economics Together with the publication of its proposed legislation to facilitate damage claims, the Commission has published a Practical Guide to the quantification of harm arising from infringements of the competition rules. The Practical Guide was published in draft … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Actions for damages – a Practica […]
Max Findlay AssociatesMax Findlay Associates The pantomime season has come early this year with the recent headline row over how oil prices are set. It is the show that has something for everyone. Furious motorists. Politicians looking for cheap and cheerful publicity. … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Time for action
Baker & MackenzieBaker & Mackenzie Like the European Commission, I am confident that the European Merger Simplification Project will bring benefits for clients. As many commentators have affirmed, I do not doubt that the increase of the currently applicable market share thresholds … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on The one-handed European Merge […]
Like the European Commission, I am confident that the European Merger Simplification Project will bring benefits for clients. As many commentators have affirmed, I do not doubt that the increase of the currently applicable market share thresholds for the identification … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on The one-handed European Merger Simplification Pro […]
Wolters Kluwer Law & BusinessWolters Kluwer Law & Business It appears that the U.S. Supreme Court will soon resolve a split among the circuits on the issue of whether parens patriae actions can be removed from state court as “mass actions” under the Class … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Removability of Parens Patriae Antitrust Actions Under […]
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM“) has stepped up its merger control activities on many fronts in recent weeks, issuing ground-breaking decisions in the Glencore/Xstrata and Marubeni/Gavilon cases and circulating draft procedural rules for public consultation on merger remedies and … Continue reading →• Leave a comment on Recent Developments in Chin […]
June 15, 2013 In an interesting decision issued yesterday, the Alberta Court of Appeal overturned a Court of Queen’s Bench decision that found that two oil producers (Husky and Exxon) had violated Canada’s former conspiracy offence under section 45 of the Competition Act (the “Act”) by jointly deciding not to source fluid hauling services from [...]
June 11, 2013 Two new Investment Canada Act related reports have recently been published by The Conference Board of Canada (Green Machine: Financing Growth in the New Saskatchewan) and the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy (China’s State-Owned Enterprises: How Much Do We Know? From CNOOC to its Siblings). Abstracts: Green Machine: Financing Gro […]
June 10, 2013 In an interesting recent contest / sweepstakes case, A&P has reportedly agreed to settle charges alleging that it violated New York State sweepstakes laws by failing to adequately inform consumers that no purchase was required to enter its “A&P Frozen Food Month 2013” sweepstakes (for reports see: here and here). According to [...]
La sentencia de hoy, 18 de junio de 2013, del Tribunal de Justicia tiene como objeto la resolución de dos cuestiones prejudiciales planteadas desde Austria por el El Oberster Gerichtshof (Tribunal Supremo) en el marco de un procedimiento nacional en materia de competencia relativo a la aplicación del artículo 101 TFUE.La primera cuestión prejudicial plantea […]
Desde hace tiempo una de las preocupaciones de la Comisión Europea ha sido la repercusión que tienen en la competencia la imposición por parte de entidades de pago (fundamentalmente Visa y MasterCard) de las conocidas “tasas multilaterales de intercambio” (TMI), que al descuento el comerciante y que repercute normalmente al consumidor. En este sentido, la Co […]
Acaban de hacerse públicos dos documentos comunitarios relevantes el orden al avance sobre la aproximación de sistemas tendentes al resarcimiento de los daños causados por actos anticompetitivos. En primer lugar, la Propuesta de Directiva del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, relativo a determinadas normas que rigen las acciones por daños y perjuicios en vir […]