Una sentencia de apelación que empieza diciendo que “Se interpone recurso de apelación por la titular del Registro Mercantil de A Coruña, Dª María Jesús Torres Cortel, contra la sentencia dictada por el Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº Dos de A Coruña, que estimando la demanda deducida por la entidad PROMOCIONES VILLARDEVOS S.L., en liquidación, declara dejar sin […]
Felix Frankfurter, who penned a memoir more than 50 years ago that included a richly descriptive portrait of how a lawyer can lose his professional soul in service to a demanding client. Regarding a railroad tycoon and the "boot-licking deference" paid by his cadre of lawyers, he wrote: "If it means that you should be that kind of a subservien […]
Resulta muy decepcionante que conceptos jurídicos básicos no sean correctamente utilizados por el legislador. Y, peor aún, que formen parte del supuesto de hecho de normas sancionadoras o que imponen consecuencias negativas para los individuos a los que se dirigen. Como cuenta Javier Juste en un trabajo de próxima publicación (“El ámbito subjetivo de la cali […]
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 [...]
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 […]
Hoy se publica en España la Ley 3/2013, de 4 de junio, de creación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (BOE 134, de 5 de junio). Se confirma, por tanto, la creación de un organismo regulador que aglutina competencias hasta ahora propias de organismos diferentes, tal y como ha sucedido últimamente en otros países, como es el caso de Holan […]