Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

15 agosto, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

Convocatoria Moot Comp 2019: 3er Concurso de Competencia Económica para estudiantes de derecho y economía (México)

12 agosto, 201912 agosto, 2019 Manuel Abarca

El sistema chileno de responsabilidad civil derivada de ilícitos anticompetitivos frente a la OCDE: ¿Separate Ways?

12 agosto, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

Eventos en Bogotá: Aspectos probatorios de la colusión vía algoritmos (ICDP) | Objetivos, planes y evaluación de las autoridades de competencia (ACDC)

30 julio, 201929 julio, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

¡Hola Asocola! The growing community of competition scholars from Spanish speaking countries

29 julio, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

9º Coloquio ForoCompetencia (Buenos Aires)

19 julio, 201919 julio, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

LA Competencia: Entrevista a Oscar García Cardoze

15 julio, 2019 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

Seminario Internacional: “¿Efectivo o Tarjeta?: Control de fusiones y regulación de competencia en medios de pago” (Perú)

OECD-Inspired Reform: The Case of Corporate Fines for Cartel Conduct 16 agosto, 2019
Caron Beaton-Wells, Melbourne Law School and Julie N. Clarke, Melbourne Law School describe OECD-Inspired Reform: The Case of Corporate Fines for Cartel Conduct. ABSTRACT: One of the legacies of Frederic Jenny’s outstanding stewardship of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
D Daniel Sokol
Posner on Vertical Restraints 16 agosto, 2019
Scott Hemphill (NYU) writes on Posner on Vertical Restraints. ABSTRACT: This Essay, part of a symposium honoring Richard Posner’s thirty-six years on the bench, considers the influence of Judge Posner’s opinions about antitrust law. I focus on vertical restraints on...
D Daniel Sokol
Hospital-Physician Integration and Hospital Ownership 16 agosto, 2019
Robert G. Hansen, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Anant K. Sundaram, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth study Hospital-Physician Integration and Hospital Ownership. ABSTRACT: Employment of physicians by hospitals – typically referred to as vertical integration – has...
D Daniel Sokol

La desaparición de la moneda y la sustitución por el crédito 13 agosto, 2019
La acuñación de monedas es, sin duda, un gran facilitador del intercambio comercial: monedas de cobre, en particular, para pequeñas transacciones. En ausencia de monedas, los lingotes de oro o plata para grandes operaciones comerciales y el trueque para los menores pueden ser mucho más sofisticados de lo que podríamos suponer inicialmente. Pero el trueque re […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Marcas confundibles: revisión del juicio de confundibilidad en casación 12 agosto, 2019
Es la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo del 18 de julio de 2019, ECLI: ES:TS:2019:2552 Como acertadamente declara la sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial, la previsión del art. 52.3 LM no excluye el juicio de comparación por el hecho de que una marca haya venido siendo usada solo parcialmente, sino que determina que el examen necesario para realizar el juicio […]
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No se enriquece el que se adjudica en liquidación concursal la casa que había comprado y cuya compraventa se había resuelto cuando reclama al avalista el pago de las cantidades entregadas a cuenta 12 agosto, 2019
Es la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 22 de julio de 2019, ECLI: ES:TS:2019:2667 María Antonieta y Roberto concertaron un contrato de compraventa de la vivienda 16 de la promoción que Promociones Manzanal 2000, S.L. estaba construyendo en la localidad de Entrambasaguas (Cantabria). Con la firma del contrato privado, los compradores pagaron 12.829,50 euro […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

Competition Commission of India orders probe against Intel for abuse of dominant position to protect parallel importers from its discriminatory warranty policy 15 agosto, 2019
On 9th August 2019, the Competition Commission of India directed the Director General to carry out investigations against Intel Corporation for allegedly violating Section 3 and 4 of the Indian Competition Act, 2002 (the ‘Act’).[1] The case in hand was filed by Matrix Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. (the Informant) under Section 19(1)(a) of the Act... Continue readin […]
Adrika Bisen, http://competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/author/adrika-bisen/, Array
Competition shaped by EU policy: A voyage into the unknown 6 agosto, 2019
I. Setting the scene: The EU policy agenda The European Union (EU) treaties have set out a particular goal: the establishment of the single market. Achieving the single market is an objective with unclear boundaries regarding tools, stages and expected final outcome. The EU treaties established a goal that implied a voyage into the unknown.... Continue readi […]
Enrique Bravo-Garcia, http://competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/author/enrique-bravo-garcia/, Array
Recent Developments in Canadian Cartel Enforcement: Is Business Becoming Immune to the Competition Bureau’s Immunity/Leniency Programs? 3 agosto, 2019
Recent Developments in Canadian Cartel Enforcement: Is Business Becoming Immune to the Competition Bureau’s Immunity/Leniency Programs? Charles Tingley, Mark Katz, Anita Banicevic As noted in our July 26/19 post on Recent Developments in Canadian Merger Review, merger enforcement in Canada is already seeing the impact of the March 2019 appointment of Matthew […]
Mark Katz, http://competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/author/mark-katz/, Array

Some Early Thoughts On the Division’s New Policy On Corporate Compliance Programs (From a Guy Who Was Admittedly Against This When He Was With the Division) 8 agosto, 2019
There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding the Antitrust Division’s recent announcement that a corporation involved in a criminal antitrust violation may get credit for an antitrust compliance program if certain conditions are met. The credit may include a DPA (Deferred Prosecution Agreement: the government reaches a plea agreement with the defend […]
Robert E. Connolly, http://antitrustconnect.com/author/roberteconnolly/, Array
Antitrust Division Announces New Policy to Spur Corporate Compliance 19 julio, 2019
Those familiar with this blog have seen a number of posts questioning the Department of Justice Antitrust Division’s long-standing position that a company shouldn’t be rewarded for having a corporate compliance program that fails it. Last week, the Antitrust Division announced that it will now consider corporate compliance at the charging stage of criminal a […]
Thomas Wolfe, http://antitrustconnect.com/author/wolfetom/, Array
The Enduring Rationale for “Limits of Antitrust” 24 junio, 2019
Steven J. Cernak[1] For this panel, we have been asked to revisit now-Judge Frank Easterbrook’s seminal 1984 article, “Limits of Antitrust”. Is it still an appropriate guide to antitrust enforcement, both for the FTC and U.S. courts? Or, like many of the rest of us 35 years later, is it a little creaky and, perhaps,... Continue reading The post The Enduring […]
Steven J. Cernak, http://antitrustconnect.com/author/stevencernak/, Array

Canadian Government Approves Airline Merger in Northern Canada, Despite Competition Bureau Concerns 17 julio, 2019
July 17, 2019 Practical Law Canada has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the recent decision by the Canadian Government to approve, subject to conditions pursuant to the Canada Transportation Act, the merger of First Air and Canadian North airlines in northern Canada. This approval is notable in that it comes after a Competition Bureau […]
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Ticketmaster Entities Agree to $4 Million Penalty to Settle Drip Pricing Advertising Case 27 junio, 2019
June 27, 2019 On June 27, 2019, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that Ticketmaster L.L.C., TNow Entertainment Group, Inc. and Ticketmaster Canada LP have agreed to pay a $4 million penalty and $500,000 of the Bureau’s costs relating to allegedly misleading online ticket sale pricing claims. See Ticketmaster to pay $4.5 million to settle misleading p […]
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Canadian Contest/Sweepstakes Law Precedents & Forms 20 junio, 2019
June 20, 2019 Are you running a promotional contest or sweepstakes in Canada? I offer a range of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents/forms for running common types of contests in Canada). These include legal precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where winners are chosen at random by […]
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La Comisión (UE) publica sus «Passing-on Guidelines» (julio 2019) 9 julio, 2019
La Comisión (UE) ha publicado su última aportación para ayudar a la cuantificación del daño derivado de infracciones de competencia, esta vez en relación con el sobrecoste repercutido al comprador indirecto (su texto aquí), cumpliendo de esta forma con el artículo 16 de la Directiva 2014/104/UE (la conocida «Directiva de Daños»). Conviene recordar que el art […]
Doble sanción («doble barrera») y principio «non bis in idem» (STJUE de 3 de abril de 2019) 27 mayo, 2019
La Sentencia del TJUE de 3 de abril de 2019 (aquí) trata el interesante tema de la «aplicación doble» del Derecho Antitrust por parte de Autoridades Nacionales, como respuesta a una petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el Tribunal Supremo de Polonia en un asunto relativo a un abuso de posición dominante. La posible imposición de una doble multa (un […]
La aplicación del «principio de continuidad» al ámbito de las acciones de responsabilidad civil derivada de ilícitos antitrust (Skanska) 16 marzo, 2019
Ahí continúa, pese a todo... (Photo by F. de la Vega)El TJUE resuelve en su sentencia de 14 de marzo de 2019 (aquí) una petición de decisión prejudicial relacionada con las acciones de indemnización por infracción del Derecho de la Unión en materia de competencia. Se plantea la determinación del «responsable» por los daños derivados de ilícitos antitrust cua […]

Comisión Europea v Google 28 agosto, 2015
Hace cuatro meses, la Comisión Europea le envió a Google [Diclaimer: este blog se aloja en un sitio de Google] su Statement of Objections (SO) en la que indicaba qué le objetaba a dicha firma (síntesis: buscador, android tal vez, otros que no recuerdo). La investigación comenzó en 2010, convengamos. En síntesis, se decía:"Google systematically positions […]
Francisco Agüero
i am back 28 agosto, 2015
El último post fue hace varios meses. Razones para escribir, abundan. Razones para no escribir, pueden ser mayores. Como sea: I am back.
Francisco Agüero
U. of Chicago Summer Institute Law and Economics: Economic Analysis of Contracts and Commercial Law 14 enero, 2015
Un interesante programa en Derecho & Economía imparte la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Chicago, en julio de este año. Me parece recomendable (disclaimer: postulé a él), y hay docentes del nivel de Eric Posner, Randal Picker, entre otros.Más información, acá: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/lawecon/summerinstitute P.D.. El deadline se ha extendido, […]
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Mobile payments, antitrust and socio-economic development 18 julio, 2018
Digital Markets, Mobile Payments Systems, and Development – Competition Policy Implications in Developing Countries in Light of the EU Experience “Abstract The digitization of economic activity has important socio-economic development implications and at the same time creates challenges for antitrust analysis. These implications and challenges have been met […]
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A contribution to the empirics of algorithmic pricing 12 julio, 2018
An Empirical Analysis of Algorithmic Pricing on Amazon Marketplace “Abstract The rise of e-commerce has unlocked practical applications for algorithmic pricing (also called dynamic pricing algorithms), where sellers set prices using computer algorithms. Travel websites and large, well known e-retailers have already adopted algorithmic pricing strategies, but […]
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What do computer scientists have to say about algorithmic collusion? 4 julio, 2018
The importance of talking to computer scientists before making assumptions about what pricing algorithms can do: Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Collusion “Abstract This paper discusses the question whether self-learning price-setting algorithms are able to coordinate their pricing behaviour to achieve a collusive outcome that maximizes the joint profits o […]
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Recidivism: a Commission fining policy that might not be hitting the mark 5 julio, 2016
Kevin Coates
Defining a single and continuous infringement in cases with asymmetrical participation 31 mayo, 2016
Defining a set of conduct as a single and continuous infringement (SCI) has significant consequences for parties to a cartel, in particular for their exposure in follow-on damages actions. It is no surprise, therefore, that the increased prevalence of damages actions in Europe has led to greater scrutiny of the Commission’s findings about SCI. In […]
Kevin Coates
Something old and something new 30 mayo, 2016
As avid readers of social media, Politico, Chillin Competition and other places will know, I left the Commission at the end of February. On 4 April I joined Covington’s growing competition team in Brussels. I will continue to write on this blog – though experience has taught me to make no promises as to whether […]
Kevin Coates

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