17 julio, 2013 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

Does Sunk Cost Affect Prices? Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry 20 octubre, 2021
Does Sunk Cost Affect Prices? Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry Long Shi Xi'an Jiaotong University; Xi'an Jiaotong University Qihong Liu University of Oklahoma - Department of Economics Myongjin Kim University of Oklahoma Abstract In contrast to the extensive literature...
D Daniel Sokol
Call for papers: 2022 Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy and Data Protection Scholars Conference 19 octubre, 2021
2022 Next Generation of Antitrust, Data Privacy and Data Protection Scholars Conference Friday, January 28, 2022 8:20-5:30pm Conference co-sponsors NYU School of Law American Bar Association, Antitrust Law Section Conference co-organizers Edward Cavanagh, St. John's Judy Chevalier, Yale Harry First,...
D Daniel Sokol
Vertical Mergers with Bilateral Contracting and Upstream and Downstream Investment 19 octubre, 2021
Vertical Mergers with Bilateral Contracting and Upstream and Downstream Investment Mark A. Israel Compass Lexecon Daniel P. O'Brien Compass Lexecon Abstract We extend the theory of bilateral vertical contracting to a double moral hazard setting where upstream and downstream firms...
D Daniel Sokol

Juegos de coordinación pura y juegos cooperativos 20 octubre, 2021
Lara HenriquezEl artículo que se cita al final de esta entrada es el primero, en lo que me consta, que consideraba el Derecho como un mecanismo de cooperación – no de resolución de conflictos – y explicaba que el Derecho sirve a la cooperación facilitando la coordinación entre los seres humanos. La coordinación es menos que cooperación o si se quiere, es la […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
La paradoja de Fermi y las redes sociales 20 octubre, 2021
La idea es que hay dos caminos, o dos "rutas", cuando alguien intenta persuadirnos de algo… en la ruta "central", consideramos cuidadosa y reflexivamente los mensajes que escuchamos. Cuando la ruta central está activada, evaluamos activamente la información presentada y tratamos de discernir si es cierta o no. Cuando la ruta "perifé […]
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Antaño había mucha gente bondadosa 20 octubre, 2021
Antaño había mucha gente bondadosa. Diré incluso mas, hasta los malos se fingían buenos porque eso era lo debido... De aquí la hipocresía y falsedad, los grandes defectos del pasado, denunciados por el realismo critico de finales del siglo XIX. El resultado de esas denuncias fue sorprendente: las personas bondadosas desaparecieron.Hemos de tener en cuenta q […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

World Competition Law and Economics Review, volume 44, issue 3, 2021 16 octubre, 2021
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: World Competition’s Editor, José Rivas, Interviews Mr Andreas Schwab, Rapporteur of the Digital Markets Act in the European Parliament See also this recent post on Kluwer Competition Law Blog: Digital Markets Act: Interview... Continue […]
Jose Rivas (Bird and Bird, Belgium)
Red pill or blue pill? The European Court of Justice makes its choice: subsidiaries can be held liable for the infringements of their parent companies (Case C-882/19 – Sumal) 12 octubre, 2021
On 6 October 2021, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its very much-awaited judgment in case C-882/19 Sumal, one of the most important cases in private enforcement of competition law of the last years. For those of you that are new to the case, the facts are as follows. On 24 October 2019, the Audiencia... Continue reading
Alvaro López Usatorre (Latham & Watkins LLP)
The grey areas of gun-jumping under EU competition law – A comment on the recent Altice judgment 8 octubre, 2021
In April 2018, the European Commission (“EC”) imposed two fines on the multinational cable and telecoms company Altice (“acquirer”) in relation to its acquisition of PT Portugal (“target”), a telecommunications and multimedia operator.[1] The EC held that the acquirer both failed to notify the concentration prior to implementation under Article 4 of the EU M […]
Tilman Kuhn (White & Case) and Tobias Pesch (White & Case)

Antitrust Division Commits To Labor Market Enforcement As A Top Priority 4 octubre, 2021
At an October 1, 2021 in-person conference (Fordham’s 48th Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy) Acting Assistant Attorney General Richard A. Powers of the Antitrust Division spoke about the history of and Antitrust Division’s commitment to enforcing the antitrust laws, including criminal enforcement, in labor markets: “If it was impo […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)
Some “Twinkling of the Eye” Thoughts on NCAA v. Alston 30 junio, 2021
The Supreme Court’s decision in Nat’l Collegiate Athletic Ass’n v. Alston, Nos. 20-512 and 20-520, 2021 WL 2519036, (U.S. June 21, 2021) is a boost for the Antitrust Division’s commitment to prosecute what it calls naked “wage fixing” and “no poach” agreements. In the prosecutions it has brought to date (still in the early stages)... Continue reading The pos […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)
House Passes Antitrust Whistleblower Protections Authored by Senators Grassley, Leahy 10 diciembre, 2020
Congratulations to Senator Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy for the passage in the House of Representatives of their bipartisan legislation that has already passed the Senate that aims to protect whistleblowers who come forward with information on criminal antitrust violations. In a December 8, 2020 Press Release Senator Grassley said, “The Criminal Antitr […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)

Common Misperceptions Between Implied Consent and Exemptions Under CASL (Canadian Anti-Spam Law) 22 septiembre, 2021
September 22, 2021 Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL), which is one of the strictest spam law regimes in the world, applies to commercial electronic messages (CEMs) that encourage participation in a commercial activity. CEMs are defined broadly as electronic messages with a purpose to encourage participation in a commercial activity, including off […]
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C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council’s Canadian Competition Law Reform Recommendations For Next Federal Government 17 septiembre, 2021
September 17, 2021 On September 9, 2021, the C.D. Howe Institute’s Competition Policy Council (Competition Council) issued a new Communiqué with recommendations for the next Canadian federal government to amend the Competition Act and other Canadian competition policy recommendations. In its Communiqué, the Competition Council stated that competition law and […]
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Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL): Common Consent Request Related Misperceptions 16 septiembre, 2021
September 16, 2021 Canada’s federal anti-spam legislation (CASL), which is one of the strictest anti-spam law regimes in the world, applies to commercial electronic messages (CEMs) that encourage participation in a commercial activity. While CASL was passed more than seven years ago, there remain a number of common misperceptions relating to consent under C […]
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Los intercambios de información distinta del precio y la amplitud de las alegaciones tras la propuesta de resolución como cuestiones de interés casacional 17 octubre, 2021
La sentencia del Tribunal Supremo español (TS) de 27 de septiembre de 2021 (aquí) hace referencia a dos cuestiones de interés casacional relacionadas con un cártel sobre intercambios de información en el ámbito de los fabricantes de automóviles. Las cuestiones tratadas son las siguientes: (1) si los intercambios de información que no versan sobre precios o c […]
La responsabilidad de la filial por los daños derivados de la infracción del Derecho de la Competencia cometida por su sociedad matriz 8 octubre, 2021
La sentencia del TJUE (Gran Sala) de 6 de octubre de 2021 (C-882/19, Sumal, aquí) resuelve cuestiones prejudiciales planteadas por la Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona en el contexto de un litigio entre Sumal, S. L., y Mercedes Benz Trucks España, S. L., en relación con la responsabilidad de esta última derivada de la participación de su sociedad matriz, Dai […]
Doctrina jurisprudencial española sobre la suspensión cautelar de la prohibición de contratar con las entidades del sector público (STS 1115/2021, de 14 de septiembre de 2021) 27 septiembre, 2021
La sentencia del Tribunal Supremo español (TS) de 14 de septiembre de 2001 (aquí) resuelve un recurso de casación interpuesto por el Abogado del Estado, en nombre y presentación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC). La cuestión, declarada como de interés casacional objetivo, consiste en “aclarar, matizar, concretar o, en su caso, c […]

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, […]
Francisco Agüero

EU gives Google 2 months to improve hotel, flight search results 29 julio, 2021
Interesting that while the European Parliament is processing over 1000 proposed amendments to the DMA, the controversial issue of self-preferencing now seems to be a consumer protection issue and not just an antitrust one (via Reuters): Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL.O) has two months to improve the way it presents internet search results for flights and […]
Kevin Coates
Google Italy, refusal to supply decision 13 mayo, 2021
The Italian competition authority’s decision into Google’s refusal to allow interoperability between Android and a third party app is published here. Simonetta Vezzosa (@wavesblog) has done a mammoth twitter thread, translating key parts, and pausing only for occasional injections of espresso. For an uncorrected full English machine translation courtesy of D […]
Kevin Coates
The EU’s draft Digital Markets Act (DMA): mapping recitals onto the relevant articles 3 febrero, 2021
Caveat: this is a judgement exercise. The links I’ve made may be wrong and / or incomplete. Recitals without a specific Article: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 34, 35, Articles without a specific recital: 1 (subject matter and scope), 14 (opening of market investigation), 25 (cease and desist), 33 (MS request for […]
Kevin Coates

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Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

Competencia y Regulación en América Latina | Antitrust and Regulation in Latin America | Concorrência e Regulaçao na América Latina

Día: 17 julio, 2013

Changes ahead in the criminal enforcement in Brazil?

Paper: “Market Definition Analysis in Latin America with Applications to Internet-Based Industries”