1 mayo, 2014 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

1 mayo, 20145 mayo, 2014 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

Short essay: “Sport is pure competition. What does it teach us about companies, individuals, and markets?”

Price Negotiation with Merchant Heterogeneity in the Payment Card Industry 24 noviembre, 2020
Price Negotiation with Merchant Heterogeneity in the Payment Card Industry Chun-Yu Ho State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Economics Li Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Daiqiang Zhang University at Albany (SUNY) Abstract We examine price negotiation...
D Daniel Sokol
Post-Merger Product Repositioning: An Empirical Analysis 24 noviembre, 2020
Post-Merger Product Repositioning: An Empirical Analysis Enghin Atalay Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Alan Sorensen Wanjia Zhu Christopher Sullivan University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics ABSTRACT This paper investigates firms’ post-merger product repositioning....
D Daniel Sokol
Pometon v Commission: Reviving Staggered Hybrid Settlements? 24 noviembre, 2020
Pometon v Commission: Reviving Staggered Hybrid Settlements? Matteo Giangaspero ABSTRACT: Judgement of 28 March 2019, Pometon v Commission, T-433/16, EU:T:2019:201 In staggered hybrid settlement cases, references made to non-settling parties in settlement decisions do not always breach the right to...
D Daniel Sokol

La impugnación de la junta del Real Murcia y el carácter constitutivo del libro registro de acciones nominativas 24 noviembre, 2020
@thefromthetreeEs la sentencia del Juzgado de lo Mercantil de Murcia de 5 de octubre de 2019, ECLI: ES:JMMU:2019:2491El 4 de septiembre de 2018 se celebra la Junta impugnada, en la que se denegó el acceso a ICONOS… por el secretario de la Junta por no aparecer inscrito en el Libro de Socios, indicando que CORPORACIÓN AUGUSTA ha comunicado vía fax "que e […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
¿De dónde se sacan estas cosas los del caserón de Parcent? 24 noviembre, 2020
@thefromthetree Como ha reiterado este Centro Directivo (vid. Resoluciones de 29 de febrero de 2007, 1 de abril de 2011 y 21 de noviembre de 2012 y 30 de junio de 2014, 6 de junio de 2019), en el ámbito del Derecho Mercantil y, más específicamente, en el Derecho de Sociedades la declaración de nulidad de los acuerdos sociales no tiene siempre los radicales e […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Impugnación de un acuerdo negativo: no modificamos el objeto social para adaptarlo a la actividad realmente desarrollada por la sociedad y así no puedes ejercer el derecho de separación por modificación sustancial del objeto social 23 noviembre, 2020
Foto: @thefromthetreeEs la sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra de 12 de noviembre de 2019, ECLI: ES:APPO:2019:2506. En el recurso de apelación resuelto por esta sentencia se plantean dos problemas. El primero, es si los jueces deben dar por adoptado un acuerdo de modificación estatutaria – de modificación del objeto social – cuando así lo soli […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

Competition law in Argentina: uncertainties beyond the pandemic 23 noviembre, 2020
The new competition law 27,442 enacted in Argentina in 2018 paved the way to a refreshed model of competition law in Argentina. The new law promised to create an independent National Competition Authority and the implementation of a suspensory merger control regime, among others. However, the recent change in government and the irruption of the... Continue r […]
Sebastián Ferreyra Romea (FERREYRA ROMEA)
Merger Control: To fee, or not to fee, that is the question (and some practical tips) 21 noviembre, 2020
The European Court of Auditors’ Special Report published on 19 November 2020 is an interesting read for a dark COVID winter evening: “The Commission’s EU merger control and antitrust proceedings: a need to scale up market oversight“.[1] In respect of merger control, the Report (and the European Commission’s Response to the ECA contained in it)... Continue re […]
Gavin Bushell (Baker McKenzie, Belgium)
‘Open strategic autonomy’: towards the geopoliticisation of EU competition law? 20 noviembre, 2020
Spotlight on Europe’s ‘strategic autonomy’ The calls for Europe’s ‘strategic autonomy’ or ‘strategic sovereignty’ have been gaining increasing traction in Brussels policy circles over the past few years. With its origins in the fields of defence and security, the idea of Europe’s autonomy has started to resonate beyond these areas, extending to foreign and e […]
Klaudia Majcher (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

A Look Back at Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Antitrust Opinions While on the Supreme Court 19 septiembre, 2020
As tributes pour in for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following news of her passing on September 18, the jurist is being remembered for her efforts to support women’s rights. This post is intended to provide a look back at Ginsburg’s contributions to antitrust law during her time on the High Court from... Continue reading The post A Look Bac […]
Jeffrey May (Wolters Kluwer)
Seven U.S. business review letters in seven months reflect interest in Antitrust Division’s views on proposed business conduct 30 julio, 2020
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division has issued more business review letters in 2020 than in any year since 2002. Recent years have averaged only one letter. So why is there this sudden interest in a statement of the Antitrust Division’s enforcement intentions with respect to proposed business conduct? Concerns about how the Antitrust... Continu […]
Jeffrey May (Wolters Kluwer)
Why did the Chicken Cross the Road? To Visit DOJ and Score a Leniency 16 junio, 2020
A. The Broiler Chicken Civil Litigation/Criminal Indictment On June 3, 2020, a grand jury in Colorado returned an indictment charging executives from Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and Claxton Poultry Farms with fixing prices and rigging bids nationwide for broiler chickens [I wonder how the grand jury met? Zoom?] The case was filed in the... Continue rea […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)

Hockey Helmet Performance Claims Case Illustrates Competition Act Compliance Requirements 21 noviembre, 2020
November 21, 2020 Practical Law Canada Competition (of which I am Lawyer Editor) has published a new Legal Update, which discusses recent enforcement by the Competition Bureau against an ice hockey helmet manufacturer in relation to allegedly unsupported performance claims. The Legal Update includes an overview of the case, requirements imposed by the Compet […]
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Competition Bureau Navigates the Pandemic 4 noviembre, 2020
November 4, 2020 Practical Law Canada Competition (of which I am Lawyer Editor) has published a new Legal Update, which discusses highlights of the Commissioner of Competition’s address on October 21, 2020 at the Canadian Bar Association’s annual competition law conference, which took the form of an online symposium this year. The Commissioner focused on […] […]
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Canadian Contest Precedents to Run Common Types of Contests/Sweepstakes in Canada 1 noviembre, 2020
November 1, 2020 Are you planning to run a contest/sweepstakes in Canada to promote your business (or a client’s business) and need sophisticated Canadian legal precedents? I have developed a number of legal precedents and forms for running common types of promotional contests in Canada, excluding Quebec (commonly referred to “sweepstakes” in the United Sta […]
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El "Buy Box" de Amazon como medio para abusar de su posición de dominio 10 noviembre, 2020
La UE ha dado un paso importante para sancionar a Amazon por abuso de posición de dominio (aquí la nota de la Comisión), confirmando así los rumores existentes. Si finalmente se considera que ha abusado de tal posición de dominio Amazon puede ser sancionada hasta con 24.000 millones de euros (la sanción máxima es la correspondiente al 10% del volumen de nego […]
Abuso de posición dominante e interés del consumidor (a propósito de la demanda de USA contra Google) 22 octubre, 2020
Una de las novedades más destacables procedentes de los Estados Unidos (USA) es la esperada demanda contra Google por abuso de posición dominante (aquí). Aunque el Derecho Antitrust siempre ha estado atento a las grandes empresas (recuérdese la Standard Oil de Rockefeller), la irrupción de grandes gigantes tecnológicos ha ido cambiando la política intervenci […]
Se aceptan compromisos por la Comisión Europea para garantizar la competencia en los mercados de chipsets para módems y decodificadores (octubre 2020) 13 octubre, 2020
Los compromisos (commitment decisions) permiten negociar a las autoridades y empresas implicadas soluciones para resolver restricciones de competencia sin que se impongan sanciones. Dada su importancia práctica, ya han captado la atención de la doctrina científica (al respecto, OLMEDO PERALTA, E., Las decisiones de compromisos (commitment decisions) y la ter […]

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

Data: the uniqueness of the dataset and the slope of the value curve 1 noviembre, 2020
Some questions to ask about datasets and the importance of that data for markets, firms and allegations of market power: Is the data already replicated elsewhere? Is the data replicable? Is it rivalrous? If it is does the value of the dataset continue to increase with the size of the dataset? And if so, up […]
Kevin Coates
Ex-post and ex-ante rules 6 agosto, 2020
Ex-post and ex-ante rules: why competition law and regulation don't easily fit into one or other category.
Kevin Coates
Access and Interoperability and Antitrust 16 julio, 2020
Many of you will have seen a lecture I’ve given on several occasions since around 2011 when I discuss antitrust issues around interoperability. My basic concern is that the competition rules – and I’m thinking in particular of the EU’s 2004 Microsoft Decision and the 2007 General Court upholding of that decision – see interoperability […]
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 Regulamento na América Latina

Día: 1 mayo, 2014

Short essay: “Sport is pure competition. What does it teach us about companies, individuals, and markets?”