9 enero, 2019 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

9 enero, 20199 enero, 2019 Federico Rossi Rodriguez

La CNDC publica una Guía de Defensa de la Competencia para cámaras empresariales y asociaciones profesionales

The Application of Antitrust Law to Labor Markets — Then and Now 17 enero, 2022
The Application of Antitrust Law to Labor Markets — Then and Now Richard A. Epstein New York University School of Law; Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; University of Chicago - Law School Abstract As of...
D Daniel Sokol
Preemptive Entry and Technology Diffusion: The Market for Drive-in Theaters 14 enero, 2022
Preemptive Entry and Technology Diffusion: The Market for Drive-in Theaters Ricard Gil (rg73@queensu.ca), Jean-François Houde, Shilong Sun and Yuya Takahashi Abstract: This paper studies the role and incidence of entry preemption strategic motives on the dynamics of new industries, while...
D Daniel Sokol
Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline 13 enero, 2022
Organizational Structure and Pricing: Evidence from a Large U.S. Airline Ali Hortaçsu, Olivia R. Natan, Hayden Parsley, Timothy Schwieg & Kevin R. Williams ABSTRACT: We study how organizational boundaries affect pricing decisions using comprehensive data from a large U.S. airline....
D Daniel Sokol

Twinero condenada por usura 15 enero, 2022
1.- Contrato NUM000 Fecha: 12 de marzo de 2013 Importe: 300 € Plazo: 19 días TIN: 30,00% mensual TAE: 2727% anual 2.- Contrato NUM001 Fecha: 10 de enero de 2014 Importe: 300 € Plazo: 20 días TIN: 29,50% mensual TAE: 2549% anual 3.- Contrato NUM002 Fecha: 21 de noviembre de 2014 Importe: 450€ Plazo: 10 días TIN: 30,00% mensual TAE: 3142% anua debe tomarse en […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Liga contra Federación 15 enero, 2022
La Liga acusó a la RFEF de un acto de competencia desleal por obstrucción por negarse a ‘cooperar’ de modo que un partido de la Liga española – el Barcelona/Gerona – se jugase en Miami. Tanto el JM como la Audiencia Provincial de Madrid en sentencia de 26 de noviembre de 2021, ECLI:ES:APM:2021:11871 desestiman la demanda: no hubo competencia desleal porque n […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Acción individual contra los administradores emprendida por un socio que vendió las participaciones a la propia sociedad y fue administrador 15 enero, 2022
Los hechos del caso decidido en la Sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Madrid de 16 de julio de 2021 ECLI:ES:APM:2021:11832 tienen interés porque el demandante era socio y administrador de una sociedad a la que vendió sus acciones en ésta con pago aplazado. De manera que se convirtió en acreedor. Como tal, reclama el pago de la cantidad aplazada a los ad […]
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Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2021 – Greece 17 enero, 2022
2021 was another busy year regarding competition law developments in Greece, with several interesting initiatives by the Greek Competition Commission (“HCC”). Maintaining momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic As reported last year, the primary goal of the new leadership of the HCC for 2020 was to clear a stockpile of pending cases, many of which... Continu […]
Georgia Tzifa (WilmerHale)
Antitrust penalties for individuals in Poland 14 enero, 2022
2021 – the year of first decisions – the law, the practice, and the facts The law The possibility to impose financial fines on individuals in case of undertaking anti-competitive agreements by companies was introduced into the Polish competition law in 2015. It is a responsibility of a subsidiary nature – firstly, an undertaking must... Continue reading […]
Dariusz Aziewicz (Eversheds Sutherland)
Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2021 – Georgia 13 enero, 2022
Legislation overview The Constitution of Georgia (Article 6.2) lays down the framework for free and undistorted competition in the Georgian market. The Competition Chapter of the Association Agreement between the European Union (“EU”) and Georgia emphasizes the importance of “free and undistorted competition in the trade relations“. It also concretizes the o […]
Sophio Momtselidze (Georgian National Competition Agency) and Ketevan Zukakishvili (Clifford Chance LLP, Belgium)

Will 2022 be the year in which antitrust reforms become law? 31 diciembre, 2021
With 2021 coming to a close, a look back at antitrust legislation introduced in Congress over the last year will provide a sense of what new antitrust laws could come in 2022. More than a dozen bills are currently pending in Congress that could impact the future of antitrust law. Bipartisan support for strengthening the... Continue reading The post Will 2022 […]
Jeffrey May (Wolters Kluwer)
District Court Finds Antitrust Division’s First Wage Fixing Indictment Alleges a Per Se Violation 6 diciembre, 2021
On November 29, 2021 in U.S. v. Neeraj Jindal and John Rodgers, Civil Action No. 4:20-CR-00358A (N.D. Texas), District Court Judge Amos L. Mazzant rejected defendants’ motion to dismiss the indictment on various grounds, including challenges to the per se rule. Among other arguments, defendants argued that “wage-fixing” was not covered by the Sherman Act... […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)
Prosecutors’ Focus On Labor Market Collusion Sharpens the Need for Compliance Training 15 noviembre, 2021
In an October 16, 2016 FTC/DOJ press release: FTC and DOJ Release Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on How Antitrust Law Applies to Employee Hiring and Compensation the Antitrust Division first announced: “Going forward, the Justice Department intends to criminally investigate naked no-poaching or wage-fixing agreements that are unrelated or unnecess […]
Robert E. Connolly (Law Office of Robert Connolly)

We Are Pleased To Announce The Launch Of Our New Website: Competitionlawyer.ca 10 enero, 2022
January 11, 2022 We are pleased to announce our new website launch: www.competitionlawyer.ca. Our new website will make it easier for existing and prospective clients to search and access our services and resources in our core areas of practice: Canadian competition, advertising and regulatory law. This includes accessing information about our anti-spam law […]
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Ontario Superior Court Certifies $5 Billion Canadian Bread Price-Fixing Conspiracy Class Action 10 enero, 2022
January 10, 2022 Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am Lawyer Editor, published a new Legal Update, which discusses the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision to partially certify a class action in relation to sections 45 and 46 of the Competition Act for packaged bread in Canada. Below is an excerpt with a […] The post Ontario Superior Court […]
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Keurig Agrees To Pay $3.8 Million In Misleading Advertising K-Cup Recyclability Case 7 enero, 2022
January 7, 2022 On January 6, 2022, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that it had negotiated a consent agreement with Keurig Canada Inc. (Keurig) regarding concerns over allegedly false or misleading recyclability claims on its website, social media platforms, texts and logos for its single-use coffee pods (K-Cup pods). In making the announcement, Ca […]
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La vinculación de servicios logísticos por gigantes tecnológicos como abuso de posición dominante (As. Amazon Italia) 14 diciembre, 2021
La Autoridad de Competencia de Italia (AGCM) ha impuesto cuantiosas multas (más de mil millones de euros) a diversas empresas del grupo Amazon por infracción del artículo 102 del TFUE, concretada en un abuso de posición dominante realizado sobre operadores logísticos competidores. No es la primera sanción del gigante tecnológico en Italia y presumiblemente t […]
La responsabilidad de la filial por los daños derivados de la infracción del Derecho de la Competencia cometida por su sociedad matriz 18 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 […]
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 […]

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: 9 de enero de 2019

La CNDC publica una Guía de Defensa de la Competencia para cámaras empresariales y asociaciones profesionales