27 febrero, 2020 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

27 febrero, 20209 marzo, 2020 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

Dos datos del reporte “OECD Competition Trends 2020” sobre América Latina: colusión en licitaciones y duración de carteles

Pricing, competition and content for internet service providers 15 enero, 2021
Pricing, competition and content for internet service providers By: Key, Peter; Steinberg, Richard Abstract: We examine competition between two Internet Service Providers (ISPs), where the first ISP provides basic Internet service, while the second ISP provides Internet service plus content,...
D Daniel Sokol
Economic impact of category captaincy: an examination of assortments and prices 15 enero, 2021
Economic impact of category captaincy: an examination of assortments and prices By: Viswanathan, Madhu; Narasimhan, Om; John, George Abstract: We empirically investigate the impact of category captaincy, an arrangement where the retailer works exclusively with a manufacturer to manage both...
D Daniel Sokol
Competition policy and the Green Deal 15 enero, 2021
Webinar in European Parliament, with MEP Stephanie Yon-Courtin, 22 September 2020 Competition policy and the Green Deal Thank you to all who responded to our call for contributions on questions about how competition rules and sustainability policies work together. The...
D Daniel Sokol

SPAC Special purpose acquisition companies o sociedad cotizada constituida para adquisiciones 14 enero, 2021
Los dos gráficos son del artículo que se cita al final y se resume en esta entradaEs el último invento en el Derecho de Sociedades que nos ha llegado del otro lado del Atlántico. Básicamente se trata de dar acceso a los inversores minoristas a las inversiones que, hasta ahora, sólo hacían los inversores sofisticados a través de fondos de private equity. En u […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Hay que currárselo más 14 enero, 2021
Foto: Pedro FraileDos sentencias recientes de la Audiencia Provincial de BarcelonaLa de 13 de noviembre de 2020. El demandante no se molesta en probar ni la relación de causalidad entre la conducta de los administradores y el daño sufrido 7. En el presente caso, el actor alega que el demandado, como hemos dicho, incumplió su deber promover la disolución la c […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Pactos parasociales omnilaterales inútiles: el deber de lealtad es un deber contractual 13 enero, 2021
La vara de medirLa Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 17 de noviembre de 2020 ECLI: ES:TS:2020:3794 se ocupa de un complejo caso de conflicto societario. Empecemos por explicar qué es lo que sucedió en los órganos sociales de Estudios e Ingeniería Aplicada XXI SA (en adelante, EIASA) una sociedad participada por Duro Felguera SA. Su accionariado estaba repart […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2020: Germany 15 enero, 2021
Despite the pandemic, 2020 has been a very busy year for the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) and courts in the field of competition law in Germany. The following is merely a selection of interesting developments. It does not include the recently adopted reform of the Competition Act, which merits its own blog. Generally, the FCO... Continue reading
Silke Heinz (Heinz & Zagrosek Partner mbB, Germany)
Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2020: Spain 14 enero, 2021
The Spanish competition law landscape has been busy in 2020. Below we review the main developments and takeaways from the last year in the following areas: (i) institutions and legislation; (ii) merger control; (iii) restrictive agreements and abuse of dominance; (iv) State aid; and (v) COVID-19. Institutions and Legislation Cani Fernández: New President o […]
David Pérez de Lamo (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), Andrea Alonso Ibarra (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP) and Teresa Artaza (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)
First Competition Law Issue of the International Law Talk Podcast: Big Data in the Third Internet Era with Gabriella Muscolo 14 enero, 2021
The Kluwer Competition Law Blog is very happy to announce the first competition law issue of the International Law Talk Podcast. Just before Christmas, I talked to Gabriella Muscolo, Commissioner of the Italian Competition Authority, a specialist for big data, IP and competition law. We covered the whole bandwidth of big data and competition law,... Continue […]
Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Editor) (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, Luxembourg)

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)
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)

Competition Bureau Reiterates Narrow Enforcement Position For No-Poaching and Wage-Fixing Agreements Between Competing Employers 5 diciembre, 2020
December 3, 2020 Practical Law Canada Competition (of which I am Lawyer Editor) has published a new Legal Update, which discusses the Competition Bureau’s (Bureau) recent statement on no-poaching and wage-fixing agreements between competing employers. Such agreements have increasing been the subject of debate following U.S. enforcement in relation to tech c […]
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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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Nuevas sanciones en la UE por prácticas restrictivas en el mercado farmacéutico ("pay for delay") 27 noviembre, 2020
La Comisión UE ha multado una vez más (recuérdense los asuntos Lundbeck o Servier) por prácticas conocidas como "pay for delay" en el ámbito del mercado farmacéutico, concretamente en relación con el medicamento genérico. La coexistencia de "empresas originarias" (o "innovadoras"), que tienen la exclusiva (patente) respecto a un […]
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 […]

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: 27 febrero, 2020

Dos datos del reporte “OECD Competition Trends 2020” sobre América Latina: colusión en licitaciones y duración de carteles