9 mayo, 2020 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

9 mayo, 2020 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

“Delación, recompensas y criterios de imputación de conductas anticompetitivas”: Próximo seminario virtual del capítulo América Latina de ASCOLA

Rising Markups, Common Ownership, and Technological Capacities 30 octubre, 2020
Rising Markups, Common Ownership, and Technological Capacities Alexandra J. Gibbon Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Jan Philip Schain Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) Abstract This paper analyses the impact of common ownership on markups and innovation and adds...
D Daniel Sokol
Vertical Exclusion with Downstream Risk Aversion or Limited Liability 30 octubre, 2020
Vertical Exclusion with Downstream Risk Aversion or Limited Liability Stephen Hansen Imperial College Business School Massimo Motta Universitat Pompeu Fabra Abstract An upstream firm with full commitment bilaterally contracts with two ex ante identical downstream firms. Each observes its own...
D Daniel Sokol
The General Court of the European Union Annuls the Decision of the European Commission’s Prohibition of a Four-to-Three Merger in the UK Telecoms Sector, in the First Judgment to Directly Deal With the Legal Test for ‘Gap Cases’ 30 octubre, 2020
The General Court of the European Union Annuls the Decision of the European Commission’s Prohibition of a Four-to-Three Merger in the UK Telecoms Sector, in the First Judgment to Directly Deal With the Legal Test for ‘Gap Cases’ Simon Vande...
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Por qué el Derecho es y no es una Ciencia 29 octubre, 2020
Por supuesto, el Derecho en el sentido usual de datos jurídicos tales como normas y procedimientos, no puede constituir una Ciencia, de la misma manera que la materia o el comportamiento de los animales no pueden constituir una Ciencia. La ciencia jurídica, si existe, debe consistir en el estudio científico de tales datos jurídicos (en el estudio de las no […]
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Efectos de la revolución cultural china sobre la alfabetización rural 29 octubre, 2020
La cosa empezó en diciembre de 1955 cuando Mao Zedong dijo que los intelectuales que vivían en las ciudades deberían estar felices de irse al campo a vivir y trabajar. En 1962, en medio de la Gran Hambruna provocada por el propio gobierno y sus políticas de industrialización masiva, se promovió el traslado de jóvenes urbanos al campo para aliviar la escasez […]
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Lutero y el nacimiento del individualismo y el positivismo jurídicos 28 octubre, 2020
Castillo de Predjama La Reforma Luterana, y la revolución de los principados alemanes que la encarnaron, rompió el dualismo católico romano de ley eclesiástica y ley secular. Y lo hizo expulsando del Derecho a la Iglesia. Donde el luteranismo tuvo éxito, la Iglesia pasó a ser entendida como algo invisible, apolítico, alegal; y la única soberanía, la única l […]
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Commission’s New Tools for Policing Digital Markets Are Shaping Up Gradually, But Slowly 30 octubre, 2020
After two rounds of public consultations that ended 8 September 2020, the European Commission (‘Commission’) appears to be on track and make its proposals for new enforcement powers more concrete. The Commission intends to adopt its two definitive legislative proposals before the end of 2020. In this post, we take a look at where the... Continue reading
Marc Wiggers (Loyens & Loeff), Marc Custers (Loyens & Loeff) and Robin Struijlaart (Loyens & Loeff)
Antitrust in Political Battlefield – Google Trapped in Partisan Battle 29 octubre, 2020
Few days ahead of a historic presidential election, the political pressure accrues and has already made one collateral casualty: Google. David Cicilline (D-RI) has issued a House Report where big tech companies, including Google, are threatened to be broken up. In the same week, Trump’s Attorney General William Barr launched a lawsuit against Google with... […]
Aurelien Portuese (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
National competition authorities and FDI screening: the case of Romania 28 octubre, 2020
EU FDI Screening Regulation: separating security from competition The Regulation 2019/452 establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (EU FDI Screening Regulation) was adopted on 19 March 2019 and became fully operational on 11 October 2020. Its adoption was prompted by the concerns of various stakeholders alleging […]
Alexandr Svetlicinii (University of Macau)

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)

Investment Canada Act National Security Review Timelines Temporarily Extended 1 octubre, 2020
October 1, 2020 Practical Law Canada has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the Canadian Government’s temporary extension, effective from July 31, 2020 to the end of 2020, of the national security review timelines under the Investment Canada Act. In addition to its immediate impact, this extension should also be understood more broadly as consist […]
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Running a Friends-and-family Promotion in Canada? Cruel, Cryptic CASL Strikes Again 21 agosto, 2020
August 21, 2020 During the COVID-19 epidemic, one marketing development that I have noticed is an increased effort to promote destination marketing, including through promotional contests. In this regard, I have acted for several countries assisting them with their destination marketing related promotions. My new Canadian Lawyer column discusses some of th […]
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Competition Bureau Issues Updated Competitor Collaboration Guidelines for Public Comment 10 agosto, 2020
August 10, 2020 Practical Law Canada has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the Competition Bureau’s revised Competitor Collaboration Guidelines. This Update includes an overview of sections 45 and 90.1 of the Competition Act, a summary of the Bureau’s key proposed changes and implications for collaborations between competitors. Below is an excer […]
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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 […]
La Comisión (UE) sanciona nuevamente a proveedores de piezas de automóvil 2 octubre, 2020
La clemencia ha permitido nuevamente la detección de un cártel a nivel europeo, esta vez en el sector de los proveedores de piezas de automóvil (concretamente en relación con los módulos de puertas y reguladores de ventanas). La sanción asciende a 18 millones de euros y ha sido comunicada por la Comisión UE el 29 de septiembre de 2020 (aquí).Las sanciones se […]

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

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
The problem(s) of tech markets 3 febrero, 2020
There is a popular perception that competition law – and competition economics – has failed to keep up with technology markets. I don’t want to comment on whether I think that’s true but I do want to set out briefly what some of the problems might be. We’ve come a long way from a farmer […]
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: 9 mayo, 2020

“Delación, recompensas y criterios de imputación de conductas anticompetitivas”: Próximo seminario virtual del capítulo América Latina de ASCOLA