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

19 mayo, 202026 mayo, 2020 Juan David Gutiérrez R.

«Fake Antitrust?: Fact checking on the Alleged Competition Law Case Against Facebook for the Proliferation of Fake News» – Primer coloquio virtual del capítulo América Latina de ASCOLA

Digital Transformation in the Media & Entertainment Industry 6 diciembre, 2021
The University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business USC Marshall Initiative on Digital Competition invites you to “Digital Transformation in the Media & Entertainment Industry.” The virtual forum held over Zoom platform will be led by Professor Daniel...
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Cartel Activity and Recidivism 6 diciembre, 2021
Cartel Activity and Recidivism Research Handbook on Cartels (Edward Elgar, Peter Whelan, ed.) 23 Pages Posted: 8 Jul 2021 Catarina M. P. Marvão Technological University Dublin; Stockholm School of Economics - Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) Abstract The existence...
D Daniel Sokol
Digital Crossroads: The Intersection of Competition Law and Data Privacy 3 diciembre, 2021
Digital Crossroads: The Intersection of Competition Law and Data Privacy Erika Douglas Abstract Antitrust and data privacy law are powerful forces shaping our economy. Scarcely a day goes by without headline-making enforcement from one regime or the other. The result...
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Citas 2 diciembre, 2021
Cuándo es necesaria la intervención del legislador en el Derecho Privado«Los códigos (o las codificaciones) son un mal que debe evitarse totalmente. La legislación particular es imprescindible, pero debe contenerse en estrechos márgenes: debe intervenir cuando «fines políticos superiores exijan la reforma del derecho existente», o cuando determinadas reglas […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Operaciones intragrupo y concurso culpable 1 diciembre, 2021
Foto: Pedro FraileLos hechos La sociedad SPV Greenleaves S.A. (en adelante, Greenleaves) fue constituida para adquirir las acciones de Alimentos Naturales S.A. El 11 de junio de 2001 adquirió acciones de esta sociedad que representaban el 88,2735% del capital social. Esta adquisición se hizo con financiación propia y con financiación externa bancaria. La amo […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
SPARC 30 noviembre, 2021
foto: Pedro FraileEn esta entrada, resumí lo que nos contaba Matt Levine sobre las SPARC. Ahora Levine añade que lo “delicioso” de las SPARCs es que el promotor – Ackman en este caso – no pide dinero a los inversores por adelantado. Los warrants que distribuye sólo dan derecho a suscribir acciones de la SPAC en el momento en que los promotores hayan encontra […]
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The CPC Network – Consumer Protection, EU Style 2 diciembre, 2021
In many jurisdictions, antitrust authorities enforce not only antitrust and competition laws, but also consumer protection rules, which may apply to similar conduct. Not so in the European Union (EU). The European Commission’s (Commission’s) Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) enforces EU antitrust rules alongside Member State authorities, coordi […]
Jay Modrall (Norton Rose Fulbright, Belgium) and Julien Haverals (Norton Rose Fulbright)
Interim Measures in Competition Law – Curse or Blessing? 1 diciembre, 2021
Interim measures are back on the Swiss Competition Commission’s radar, especially in dominance cases. The background of this latest development is the authority’s desire to accelerate its proceedings and ensure the efficacy of competition law. However, the most recent cases show that interim measures are not always suitable for this purpose – especially in d […]
Marcel Meinhardt (Lenz & Staehelin) and Sinem Süslü (Lenz & Staehelin)
Bulgaria: Abuse of dominance investigations against Lukoil 25 noviembre, 2021
Background Starting from 2009, the Bulgarian Commission for Protection of Competition (“BCPC”) has conducted several sector inquiries and investigations on the oil market in Bulgaria – a sector giving rise to serious allegations for cartel activities and abuse of dominance. One of the last investigations was held in 2017. The proceedings were initiated as a. […]
Eleonora Mateina (Tsvetkova, Bebov and Partners) and Anastasiya Grunova (Tsvetkova, Bebov and Partners)

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)
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)

An Overview of Canadian and Ontario Cannabis Advertising Laws and Rules 4 diciembre, 2021
December 4, 2021 We have been receiving an increasing number of inquiries relating to Canadian laws, regulations and regulatory guidelines for cannabis marketing and advertising. As such, we thought we would post an overview of key advertising and marketing related requirements under the federal Cannabis Act and Ontario laws and rules (e.g., the Ontario Cann […]
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Federal Court Denies Certification in DRAM Output Restriction Conspiracy Case 26 noviembre, 2021
November 26, 2021 Practical Law Canada Competition, of which I am a Lawyer Editor, has published a new Legal Update, which discusses a recent decision by the Federal Court to dismiss a motion for certification of a class action in relation to sections 45 and 46 of the Competition Act. Below is an excerpt with […] The post Federal Court Denies Certification i […]
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Recent CRTC CASL (Anti-Spam Law) Enforcement: New CASL Enforcement Report 18 noviembre, 2021
November 18, 2021 On November 8, 2021, the CRTC released its bi-annual CASL Enforcement Report, which reports that over 154,406 complaints (5,939 per week) were submitted to the Spam Reporting Centre (SRC) between April 1 and September 30, 2021. Of these complaints, 88% reported that the sender did not have consent and 71% reported that the […] The post Rece […]
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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: 19 de mayo de 2020

«Fake Antitrust?: Fact checking on the Alleged Competition Law Case Against Facebook for the Proliferation of Fake News» – Primer coloquio virtual del capítulo América Latina de ASCOLA