22 septiembre, 2020 – Derecho y Políticas de Libre Competencia en América Latina

22 septiembre, 2020 Merielin Almonte

Rol de las autoridades de competencia en el contexto del COVID-19

Incentivized Mergers and Cost Effciency: Evidence from the Electricity Distribution Industry 19 enero, 2021
Incentivized Mergers and Cost Effciency: Evidence from the Electricity Distribution Industry By: Robert Clark (Queen's University); Mario Samano (HEC Montreal) Abstract: In an effort to lower costs of provision, authorities have encouraged the consolidation of providers for a number of...
D Daniel Sokol
Growing by the Masses - Revisiting the Link between Firm Size and Market Power 18 enero, 2021
Growing by the Masses - Revisiting the Link between Firm Size and Market Power By: Hassan Afrouzi; Andres Drenik; Ryan Kim Abstract: How are a firm’s size and market power related to one another? Combining micro-data about producers and consumers,...
D Daniel Sokol
Empirical methodology for the evaluation of collusive behaviour in vertically-related markets: an application to the "yogurt cartel" in France 18 enero, 2021
Empirical methodology for the evaluation of collusive behaviour in vertically-related markets: an application to the "yogurt cartel" in France By: Céline Bonnet (TSE - Toulouse School of Economics - UT1 - Université Toulouse 1 Capitole - EHESS - École des...
D Daniel Sokol

¿Cuándo deja de ser socio un socio que se separa? 18 enero, 2021
Foto: JJBOSEDice la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 15 de enero de 2021 que en el momento en el que se le paga su cuota de liquidación. Es un error. Y un error contra legem dado lo que dispone el art. 13.1 LSP («Los socios profesionales podrán separarse de la sociedad constituida por tiempo indefinido en cualquier momento. El ejercicio del derecho de separ […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
Venta de unidades productivas que incluye activos afectos a una garantía para el cobro de un crédito clasificado en el concurso como privilegio especial: hace falta el consentimiento del acreedor. Sin su consentimiento, el adquirente ha de pagar el crédito 18 enero, 2021
foto: @thefromthetreeEs la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de 29 de diciembre de 2020, ECLI: ES:TS:2020:4406El motivo se funda en la infracción del art. 149.2 LC y la jurisprudencia que lo interpreta en relación con la protección del acreedor con privilegio especial en caso de venta directa de una unidad productiva En el concurso de Servicios de Ingeniería y […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
El IAJD de las hipotecas lo pagan los pobres 18 enero, 2021
foto: @thefromthetreePor Isaac Ibáñez GarcíaComo apuntó el profesor Tejerizo López (El mal llamado “Impuesto sobre las Hipotecas”), una de las soluciones para el arcaico IAJD es la de “hacerlo desaparecer sin más. Esto es lo que ha ocurrido, por ejemplo, en Alemania, sin que al parecer hayan sufrido un quebranto irreparable los ingresos tributarios de un paí […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

Irish Merger Control 2020 – Your 3-Minute Update 19 enero, 2021
5 Key Takeaways More Deals Take Longer More deals than ever before involved extended CCPC reviews. Of 42 deals notified, 10 involved merger review delays of at least 3 months. Two “Phase 2” reviews, both on going as of 15/01/2021, have each taken 11 months already. According to the CCPC, this trend reflects “the complex... Continue reading
Philip Andrews (McCann FitzGerald) and Laura Treacy (McCann FitzGerald)
Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2020: Switzerland 18 enero, 2021
2020: Business as usual (more or less) While over the past year COVID has had a major impact on our lives in many areas, it left Swiss competition law practice refreshingly unimpressed. In late March 2020, in the middle of the first lockdown, the Swiss Competition Commission (“ComCo“) issued a clear message: Swiss competition law... Continue reading
Marcel Meinhardt (Lenz & Staehelin) and Sandro Travaglini (Lenz & Staehelin)
World Competition Law and Economics Review, volume 43, issue 4, 2020 17 enero, 2021
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Pablo Ibáñez Colomo, Self-Preferencing: Yet Another Epithet in Need of Limiting Principles Self-preferencing is central to contemporary competition law discussions, in particular in digital markets. This article considers the meaning a […]
Jose Rivas (Bird and Bird, Belgium)

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: 22 septiembre, 2020

Rol de las autoridades de competencia en el contexto del COVID-19