Javier Tapia

Merger Review Regimes in the ASEAN Region and Case Analysis of Grab-Uber Merger 26 enero, 2022
Merger Review Regimes in the ASEAN Region and Case Analysis of Grab-Uber Merger By: Jang, Yungshin (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)); Kang, Gu Sang (KOREA INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC POLICY (KIEP)) Abstract: In 2018, the largest yet cross-border...
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Optimal Price Targeting 25 enero, 2022
Optimal Price Targeting Adam N. Smith University College London - UCL School of Management Stephan Seiler Imperial College Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research Ishant Aggarwal Lloyds Banking Group Abstract We examine the proﬁtability of personalized pricing policies that...
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Relational Contracts and Trust in a High-Tech Industry 24 enero, 2022
Relational Contracts and Trust in a High-Tech Industry By: Giacomo Calzolari; Leonardo Felli; Johannes Koenen; Giancarlo Spagnolo; Konrad O. Stahl Abstract: We study how informal buyer-supplier relationships in the German automotive industry affect procurement. Using unique data from a survey...
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V Congreso de Derecho de Sociedades 24 enero, 2022
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No se puede pedir dos veces la misma medida cautelar 22 enero, 2022
2.- El bloque de accionistas del Sr. Luis Miguel ya promovió tutela cautelar en el seno de Diligencias Previas num. 2223/2018 del Juzgado de Instrucción num. 12 de Valencia, impetrando la suspensión de la Junta convocada por el Sr. Luis María para el dia 2 de septiembre de 2019, con un Orden del dia coincidente con el de la Junta que ahora se trata. El Juzg […]
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¿Se puede impugnar el acuerdo del consejo de administración por el que se aprueba el proyecto de fusión? 22 enero, 2022
… se suscita la duda sobre si la redacción y suscripción del proyecto de fusión por parte del Consejo de Administración es un acuerdo impugnable. La tesis restrictiva sostiene que no cualquier acto de un Consejo de Administración es un acto o acuerdo susceptible de impugnación autónoma, pues no todas las manifestaciones de voluntad o actos del Consejo de Ad […]
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Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2021 – Turkey 21 enero, 2022
2021 has been a busy year in many aspects, including competition law and policy in the Republic of Turkey. The Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA“) developed and adopted its secondary legislation in response to amendments to Law No. 4054 on Protection of Competition (“Turkish Competition Law“)[1]. These recent developments on the secondary legislation inclu […]
Fevzi Toksoy (ACTECON) and Bahadir Balki (ACTECON)
Kluwer Competition Law Blog Nominees for the Antitrust Writing Awards: Vote! 20 enero, 2022
We are delighted to see so many of our dear contributors’ blog posts shortlisted in different categories of the 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards. Congratulations on this great achievement! Now it is on you, loyal readers of the blog, to vote for these brilliant pieces: Business Articles – Concerted Practices Oleksander Dyakulych and Anastasiia Panchak... Cont […]
Lena Hornkohl (Deputy Editor) (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg)
Dutch ACM orders Apple to amend its terms for dating apps – interim relief judge largely agrees 19 enero, 2022
On 24 December 2021, the Dutch Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) published a summary decision finding an abuse of a dominant position by Apple. The decision dates back to 24 August 2021 but was published only last month following an injunction proceeding aimed at suspending the effects of the ACM’s decision as well as... Continue reading
Marc Wiggers (Loyens & Loeff), Robin Struijlaart (Loyens & Loeff) and Marinus Prakke (Loyens & Loeff)

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)

CPL Interiors Fined More Than $750,000 In Toronto Condo Refurbishment Bid-Rigging Case 18 enero, 2022
January 18, 2022 On January 17, 2021, Canada’s Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that CPL Interiors Ltd. (CPL) was fined $761,967 after pleading guilty before the Ontario Superior Court for participating in a criminal bid-rigging conspiracy under Canada’s Competition Act. In making the announcement, the Commissioner of Competition said: “Cracking down on […]
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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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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 […]
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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

Autor: Javier Tapia

Antitrust Writing Awards

Sobre los 10 años del Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia de Chile

¡Cartelícense no más!: la negativa señal de la Corte Suprema chilena en un caso reciente