Manuel Abarca

19 noviembre, 2019 Manuel Abarca

La Declaración de Utah: El Manifiesto Hipster

12 agosto, 201912 agosto, 2019 Manuel Abarca

El sistema chileno de responsabilidad civil derivada de ilícitos anticompetitivos frente a la OCDE: ¿Separate Ways?

12 julio, 2019 Manuel Abarca

Killer Acquisitions/Fusiones Asesinas: I’ve Got You Under my Skin

18 junio, 201918 junio, 2019 Manuel Abarca

Hipster Antitrust: ¿Anarchy in the US?

22 mayo, 201922 mayo, 2019 Manuel Abarca

Separar a los Gigantes Tecnológicos: ¿New Kid in Town?

The EU Rules on Jurisdiction for and the Law Applicable to, Follow-on, and Stand-alone Damages Following Competition Infringement 31 marzo, 2020
Geert Van Calster describes The EU Rules on Jurisdiction for and the Law Applicable to, Follow-on, and Stand-alone Damages Following Competition Infringement.
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Competition Law’s Innovation Factor 31 marzo, 2020
Competition Law’s Innovation Factor The Relevant Market in Dynamic Contexts in the EU and the US Viktoria H S E Robertson In recent years, market definition has come under attack as an analytical tool of competition law. Scholars have increasingly...
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FRAND Licensing Levels under EU Law 31 marzo, 2020
Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas, Igor Nikolic, University College London, and Nicolas Petit, European University Institute - Department of Law (LAW) identify FRAND Licensing Levels under EU Law. ABSTRACT: This paper investigates whether EU or national law provide...
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Una nota sobre unas páginas de Pablo de Lora 29 marzo, 2020
En el capítulo III de su muy interesante libro sobre los aspectos filosófico-jurídicos del sexo, el matrimonio y la familia, Pablo de Lora se ocupa del matrimonio y la reproducción. En él, expone y analiza los difíciles problemas de conciliar la Biología – y por tanto, la evolución vía selección natural – y la Cultura – y, por tanto, la evolución cultural – […]
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Una pandemia es un problema complejo: los problemas complejos se tratan por gobernantes inteligentes con planes de contingencia 27 marzo, 2020
La próxima vez que vote, piense si está eligiendo al gobernante más inteligente. O aténgase a las consecuencias."Lo que necesitamos, sugiere Brenda Zimmerman… es distinguir entre lo complicado y lo complejo. Es complicado, dice, enviar un cohete a la luna - requiere planos, matemáticas y mucha maquinaria cuidadosamente calibrada y mucha programación red […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL
El Gobierno: un foco muy infeccioso 26 marzo, 2020
Por Isaac Ibáñez GarcíaParece evidente que el Gobierno y el Partido Socialista tenían firmemente decidido, contra viento y marea y a pesar de los datos que conocían, que había que alentar las manifestaciones del 8 de marzo; pues consideran que el feminismo (mal entendido) es para ellos una industria-caladero de votos (junto a otras, como esa mamarrachada de […]
JESÚS ALFARO AGUILA-REAL

25th Anniversary of the Eurasian Economic Project: First Steps in Regulation of Cross-Border Competition 25 marzo, 2020
Globalization and regional integration processes are trends that determine the development of the world’s economy at present and, as a result, substantially affect competition policy. To address new challenges in global markets, different states cooperate more closely with each other on competition law matters. Considered international cooperation is require […]
Ksenia Tarkhova (ALRUD) and Anastasia Kayukova (ALRUD)
EU State Aid and COVID-19 24 marzo, 2020
Overview Given the unprecedented challenge faced by European businesses in the wake of the public health measures being adopted, the EU and its Member States are taking extraordinary measures to minimise the economic fallout from COVID-19. Over the coming weeks, Member States will make available billions in financial aid an in a speech on 13... Continue read […]
Paula Riedel (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Thomas Wilson (Kirkland & Ellis, United Kingdom) and Shane Cranley (Kirkland & Ellis LLP)
World Competition Law and Economics Review, volume 43, issue 1, 2020 21 marzo, 2020
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions: Wouter P.J. Wils, Fundamental Procedural Rights and Effective Enforcement of Articles 101 and 102 TFEU in the European Competition Network This article deals with the fundamental procedural rights of companies that are targeted... Cont […]
Jose Rivas (Bird and Bird, Belgium)

Viamedia: Seventh Circuit Makes Dismissal of Refusal to Deal Claims Very Difficult 25 marzo, 2020
Last month, the Seventh Circuit in Viamedia Inc. v. Comcast Corp.[1] found that refusal to deal claims can still be successfully alleged under Sherman Act Section 2 if plaintiff’s allegations mirror those in Aspen Skiing closely enough. If it stands, the opinion will make it much more difficult for monopolist defendants to dismiss such claims... Continue re […]
Steven J. Cernak (Bona Law PC)
Will FTC’s winning record end planned Philadelphia-area hospital merger? 1 marzo, 2020
The FTC and State of Pennsylvania on February 28 moved to block the proposed merger of Jefferson Health and Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, two leading providers of inpatient general acute care hospital services and inpatient acute rehabilitation services in the Philadelphia area. The FTC issued an administrative complaint alleging that the proposed merg […]
Jeffrey May (Wolters Kluwer)
Will the Supreme Court Limit the FTC’s Use of Section 13(b) Court Actions? 30 enero, 2020
The FTC’s authority to seek permanent injunctive relief and monetary relief under Section 13(b) of the FTC Act is being called into question. While more commonly used in consumer protection cases, Section 13(b) has been used by the FTC to seek injunctive relief and equitable relief in competition cases as well. Just this week, the... Continue reading The pos […]
Jeffrey May (Wolters Kluwer)

COVID-19 (Corona Virus): Canadian Competition and Advertising Law Developments 28 marzo, 2020
March 28, 2020 The global spread of COVID-19 has had significant impacts in most major areas of law, including Canadian competition and advertising law. Both federal and provincial governments in Canada have been introducing unprecedented new legislation and orders relating to key aspects of competition and advertising law, including price-fixing, price gou […]
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New Competition Bureau Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest: Priorities Include Misleading Data Privacy Claims 6 marzo, 2020
March 6, 2020 Practical Law Canada Competition has published a New Legal Update, which discusses the Competition Bureau’s new Deceptive Marketing Practices Digest, including the following key current Competition Bureau advertising enforcement priorities: false or misleading data privacy claims, weight loss claims and online pricing and drip pricing. All of t […]
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My New Canadian Lawyer Column: Upfront Pricing – Is That Too Much To Ask? 27 febrero, 2020
February 27, 2020 In my new Canadian Lawyer Column, I take a bit of a light-hearted tiptoe through recent drip-pricing cases enforced by the Competition Bureau, including the announcement on February 13, 2020 that StubHub agreed to pay $1.3 million for allegedly violating the misleading advertising provisions of the Competition Act by failing to adequately [ […]
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Ayudas Públicas y Coranovirus (COVID-19) 17 marzo, 2020
Autor: Comisión EuropeaAnte la situación excepcional a que asiste la Unión Europea, la Comisión (UE) ha presentado un "Marco temporal" (aplicable a ayudas públicas concedidas desde el 1 de febrero de 2020 a finales de año) que flexibiliza y otorga rapidez a la concesión de ayudas estatales relacionadas con el Coranovirus (aquí). Este documento supo […]
El resarcimiento de daños causados en mercados no afectados por un cártel (STJUE de 12 de diciembre de 2019) 13 diciembre, 2019
La sentencia de 12 de diciembre de 2019 (aquí) del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) resuelve una petición de decisión prejudicial planteada por el Tribunal Supremo de Austria en relación con un litigio sobre reclamación de indemnizaciones derivadas de un cártel prohibido por el artículo 101 TFUE realizado entre empresas del sector de los ascen […]
La doctrina jurisprudencial sobre el «hallazgo causal» y su supeditación a la idoneidad y proporcionalidad de la inspección (Sentencia Tribunal Supremo de 22 de octubre de 2019) 6 noviembre, 2019
Uno de los problemas habituales en la aplicación práctica del Derecho Antitrust por parte de autoridades de competencia y judiciales (europeas y españolas) es el de los límites de las actuaciones de inspección. La coexistencia de intereses muy diversos genera conflictos entre los derechos de inspección de la Administración y los de defensa de los afectados o […]

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

Mobile payments, antitrust and socio-economic development 18 julio, 2018
Digital Markets, Mobile Payments Systems, and Development – Competition Policy Implications in Developing Countries in Light of the EU Experience “Abstract The digitization of economic activity has important socio-economic development implications and at the same time creates challenges for antitrust analysis. These implications and challenges have been met […]
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A contribution to the empirics of algorithmic pricing 12 julio, 2018
An Empirical Analysis of Algorithmic Pricing on Amazon Marketplace “Abstract The rise of e-commerce has unlocked practical applications for algorithmic pricing (also called dynamic pricing algorithms), where sellers set prices using computer algorithms. Travel websites and large, well known e-retailers have already adopted algorithmic pricing strategies, but […]
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What do computer scientists have to say about algorithmic collusion? 4 julio, 2018
The importance of talking to computer scientists before making assumptions about what pricing algorithms can do: Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Collusion “Abstract This paper discusses the question whether self-learning price-setting algorithms are able to coordinate their pricing behaviour to achieve a collusive outcome that maximizes the joint profits o […]
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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

Autor: Manuel Abarca

La Declaración de Utah: El Manifiesto Hipster

El sistema chileno de responsabilidad civil derivada de ilícitos anticompetitivos frente a la OCDE: ¿Separate Ways?

Killer Acquisitions/Fusiones Asesinas: I’ve Got You Under my Skin

Hipster Antitrust: ¿Anarchy in the US?

Separar a los Gigantes Tecnológicos: ¿New Kid in Town?