If AG Kokott in Post Danmark II was a 102 hawk – ordoliberal-redux, fossilizing form over function, economics on the “too difficult pile” for authorities and courts – then AG Wahl firmly sets out his…
The insurance block exemption regulation (IBER) protects statistical cooperation and certain joint insurance arrangements (inter alia line slips, pools, consortia, joint binding authorities). The EU…
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On 10 March 2016, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down judgments that provide useful clarification regarding limits on information requests issued by the European Commission in…
Co-authored by Bill Batchelor & Tom Jenkins, Baker & McKenzie
1. Summary
On 18 March 2016, the European Commission published an initial “Issues paper” on geo-blocking in the EU. The…
The first Post Danmark case in 2012 brought about a modest antitrust revolution on Article 102 applicable to discrimination. Rarefied economic concepts were confirmed. Price discrimination as a…
It is never a good sign when an advocate general's opinion warns the European Court of Justice (ECJ) not to be swayed by "ephemeral trends" or the "Zeitgeist" of economic analysis, but instead to…
