Abuse of dominance

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…

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…

The long-awaited Google Shopping judgment is out (see the press release here and the full decision here). The General Court has dismissed Google’s action almost in its entirety, upholding the fine of…

The Norwegian Competition Authority has issued a draft paper on abusive (price) discrimination, outlining how the agency plans to approach the matter, which should be most welcome. Essentially, the…

On 10 September 2021, certain significant changes to Austria’s competition law entered into force, although some of the merger control related changes will apply only as of 1 January 2022: Merger…

When we earlier reported the German Facebook proceedings in terms of a legal opera [Link], this metaphor was, as I am afraid we have to admit, a little ill-fitting. As things now seem, we can observe…

Introduction In the previous days, the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) has published its reasoned decision  regarding the investigation conducted against Google.  The decision comprises of the…

The Netherlands Authority for the Consumer and Markets’ ("ACM") announced focus on drug price developments has finally come to a tangible enforcement result: a fine of almost EUR 20 million imposed…

On 24th January 2021, the Competition Commission of India (‘CCI’) joined an exclusive club of competition law regulators around the world to initiate action in the area of privacy and competition law…