Competition enforcement

The extraterritorial application of US antitrust law has long generated tension between effective enforcement and respect for the regulatory autonomy of foreign states. This blog post examines that…

Imagine a situation in which an individual, in the course of their employment, gains access to documents or communications indicating the existence of a cartel agreement between competing…

IntroductionChile has a comprehensive development in digital markets. Between 2019 and 2026, the Chilean Competition Authority (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, or “FNE”) conducted 24 investigations into…

The right to conduct unannounced inspections — the perquisition du matin, to borrow the French expression that found its way into the Strasbourg lexicon — is simultaneously competition enforcement’s…

– On a Federal Court of Justice acting in self-defence, a legislature conspicuous by its absence, and the quiet decline of Germany as a forum for justice –There are judgments that decide the law. And…

Foreign state-owned enterprises winning European public tenders with subsidies — undercutting fair competitors? This is precisely what the EU seeks to prevent. Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign…

I. IntroductionThe Czech Competition Authority ("CCA") has released the long-anticipated draft amendment to Act No. 143/2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition (the "Competition Act"). The…

On-site inspections conducted by the Turkish Competition Authority (“TCA”) have long been among the most powerful investigative tools in competition enforcement, and one of the most debated. The…

Significant amendments to the Bulgarian Competition Protection Act ("CPA") have recently entered into force, marking a substantial evolution in the country's competition law framework. These reforms…