Section 26 (2A) of the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act) codifies the principle of res judicata , and states that “the Commission may not inquire into an agreement referred to in Section 3 or…
On 8 September 2025, the European Commission (“EC”) imposed a fine of €172,000 on Eurofield SAS (“Eurofield”) and its then-parent company Unanime Sport SAS (“Unanime Sport”) for providing incomplete…
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) introduced an innovative framework aimed at promoting contestability and fairness in digital markets. In addition to imposing a multitude of substantial obligations on…
With the (belated) transposition of the EU Representative Actions Directive (RAD) on 13 October 2023 by means of the RAD Implementing Act (Verbandsklagenrichtlinienumsetzungsgesetz – non-German…
With its decision issued on 30 March 2023 (Storytel Decision), the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) evaluated Storytel Turkey Yayıncılık Hizmetleri A.Ş.’s (Storytel) claim that some documents…
This overview covers the main developments in competition law and policy in Portugal in the course of 2022.
Legislative and institutional developments
The Portuguese Competition Act and the bylaws…
You've probably all seen the terror ChatGPT has unleashed on white collars, from research analysts to copywriters, over the past two months. What about lawyers, economists, or paralegals working in…
Below we cover the main competition law developments in Spain in 2022, concerning (i) institutions, (ii) restrictive agreements, (ii) abuse of dominance, (iii) procedure, (iv) mergers, and (v) the…
Significant amendments to Canada’s Competition Act (Act) dominated discussion about Canadian competition law policy and enforcement in 2022. Given the full implementation of the first round of…
