Introduction
Ride-hailing apps are present practically in every country from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In places like Colombia and Brazil, they entered the market as early as 2013 – 2014…
Introduction
Blockchain technology is a complex and innovative field that has raised questions about its potential impact on competition laws. As the use of blockchain increases, its unique…
Despite the pandemic, 2020 has been a very busy year for the Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) and courts in the field of competition law in Germany. The following is merely a selection of interesting…
Most competition authorities have a preference for structural remedies in merger cases in the form of divestitures while behavioural remedies are used less frequently. The below blog post analyses…
Recent Developments in Abuse of Dominance Law in Canada:
When is Anti-Competitive Conduct Justified?
Charles Tingley and Mark Katz
On October 17, 2019, the Canadian Competition Tribunal dismissed an…
Introduction
In 2019 several studies have been published and discussions took place about digitalisation, online platforms and competition law. Many of us will probably have read the so-called Crémer…
This blog is written by Pauline Kuipers and Janneke Kohlen, Bird & Bird LLP
Introduction
The Dutch competition authority, ACM, initiated a market study in 2018 into the effect of the introduction of…
Common ownership currently is one of the focus topics in the antitrust community. Einer Elhauge, a Harvard Law professor, has called it the “greatest anticompetitive threat of our times”. Others…
Introduction
On 19 March 2019, the highest administrative court in the Netherlands (het College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven, "CBb") ruled that the Dutch Competition Authority ("the ACM") can…
