The European Commission’s Chief Competition Economist in a recent presentation specifically referred to the notion of “platform envelopment” and the possibilities of leverage.[1] His social-media…
On February 7, 2019, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (“FCO”) issued its long-awaited decision in the Facebook case, see press release and background paper in English here.
It qualifies Facebook’s…
I. Introduction to the internet consultation
On 19 December 2018 the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate ("Ministry") started an internet consultation on competition law and online…
In September 2018, the European Commission (“EC”) sent out formal requests for information (“RFIs”) to investigate allegations of an anticompetitive conduct by Amazon. The investigation relates to…