India's competition authority (the CCI) imposed a record-breaking fine of US$750,000 (50 million rupees) on General Electric (GE) earlier this year for failing to notify its tie-up with Alstom S.A.…
By Falk Schöning, Partner, and Peter Citron, Counsel, Hogan Lovells
Online sales are not only attracting the attention of consumers and tech businesses, but also increased review by antitrust…
The OECD describes a JV as a situation where participating firms agree by contract or otherwise to combine, other than by merger, significant productive (tangible or intangible) assets, and to do…
On 7 April 2016, the CNMC (Spain's National Authority for Markets and Competition) Council imposed fines totalling €6.12 million on six Spanish nougat ("turrón") producers for agreeing to share the…
In a much-anticipated series of judgments, running to some 579 pages, the EU’s General Court on 8 September 2016 upheld a 2013 decision of the European Commission that imposed fines of almost €150…
On August 30, 2016, the Argentine Antitrust Commission (“CNDC”) has opened a public consultation process for its draft bill reforming its competition law.
The main characteristics of the draft bill…
The EU umbrella group of telecoms regulators –BEREC- just published Guidelines on net neutrality. The Guidelines are designed to assist national regulatory authorities in enforcing the net…
Following the Commission decision in the GE/Alstom case, members of the Chief Economist Team have, on a number of occasions, publicly commented on the bidding analysis undertaken in this case. During…
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A recent judgment in the Spanish bitumen cartel…
Introduction
Uber Technologies Inc. is an American transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It develops, markets and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows…
