The antitrust books you should’ve read in 2019 [part 1]
While the past year may not have been spectacular on all fronts, it was a […]
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Lessons and questions from Google Android- Part 2 – Tying in two-sided markets, anti-competitive effects and extra-territorial remedies
The very lengthy and complex Google Android decision provides us with lots of material for […]
Abuse of relative dominance in the platform economy: a French court finds Amazon’s contracts with third-party sellers significantly imbalanced
Two years ago (before Amazon became entangled in a patchwork of investigations by competition authorities), Reuters reported: ‘France […]
Amazon cases on the move: Bundeskartellamt closes proceedings while European Commission opens formal investigation
The 17th of July has been quite the day for Amazon, at least when it comes […]
Lessons and questions from Google Android- Part 1 – the market definition
On the 19th of September the Google decision was finally made public after a long […]
Competition law and public procurement – an easy catch for competition enforcers?
If you ask what the common recent trends are among EU Member States in competition […]
‘We have reached “peak cloning” in Silicon Valley’: when does copying your competitor’s product become anticompetitive?
‘We have reached “peak cloning” in Silicon Valley’, read a recent tweet by Jeff Morris Jr. […]
Crossroads in EU Competition Law: green light or stop sign for non-economic goals?
On the 6th of September, Reuters broke the news that the U.S. Department of Justice launched an antitrust […]
Ex-ante competition law enforcement and online platforms – a tool with no (clear) instructions
The interest of national competition authorities in the matter of online platforms and competition law […]
Is there hope for competition in the rail sector?
The blocking of the Siemens-Alstom merger reminded everyone of the ‘pros and cons’ arguments in the […]