Revision of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER): the Commission publishes its Inception Impact Assessment
The Commission is continuing its work with the aim of revising the Vertical Restraints Regulation. The final review published on [+]
Competition investigations against Facebook: EU court upholds privacy rights of employees, but not of the company itself
In the space of a few weeks, the General Court of the European Union has had the opportunity to rule [+]
New Competition Tool
On 2 June 2020, the European Commission published an initial impact assessment and a public consultation, open until 8 September [+]
Predatory acquisitions: a step towards reform of the merger regulation?
The law pertaining to mergers is often solicited in respect of merger-acquisition transactions by the digital giants , which most [+]
Towards stricter regulation of GAFA?
The European Union is currently engaged in general discussions on the adoption of new competitive tools better adapted to the [+]
Competition authorities are subject to an effective control of their impartiality: on July 29, 2020, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal granted a petition for legitimate suspicion against the Polynesian Competition Authority
On July 29, 2020, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal just issued a landmark decision: he granted [+]
Publication of the French new merger control guidelines: a restructured, updated and more comprehensive document both as to procedure and substance
On July 23, 2020, the French Competition Authority issued its new guidelines on merger control which supersede the former guidelines [+]
The case against the Commission’s perilous structural injunction project
In all these projects, the creation of a new competition [+]
The Competition Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal upholds the French Competition Authority’s dismissal of complaints relating to refusals of approval within a qualitative selective network (CA Paris, 4 June 2020)
The Paris Court of Appeal has just handed down a key ruling on qualitative selection. It has upheld a decision [+]
A landmark decision of the Court of Justice regarding commercial agents
The debate has been raging for years both within the French legal community and in courtrooms. Does the power to [+]