AntiTrust Law
Antitrust
Ceneo’s Preliminary Case. Redefining The Frontiers of Google’s Operations?
In a preliminary ruling issued on 14 March 2024, the District Court in Warsaw (DCW) granted Ceneo Ltd. an interim injunction in respect of non-monetary ...
Antitrust
Restrictions by Object and the Public Interest Defence
On 30 April 2024, AG Szpunar issued his Opinion in Case C-650/22, FIFA v BZ. This gives the Court an opportunity to revisit and apply ...
Antitrust
The Assessment of Labor Market Collusion: EC Policy Brief on Antitrust Issues in Labour Markets
On 3 May, the EC published a policy brief on labor markets. The existing legal framework allows the EC and EU national competition authorities to ...
Antitrust
Digital Markets – Regulation – Compliance: The Art of Making Complexity a Harmonious Triad
Ever since its introduction in 2021, Section 19a of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen or “GWB”) has attracted attention, not ...
Antitrust
FTC Finalizes Rule Banning Post-Termination Non-Compete Clauses
The FTC first proposed to ban essentially all employer-employee non-competes throughout the US while I was a Commissioner. At that time, many — including me ...
Antitrust
Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2024
Topics covered in this edition: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and US Department of Justice have begun implementing the 2023 Merger Guidelines in their enforcement ...
Antitrust
When The European Commission Rings at Dawn: First Dawn Raid under the FSR!
At the crack of dawn, the European Commission embarked on a milestone enforcement endeavor: the first unannounced inspection under the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation ...
Antitrust
What the FTC’s Noncompete Ban Means for Healthcare
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its Final Rule banning employers from imposing post-employment noncompete requirements on their workers (the “Final Rule”). The FTC ...
Antitrust
Swiss Federal Supreme Court Redefines Abuse of Dominant Market Position
In last week’s leading case on the abuse of a dominant position (2C_698/2021), the Federal Supreme Court sweepingly redefines the interpretation of abusive pricing and ...