The Italian Competition Authority investigates on potential restrictions on online resale through marketplaces
On 26 March 2025 the Italian Competition Authority (“AGCM”) announced to have launched an investigation […]
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Spielberg’s antitrust: Netflix, Amazon and the Draft Digital Markets Act
The recent legislative reform proposals presented by the European Commission (“EC”) have revived the debate […]
The Commission’s Article 22 EUMR Guidance: catching killer acquisitions through the merger referral procedure?
Over the past five years, the EU’s merger control regime has been hotly debated. The […]
Amazon/Deliveroo: Dynamic Counterfactual Analysis and the Failing-Firm Defence
The economic and financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic foreshadows an increase in the number […]
Venture capital and antitrust: on exit strategies, killer acquisitions, and innovation harms
Venture capital (VC) is the primary source of financing for early-stage startups bringing their innovation […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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. […]
The return of the MFN clauses – platform ranking as an enforcement mechanism for price parity
The MFN cases of the past few years have delivered a series of uncoordinated cases […]