The European Union’s Court of Justice (“ECJ”) went into the 2023 winter break in style, publishing a hat-trick of judgments (hereafter referred to as SuperLeague, ISU, and Royal Antwerp) regarding the application of...more
2/8/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Football ,
International Olympic Committee (IOC) ,
Olympics ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sports ,
Sports Authority ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The ECJ’s recent preliminary ruling in C-211/22 - Super Bock Bebidas (“Super Bock”) is significant for businesses and competition authorities. It is well-established that categorisation of conduct as a ‘by object’...more
7/19/2023
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Contract Formation ,
Distributors ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Infringement ,
Member State ,
Price-Fixing ,
Restraint of Trade ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
On 16 March 2023, the ECJ published its judgment in Towercast (C-449/21), confirming that Article 102 TFEU (which prohibits abuses of a dominant market position) may apply to transactions which fall below national and EU...more