1. CONTENTIEUX -
NOUVEAU RISQUE DE REMISE EN CAUSE À POSTERIORI D’OPÉRATIONS NON NOTIFIABLES -
Par une décision du 2 mai 2024, l’Autorité de la concurrence (ci-après l’ « Autorité ») a fait pour la première fois...more
10/28/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
Healthcare ,
International Litigation ,
Investigations ,
Medical Devices ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Sanctions ,
Supply Chain
1. CONTENTIEUX -
NON-RESPECT DES ENGAGEMENTS : GOOGLE SANCTIONNÉE À HAUTEUR DE 250 MILLIONS DANS L’AFFAIRE DES DROITS VOISINS -
Par la décision n°24-D-03 du 15 mars 2024, Google est sanctionnée par l’Autorité de la...more
4/29/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Appeals ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
Google ,
International Litigation ,
Investigations ,
Online Distribution ,
Sony
Le 11 mars 2022, la Cour d’appel de Paris a infirmé dans son intégralité un jugement rendu le 31 mai 2019 par le Tribunal de commerce de Paris, qui avait condamné Google à indemniser un annonceur, la société Ulysse Service («...more
KOREA WEBINAR SERIES 2021 -
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, our first Korea Webinar Series will be held as a virtual series, with four sessions taking place between September 8 – September 28, 2021. Though we cannot...more
9/9/2021
/ Antitrust Division ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Audits ,
Collusion ,
Competition ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Green Deal ,
Korea ,
Mergers ,
Procurement Collusion Strike Force ,
Public Procurement Policies ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Technology Sector ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
McDermott is committed to provide insightful legal developments around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, Japan Webinar Series will be held between Thursday, May 20 – Thursday, June 3, 2021.
This...more
5/12/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Antitrust Division ,
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Buy America ,
Civil Liability ,
Collusion ,
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Cooperation ,
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Japan ,
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Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Section 337 ,
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Webinars ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 UPDATE -
UNITED STATES-
Mergers and acquisitions in the United States appear to be bouncing back after a muted start to the year due to COVID-19. Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings in Q3 2020 were up...more
10/26/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Merger Directive ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Requirements ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The European Commission (EC) has found, on a prima facie basis, that Broadcom abused its dominant position. In order to avert the risk of serious and irreparable damage to competition, Broadcom has been ordered to cease its...more
10/28/2019
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Broadcom ,
Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Interim Measures ,
Member State ,
Statement of Objection (SO)
CARTELS & RESTRICTIVE AGREEMENTS -
CJEU’S EYE-OPENING RULING ON ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE AND OFF-LABEL MISINFORMATION –
C 179/16, HOFFMAN-LA ROCHE AND OTHERS V AGCM, 23 JANUARY 2018 –
On 23 January 2018, the CJEU...more
2/19/2019
/ Antitrust Litigation ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Confidential Information ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Foreign Investment ,
General Court of the European Union (GCEU) ,
Germany ,
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Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
Websites
The European Commission recently reaffirmed that industrial policy objectives have no role to play when it comes to applying the EU merger control rules. Despite unusually intense industrial and political pressure to get the...more
2/7/2019
/ Competition Authorities ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Railways ,
Trains ,
Transportation Industry
Margrethe Vestager, former Deputy Prime Minister of Denmark, is designated to become the next EU Competition Commissioner in November 2014. The EU Competition Commissioner is a powerful figure in Europe, as witnessed by the...more