The European Commission finally published, more than 6 months after its adoption, its first decision under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”)....more
4/30/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Subsidies ,
Investment ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Regulations ,
State Aid
On 18 October 2023, the Commercial Division of the French Supreme Court (Court of Cassation) issued a noteworthy ruling, in which it judged its own case law on restrictive competition practices to be "complex", a source of...more
2/15/2024
/ CNIL ,
Commercial Court ,
Competition ,
Consent ,
Contract Disputes ,
Data Processors ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Distributors ,
Email ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
France ,
French Commercial Code ,
French Competition Authority ,
French Supreme Court ,
Internet Retailers ,
Jurisdiction ,
Online Platforms ,
Sales & Distribution Agreements ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Unsolicited Advertisements
In an important judgment handed down on 29 June 2023 (Case C-211/22), the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") ruled that a vertical agreement to fix minimum prices does not necessarily constitute a restriction...more
10/25/2023
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Competitive ,
CNIL ,
Competition ,
Compliance ,
Criminal Liability ,
Data Controller ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Labor Laws ,
Targeted Digital Advertising ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
White Collar Crimes
Welcome to the first edition of the Litigation Gazette. Each quarter, BCLP's Paris team keep you informed of the main litigation news in competition law, commercial litigation, labor law, IP/IT/Data and compliance.
In this...more
On May 10 2022, the EU Commission adopted the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and Vertical Guidelines. The regulation includes several significant new developments including readjusting the safe harbour and providing...more
5/13/2022
/ Competition ,
Contract Terms ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exclusivity ,
Exclusivity Clauses ,
Member State ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Safe Harbors ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
V-BER (Vertical Block Exemption Regulation) ,
Vertical Agreement
Merger control - Infrastructure: For the first time, the French Competition Authority blocked a concentration in the infrastructure sector. The Authority ruled that the acquisition of exclusive control of the Pipeline...more
Order No. 2021-649 of May 26, 2021 (the "Order") finalizes the transposition into French law of the European Directive so-called "ECN +" of December 11, 2018, which aims to strengthen the powers of national competition...more
Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more
5/27/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Sports ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
This Newsletter of the Competition and Distribution team of BCLP's Paris office features some of the key developments of the last quarter. In this newsletter:
..To enable national authorities to better apprehend killer...more
12/3/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
France ,
French Competition Authority ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
Netherlands
Summer 2020 was characterized by two significant news items: one in the area of merger control and the other in the area of restrictive practices.
..On 28 August 2020, the French Competition Authority prohibited a merger...more