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Food for Thought: Labour Market Cartels and Minority Shareholdings

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The European Commission (the “Commission”) has fined Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for their involvement in an online food delivery cartel. ...more

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Kartellrechts-Radar Sommer 2021

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Reform Vertikal-GVO – Kommission legt Entwürfe der neuen Vertikal-GVO und Vertikalleitlinien vor Die aktuelle Vertikal-GVO läuft zum 31. Mai 2022 aus. Die Europäische Kommission („Kommission“) hat nun den Entwurf der...more

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Unfair Data Protection Practices May Constitute an Abuse of Market Power

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The Situation: An investigation launched in 2016 by the German competition authority was meant to determine if Facebook was abusing its market position with its imposition of "misleading" data protection policies. The...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Oct. 27th, 2017

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending October 27, 2017 is below. This week's Update includes a number of substantive stories on OTAs, particularly, European authorities’ renewed interest in OTAs’...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Big Data an Ongoing Concern for EU Competition Law"

The question of how "big data" should be treated in merger control and antitrust enforcement was a key issue for the European Commission and national regulators in European Union member states in 2016, with competition...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"German Competition Regulator Investigates Facebook for Alleged Violation of Data Protection Laws"

The German Federal Cartel Office (the FCO) has announced that it has initiated proceedings against Facebook for the company’s alleged abuse of its dominant position in a market for social networks. The FCO appears to...more

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