European Commission Press release Brussels, 30 June 2014 The European Commission approved on 29 June 2014 a liquidity support scheme for Bulgarian banks as being compatible with EU state aid rules. In its assessment, it concluded that the state aid implied by the liquidity measure is proportionate and commensurate with… …read more
One of the big questions of English competition law is whether there is such a thing as a “passing-on defence” – – i.e. whether the damages suffered by a purchaser of a cartelized product are reduced or mitigated if he “passes on” some of the overcharge to his own customers. …read more
June 29, 2014
After a last minute flurry of inquiries and companies and individuals finalizing preparations to comply, Canada’s new federal anti-spam legislation will at long last (or as dreaded) come into force early next week on July 1st. So, for companies and individuals that market electronically and haven’t prepared …read more
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division held a workshop on “conditional pricing practices”—loyalty discounts, bundled discounts and similar pricing techniques. Many economists, academic experts and practitioners, some of them even hailing from …read more