From AntitrustConnect Blog: Inadvertent Collusion in E-Commerce: EU’s Highest Court Confirms that Automated Messages Can Put Recipients on the Hook for a Price-Fixing Cartel… “Eturas runs the e-commerce back-end of 30 travel agents in Lithuania. An administrator message to each member informed them that the e-commerce functionality allowing each travel agent to grant discounts would be capped at 3 per cent. That message appeared in part of the system relating to “information messages”. The Court of Justice found that… Continue reading ” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: MARGIN SQUEEZE: AN ABOVE-COST PREDATORY PRICING APPROACH “Germain Gaudin, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics, Heinrich Heine University and Despoina Mantzari, School of Law, University of Reading examine MARGIN SQUEEZE: AN ABOVE-COST PREDATORY PRICING APPROACH. ABSTRACT: We provide a new legal perspective for the antitrust analysis of margin…” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data? “D. Daniel Sokol (University of Florida) and Roisin Comerford (Wilson Sonsini) ask Does Antitrust Have a Role to Play in Regulating Big Data? ABSTRACT: The collection of user data online has seen enormous growth in recent years. Consumers have benefitted…” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Digging itself out of the hole? A critical assessment of the European Commission’s attempt to revitalize State aid enforcement after the crisis “Albert Sanchez-Graells, University of Bristol asks Digging itself out of the hole? A critical assessment of the European Commission’s attempt to revitalize State aid enforcement after the crisis. ABSTRACT: This article aims to assess the likelihood that State aid enforcement…” This is Commentary Elsewhere, from writers around the web. Please note the explanation of this section on the “About the Site” page.
