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Notes about theory and practice of Competition Law
Akzo’s partner must immediately do away with salt tips
17/04/16
by Lex Rietman (published in Het Financieele Dagblad on Wednesday February 24th, 2016 )The Spanish mining company Iberpotash, with whom AkzoNobel signed a cooperation agreement for thirty years, must […]
Gas Natural: competition… and fairness
06/04/16
On March 15th last, the Supreme Court ruled on a case about Article 3 of Law 15/2007 of 3 July 2007 (the Spanish Competition Act, LDC). This Article allows the […]
Regional competition watchdogs cast a cold eye on public tenders
01/04/16
Regional competition authorities keep a particularly watchful eye on public procurement procedures. Some weeks ago we blogged about the fine that Basque Competition Authority imposed for market sharing in the […]
Trending topic: #SharingEconomy
17/03/16
For some months (or even years) now regulators have shown interest in the new sharing economy business models. Local, regional and sectoral administrations seem especially interested in this sector, since […]
AIJA’s 5th Annual Competition Conference
09/03/16
In between two “mascletàs”, the 5th Annual Competition Conference of the International Association of Young Lawyers (“AIJA”) took place last weekend in Valencia. AIJA is a non-profit organisation that gathers […]
“Please, sir, I want some more.”
02/03/16
On 4 February 2016 the Basque Competition Authority (AVC by its Spanish acronym) adopted a decision imposing a historical fine (of approximately 18 million euros) on 8 companies that run […]
Wang-lun, Google and the #WMC16
24/02/16
Like Wang-lun, Google managed to perform three remarkable leaps lately, leaving pundits in bewildered awe. The first was the firm’s court victory over Streetmap, the UK High Court finding that […]
Chain of good intentions…
17/02/16
The Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on unfair business-to-business trading practices in the food supply chain was published on 29 January last. The aim […]
