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Large online platforms may face more regulatory obligations, whilst non-dominant companies’ unilateral conduct may soon be curbed.

Companies can expect swifter merger clearance and simpler filing rules in Belgium. The Belgian Competition Authority has published a communication with additional rules concerning the simplified procedure for certain types of concentrations.

Companies can challenge a decision establishing that they committed a competition law violation, even if no fine was imposed on them.

The European Commission is on a roll in its fight against territorial sales restrictions.

On 19 February 2020, the European Commission revealed the first pillars of its strategic and policy objectives in the digital space over the next five years.

Companies beware: the European Court of Justice has confirmed the Commission’s practice of imposing two separate fines for gun jumping.

In deze podcast praten Roderik Vrolijk en Frederiek Fernhout van Stibbe in Amsterdam en Joran Iedema van Stibbe StartsUP-deelnemer Dyme over Fintech, PSD2 en het gebruik van data door financiële instellingen. Aan de ene kant biedt nieuwe regelgeving zoals

The ACM will include the effects of mergers on labour conditions in its review. It will also investigate excessive pricing of prescription drugs.

In a private enforcement case brought by CDC against Kemira, the Amsterdam Court of Appeal applies the European principle of effectiveness and rules that claims are not time-barred under Spanish, Finnish and Swedish law.

On 28 January 2020, the Court of Appeal of Den Bosch issued a ruling in the Dutch prestressing steel litigation.

Companies should keep a careful record of which documents the Belgian Competition Authorities seize during a dawn raid.

Companies beware: the ACM may not need to specify the scope of its investigation into suspected cartel infringements in as much detail as expected.

In its first pay-for-delay case, the ECJ has clarified the criteria determining whether settlement agreements between a patent holder of a pharmaceutical product and a generic manufacturer may have as their object or effect to restrict EU competition law.

Niet alleen werkgevers en werknemers worden getroffen door de maatregelen tegen de uitbraak van het coronavirus (COVID-19), ook voor zzp’ers zijn de gevolgen groot.

The spread of the coronavirus may have some consequences that affect your ability to perform your obligations under your contracts, or your co-contractors’ ability to perform theirs. We provide some insight on a few pressing questions.

As part of the New Deal for Consumers, aimed to strengthen EU consumer protection in light of the digital era, a new Directive 2019/2161 of 27 November 2019 has been adopted.

Aanbieders van online-diensten en applicaties kunnen niet altijd rekenen op bescherming van hun marktpositie op basis van de staatssteun- en mededingingsregels. Dit blijkt uit een onlangs gewezen uitspraak van de hoogste Unierechter.