Over the last two weeks a number of important events for the antitrust community took place. Competition officials from across Europe shared some interesting insights and outlooks on 2017 which we would like to pass on to you in order to alert you to some developments to expect.
weiter lesenDr. Roland M. Stein und Dr. Anna Blume Huttenlauch referierten auf der Veranstaltung “Kartellrecht, Vergaberecht und Compliance” über das Thema “Vergabe- und kartellrechtliche Compliance: Praktische Fallstricke”. Die Tagung wurde vom forum vergabe e.V. organisiert und fand am 12. Oktober 2016 in Berlin statt.
weiter lesenArtikel von Dr. Anna Blume Huttenlauch zum Verfahren des Bundeskartellamts gegen Facebook in Competition Policy International veröffentlicht (15. August 2016)
weiter lesenThe German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has presented its long awaited proposal for the draft legislation implementing the European Commission’s damages directive (the Directive) into German law (link). The draft legislation (the Proposal) is part of a wider reform of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC), which addresses the following aspects:
Implementation of the Directive
Closing the so-called “sausage gap”
Dealing with certain challenges brought about by digital transformation.
Die Entscheidung der britischen Bevölkerung, die EU zu verlassen, wird – abgesehen von den politischen, sozialen, kulturellen und ökonomischen Dimensionen, über die in den letzten Monaten heftig diskutiert wurde – rechtliche Implikationen haben, die in ihrer Tragweite noch nicht absehbar sind. Dennoch müssen sich Unternehmen bereits jetzt auf sie einstellen.
weiter lesenWhat can be inferred for the Facebook investigation from the report on competition and data co-published by the Bundeskartellamt?
The investigation of the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) against Facebook because of suspicions that Facebook may have abused a possibly dominant position has prompted a considerable echo, not only among antitrust lawyers. The FCO is currently investigating (i) whether Facebook may have a dominant position in the market for social networks and (ii) whether it may have abused such position with its specific terms of service on the use of user data.
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