​Market and Competition Law Review

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You can now consult on open access the contents of the Market and Competition Law Review:

• Volume IV, n.º2;
• Volume V, n.º 1.
• Volume V, n.º 2.
• Volume VI, n.º 1.

Current themes

• Assessing Google's Alleged Abuse of Dominant Position: a case analysis of the Portuguese Competition Authority's Process
   
• Private Enforcement: Against Information Asymmetry
   
• The duty of associations not to interfere with the free competition of their associates in Private Tenders: the APAN and APAP case - PRC/2018/3
   
• AdC issues sanctioning decision for anticompetitive agreement in the labour market for the first time
   
• Cartelization in Times of Covid
   
• Servizio Ellettrico Nacionale v. Autorità Garante della Concorrezza e del Mercato (Case C-377/20): a contribute to exclusionary practices
   
• Servizio Elettrico Nazionale - Between the "consumer welfare" standard and a unitary theory of abuse: nothing new in the west?
   
• State Aid to the Madeira Free Trade Zone – A never ending story
   
• The Opinion of the Advocate General in the Meta Platforms Case (C-252/21)
   
• Leniency Requests in the Security Sector

• Non-employment agreements: The performance of the Portuguese Competition Authority
   
• Application of EU Competition law to Collective Agreements Regarding the Working Conditions of Solo Self-Employed Person
   
• From the purchase of PT to the millionaire fine of Altice
   
• Google's price comparator: a challenge to European Competition Law?
   
• Does the single economic unit theory work the other way around?
   
• Anticompetitive Contractual Clauses: the Blueotter and EGEO Case
   
• AdC issues statement of objection to Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa for failure to notify a merger
   
• Intel versus Commission: an endless case?
   
• The AdC issues a non-opposition decision to the merger  - Ferrovial Serviços / Autonomous Business Unit of Hidurbe
   
• National Association of Surveyors sentenced to 50,000.00 euros for practices restricting competition - AdC Decision, of 11.03.2021, Ref. PRC/2020/2 
   
• New coordinates regarding the indispensability criterium: the case of Deutsche Telekom AG
   
• Portuguese Competition Authority condemns Super Bock for setting minimum resale prices for its products in hotels, restaurants and cafes
   
• The Court of Justice declares that the remuneration system by copyright management company with de facto monopoly is not contrary to Article 102 TFEU
   
• AdC accuses Fidelidade SGOII of Gun-Jumping
   
• European Commission Decision of July 31, 2020, Alstom / Bombardier Transportation, Case M.9779
   
• European Commission fines NIKE €12.5 million for restricting cross-border sales of merchandising products
   
• Interchange Fees. Mastercard and Single Market: The recipe for the restriction of competition
   
• Acquisition of Air Berlin subsidiary LGW by Lufthansa conditionally approved by the European Commission
   
• European Commission approves acquisition of assets of Air Berlin by easyJet
   
• Security in Japan's Car Industry: The price you have to pay to be one of the big ones
   
• European Commission condemns cartel in automotive lighting systems sector
   
• The European Commission and China start new dialogue on state aid control and discuss competition policy
   
• Effects of a Commitment Decision adopted by the Commisision on Domestic Judicial Proceedings - Nevin Alija
   
• Autoridade da Concorrência fines the Portuguese Driving Schools Association for engaging in anticompetitive practices
   
• The European Commission confirms inspections carried out by its officials within the automotive industry in Germany
   
• The Portuguese Competition Authority identifies barriers to entry and expansion in the natural gas market
   
• Lisbon Court of Appeal agrees with AdC regarding the conviction of the envelopes cartel
   
• Microsoft/LinkedIn - EC's Decision on LinkedIn's purchase by Microsoft
   
• Lithuanian Railways: the most straightforward abuse case ever?
   
• INTEL
   

Members of the Observatory​

• Sofia Pais, OADC Coordinator, has won Antitrust Writing Awards 2018, in the "Academic" category, "Intellectual Property" Section

• Dr. Rita Leandro Vasconcelos, Collaborator of the Observatory for the Application of Competition Law, Doctoral Student of the Law Course at the Portuguese Catholic University and Associate Lawyer and Consultant at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, was distinguished by the "Women at" platform in the "40 in thei 40s: Notable Women Competition Professionals in Europe, the Americas and Africa", in the "Private Practice" category
   
• Professor Valeria Falce, member of the Scientific Committee of the Observatory for the Application of Competition Law, was unanimously appointed by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Institute as a member of the Appeals Committee of the European Patent Institute

Events

• Competition Talks with Professor Viktoria Robertson | 7h of december, 2017
   
• Professor Waller Spencer, Professor da School of Law, Loyola University Chicago, lecionou uma Aula Aberta sobre "Institutions and Incentives in Antitrust Enforcement" | 17h of october, 2019
   
• Open Class on "Arbitration and Competition Law", taught by Professor Fernando Dias Simões, da Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong | 15th of october, 2019
   
• EUAP-Macau Conference “60 Years After the Treaties of Rome: What is the Future for the European Union?”  | University of Macau - 27th and 28th of november, 2017 PROGRAMME
   
• Meeting of European Union Law Professors | 15th and 16th of december, 2017
   
• Workshop - Abuses of Dominance in Technology Markets| 7th of december, 2017
   
• Antitrust Assessments of Loyalty Rebates After INTEL: The good, the bad and the ugly| 7th of december, 2017
   
• Open Class - The European Union and Professional Services, Prof. Fábio Ferraro | 27th of november, 2017
   
• Open Class - The Application of Competition in National Courts, Judge Marta Campos, Judge Sérgio Sousa and Judge Alexandre Baptista| 17 of october, 2017
   
• International Conference - Protection of Fundamental Rights and Competition Law: New Challenges| 27th of september, 2017 | Mackenzie University - São Paulo, Brazil
   
• International Conference - Competition Challenges in Digital Markets | 12nd of may, 2017 PROGRAMME | PHOTOGRAPHS
   
• Recent Developments in EU Competition Law | 3rd of abril, 2017 - Universit Degli Studi Di Napoli Federico Ii, Nápoles, Itália PROGRAMME
   
• International Conference - Private Enforcement of Competition Law| 5th of november, 2016 PROGRAMME
   
• Curso - Aplicação do Direito da Concorrência da UE pelos Tribunais Nacionais| 3-5th of november, 2016 PROGRAMME
   

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