Your Weekly Digest | Issue 119
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Here below you find the most read articles on CompetitionFeed over the last week.
REUTERS
India probe finds AB InBev, Carlsberg, United Breweries colluded on prices - sources
The investigations unit of India’s Competition Commission has concluded that Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR), Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) and United Breweries (UBBW.NS) colluded to fix beer prices, two people with direct knowledge told Reuters. Read More.
CMA
Price comparison website: use of most favoured nation clauses
The CMA is investigating suspected breaches of the Chapter I prohibition and Article 101 TFEU in the use of certain retail most favoured nation clauses by a price comparison website in relation to home insurance products. Read More.
CMA
Construction firms fined £36 million for breaking competition law
The CMA has issued 3 firms with fines totalling more than £36 million for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete drainage products for building projects. Read More.
AFRICAN ANTITRUST & COMPETITION LAW
SOUTH AFRICA: COMPETITION APPEAL COURT CONFIRMS TRIBUNAL FINDING IN COMPUTICKET ABUSE OF DOMINANCE CASE
The South African Competition Appeal Court (CAC) on 23 October 2019 dismissed an appeal by Computicket (Pty) Ltd. (Computicket), following the decision of the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) that Computicket had abused its dominance in contravention of the Competition Act. Read More.
Competition Lore
Being DG Comp’s Chief Economist?
There wouldn’t be too many more prized, and pressured, jobs than as Chief Economist at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, and particularly in recent years when DG Comp has been at the vanguard of developments in antitrust enforcement against Big Tech. Read More.
Truth on the Market
Rising Concentration, Rising Prices: Not So Fast
Wall Street Journal commentator, Greg Ip, reviews Thomas Philippon’s forthcoming book, The Great Reversal: How America Gave Up On Free Markets. Ip describes a “growing mountain” of research on industry concentration in the U.S. and reports that Philippon concludes competition has declined over time, harming U.S. consumers. Read More.
Pro Market
The Intersection of Privacy, Data, and Competition
The issues around technology, data, and privacy are complicated, but solving them is less tricky that many companies would have Congress believe. Read More.
Chillin'Competition
Comments on Android (II): follow-up questions on market definition (+ thanks for the comments!)
I received wonderfully interesting comments to my first post on market definition in Android . That was really the blog at its best. I am really grateful. Read More.
VOX CEPR Policy Portal
Protecting the family honour: Corporate ownership and antitrust violations
Family firms account for a significant fraction of businesses worldwide. Read More.
Journal of European Competition Law & Practice
Postal Services: Survey of Competition Law Developments: 2018
Richard Eccles, Martin Jaeger, Florence Leroux
This article summarises the most significant competition law developments in the postal services sector in 2018, at EU level and at national level in France, Germany, and the UK. Read More.
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