Gun-jumping practices are at the center of competition law news in this autumn 2018. After the record fines imposed on Altice by the French Competition Authority in November 2016 and by the European

On July 24, 2016, the European Commission imposed fines totaling €111 million on Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips and Pioneer for imposing fixed or minimum resale prices on their retailers.

The Court of Justice of the European Union states that the early implementation of operations incidental to a merger which do not themselves result in a lasting change in the control of a company is not punishable.

For the first time since the reform of the merger control system in 2008, the Minister of Economy used his evocation power to overrule the French Competition Authority's decision and required from Cofigeo commitments intended to preserve employment.

Gun jumping: The Court of Justice of the European Union states that the early implementation of operations incidental to a merger which do not themselves result in a lasting change in the control

In a decision opposing Coty France to the online sales platform Showroomprive.com, the Paris Court of Appeal followed in the footsteps of the Court of Justice's eponymous ...

A concerted practice between two pharmaceutical groups aiming to reduce the use of a medicinal product for treatments not covered by its marketing authorization and increasing the use of another competing...

By a ruling dated 13 December 2017, the Court of Justice of the European Union rejected the appeal made by Telefónica and confirmed the decision of the European Commission sanctioning Telefónica ...

In the long-awaited Coty ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that luxury brands may restrict distributors in a selective distribution network ...

On October 18, 2017, the French Competition Authority penalized the three main producers of PVC and linoleum floor covering and their professional trade union (SFEC)...

Prohibiting an authorized distributor from selling on a market place is not necessarily a hardcore restriction of competition

On May 18, 2017, the European Commission imposed a €110 million fine on Facebook for having provided inaccurate information when it acquired WhatsApp, both with regard to the notification...

In a case of unlawful agreement on the banana market, the Court of Justice of European Union ("CJEU") had the opportunity to rule on the admissibility of certain types of evidence...

On March 9, 2017, France adopted, a little late, the texts transposing the directive of November 26, 2014...

Any person who claims to be the victim of anti-competitive practices and wishes to seek compensation for the prejudice they consider to have suffered must prove before the civil courts that the three conditions of third party liability under general laws –negligence, competitive harm, and direct causal link– have been met.