The review of the EU horizontal agreements regime has brought significant changes also for the exchange of information between competitors and/or third parties.

The Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") has recently issued a decision in a proceeding relating to the abuse of dominant position by Caronte&Tourist S.p.A. ("C&T" or the "Company"), ...

On 12 October 2005, the Italian Competition Authority ("the Authority") fined baby milk producers 9.743 million lira for engaging in concerted practices to fix the price of infant food in restraint of competition.

In a landmark decision, the European Commission (Commission) fined Gucci (Case AT.40840), Chloé (Case AT.40880), and Loewe (Case AT.40881) over $182 million (€157 million) for engaging in resale price maintenance...

In the CdS's judgment, the ICA must satisfy the court of the existence of an exclusionary purpose linking together the conducts in question.

In 2014, a public tender for the provision of management facility services across public offices in the country was launched.

In this number of our newsletter, we begin a reflection on port pilotage which, for its operational relevance

The current Italian legislation, which states that the cost of road haulage services on behalf of third parties cannot be less that ‘minimum costs’, goes against European competition legislation.

The balance between protecting design innovation and maintaining healthy market competition has long been a central theme in Intellectual Property (IP) law.

The Italian Competition Authority has imposed fines exceeding €2.5 million on six companies for unauthorized marketing activities that created misleading associations with the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Can an undertaking recover sums payed to the Antitrust Authority despite not having challenged the decision?

On 11 July 2023, the Italian Council of State ("CdS") delivered a judgment that finally closed the Unilever Italian ice cream saga, by upholding the Italian...

In the previous two issues of our Newsletter we dealt with the piloting service [1]. In particular, we pointed out that, in 2013, the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) had examined the methods of

On 19 April 2016, legislative decree n. 50/2016 containing the new Italian Public Procurement Code (PPC) entered into force.

One of the key aspects of Industry 4.0 is the importance of the processing of enormous quantities of data (personal and non-personal) for economic, commercial and financial

On 17 April 2019, the European Parliament and the Council approved the new Regulation (EU) 2019/712 on safeguarding competition in air transport.

Under Italian law, gaming is divided into two categories: (i) "prohibited games" such as poker, chemin de fer, roulette (which can be organized only in Italian casinos – in Venice, Saint Vincent, San Remo, Campione d'Italia, each licensed by a specific law); and (ii) "licensable games" (betting, lottery, bingo). "Licensable" games fall within the State's monopoly.

The <B>European Court of Justice (ECJ) </B>is examining a pending case raised by an Italian Tax Court regarding the <B>I</B>talian <B>R</B>egional <B>T</B>ax on <B>P</B>roductive <B>A</B>ctivities (<B>IRAP</B>) compatibility with the Sixth VAT Directive (77/388/EEC).

Il dumping (è una politica commerciale attuata dalle imprese attraverso l'introduzione, in un determinato mercato, di prodotti a un prezzo "artificioso" e notevolmente inferiore rispetto a quello praticato nel paese di origine, ...

As is well known, our government has taken specific measures to deal with the drop in traffic in Italian ports caused by the pandemic and the serious economic consequences for maritime operators.