On 9 July, the European Commission launched a public consultation concerning the Commission's draft revised Regulation 330/2010 (Vertical Block Exemption Regulation or VBER)...

È del 1 ottobre scorso la notizia che la Commissione europea ha deciso di aprire una procedura d’infrazione contro il governo britannico, per l’introduzione del sistema di etichettatura "traffic light."

Dopo anni di torpore (da qui il riferimento alla Bella Addormentata) sembra che il mercato Telecom in Italia si stia svegliando.

In a long-awaited decision published on 31 May 2021, the IAA found that Leadiant infringed Article 102 TFEU through a multifaceted strategy that led to it obtaining an excessive price for its...

The Situation: Over the last year, the Italian Competition Bill (Law 287/1990) has undergone a significant number of amendments aimed at strengthening the enforcement powers of the Italian...

The TAR – as mentioned – rejected the claim, considering that in the case in question the AdG was not required to carry out a public tender procedure.

With a press release dated June 4, 2021, the European Commission announced that they have opened an investigation into Facebook, for two conducts amounting to a potential breach of Articles 101 and/or 102 TFEU.

In order to meet the European Union's energy and climate greenhouse gas emissions targets by 2030, EU countries need to establish a 10-year integrated national energy and climate...

In principle, the CJEU's ruling in the Illumina/Grail case severely limited the Commission's ability to review below-threshold transactions. However, Member States are still referring cases under Article 22...

We will examine Regulation (EU) 2017/352 analyzing the recitals that reveal the general principles on financial transparency and port infrastructure charges[1].

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti's governmental decree on liberalization has recently become law, introducing a number of changes to the Italian antitrust and competition rules that had been originally laid down by the office of the Italian Antitrust Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or "AGCM") at the time when Antonio Catricalà, today Vice-Secretary of the Council of Ministers, was the acting Chairman of the AGCM.

Recently Italian Company Law has been substantially modified by Legislative Decree no. 6/2003, which entered into force on January 1, 2004. This article focuses on the changes made by this legislation ("Reform") to the rules governing the management and representation powers of directors of limited stock companies.

One of the hottest topics in Italian media market is the reform of Auditel.

On September 21, 2007, the Italian Antitrust Authority (the "Authority" or "IAA") was given additional powers to curb unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising. The Authority has now been empowered to act ex officio without the express request of consumers and/or public entities.

Una nota canzone recitava "We are walking in a dolce vita…". E, in effetti, la questione sembrerebbe molto dolce...

On 13 October 2020, the European Commission amended, once again, the "Temporary Framework to enable Member States to further support the economy in the COVID-19 outbreak".

Distribution contracts fall outside the categories of contracts specifically defined by the Italian Civil Code: there is no legal definition or specific regulation of distribution to be found in other statutes, as is the case in most countries.