The investigation has recently been closed by the Authority with a decision finding that all commitments proposed by OM were acceptable.

On 28 January 2015, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") fined ten ferry services operators, active in the Gulf of Naples and Salerno, for their failure to respect commitments agreed on in a previous investigation.

The broadcasting rights for the Italian Premier League "Serie A" are allocated, according to Legislative Decree No. 9 of 9 January 2008, through a tender issued by the Lega Calcio.

The need for rules regulating Big Tech and the extent of those rules continues to be debated across the globe.

On September 25th, 2018 the Italian Competition Authority imposed a fine of respectively 10 and 5 million Euro to Apple and Samsung for carrying out unfair commercial practices in violation of the Consumer Code ...

Cross-border coordination between antitrust authorities, both in terms of policy and on specific cases, has been a recurring theme in recent editions of Antitrust in focus. It also featured as a hot...

In Italy, a remarkable judgment was rendered at the interface between competition law and patent law.

Come preannunciato nel marzo 2015, il 6 maggio scorso la Commissione Europea ha avviato una verifica volta ad individuare potenziali pratiche concorrenziali scorrette messe in atto dalle imprese nell'attività di e-commerce.

On 5 July 2011, the Italian Competition Authority imposed fines of €5.1 million on a multinational crop protection company for having abused its dominant position on the market for fosetyl-based systemic fungicides in breach of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

The Italian Competition Authority (ICA), however, remains undeterred. At the end of March, it fined Caronte & Tourist EUR3.7m for unjustifiably charging excessive rates on a ferry route across...

The Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") annually amends the turnover thresholds for notification of transaction based on the gross national product price deflator index.

After 894 days of discussion, the Italian Parliament has approved, on 2 August 2017...

Con decisione dello scorso 6 marzo, la Commissione Europea ha imposto a Microsoft una multa da 561 milioni di Euro.

As of August 29, 2017, new turnover thresholds will apply for the prior notification of mergers to the Italian Competition Authority (ICA).

By a decision adopted on 7 March 2018 and published in its Bulletin of 12 March 2018, the Italian Competition Authority has updated the thresholds for merger notification, adjusting them to the inflation rate.

The Italian Council of State handed down its judgment upholding a fine of around € 10.6 million imposed by the ICA on the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

With a preliminary decision of 26 February 2018, the IP Court of Milan recapped the principles governing unfair competition for the violation of confidential information and the unlawful solicitation...

The Italian State Council to tip the scale in favor of a deeper judicial review of antitrust misconduct.

The Geo-blocking Regulation came into force on 22 March 2018.