On 3 September 2012, the Italian Administrative Tribunal for Lazio ("Tribunale Amministrativo di Lazio", the "Tribunal") annulled an earlier decision of the Italian Competition Authority ("Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato", the "Authority") which had fined pharmaceutical group Pfizer € 10.6 million for abuse of dominance in the market for medicines based on the active substance latanoprost for the treatment of glaucoma (see VBB on Competition Law, Volume 2012, No. 1, available at

A partire dal 29 agosto 2017, si applicheranno nuove soglie di fatturato per la notifica preventiva delle operazioni di concentrazione all'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato ("AGCM").

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

On March 24, 2010, the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) issued a decision finding the three main Italian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers guilty of setting up a cartel to fix the prices of LPG in cylinders and small tanks to be sold in the Italian market, thus infringing Article 101 of the EU Treaty (formerly Article 81).

The ICA found that Leadiant abused its dominant position in the market for drugs containing chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). CDCA is the active ingredient in drugs...

Financial service giant JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a $100 million settlement to resolve a U.S. antitrust lawsuit that sought damages for the alleged rigging of foreign currency markets...

L'Art. 62 comincia quindi, dopo una lunga pausa, a trovare applicazione e gli operatori del settore dovranno adeguare, se non hanno già provveduto, la relativa contrattualistica alla 'rinata' normativa.

Dopo la segnalazione al Parlamento del 17 aprile scorso sui criteri di assegnazione dei diritti TV del campionato di calcio italiano, ritorna sul tema l'AGCM con la decisione relativa all'acquisizione di Sky dei diritti sulla Uefa Champions League per le stagioni 2012-2015 e sui Mondiali 2010 e 2014.

On 14 September 2017, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ') provided further guidance on how to identify an excessive pricing abuse under art. 102 lett. a) ...

On 18 March 2021, the Italian Supreme Administrative Court ("Consiglio di Stato" or "CdS") wrote a new episode in the long-lasting Hoffman La Roche - Novartis saga related to the Avastin drug...

Over the last few years the pharmaceutical industry in Italy has attracted increasingly intensive antitrust scrutiny.

A recent landmark decision of the Court of Cassation (Cass. 29810/2017 of 12th December 2017) came into the limelight for its application on the competition law implemented on 12th December 2017.

The Italian Competition Authority ("AGCM") has issued a EUR 100,000 sanction against Zalando SE ("Zalando") for an ambush marketing practice carried out during the 2020 European Football Championship ("UEFA Euro 2020").

On 4 November, the Italian Council of Ministers approved the draft "Annual Competition Law", pursuant to Article 47 of Law n. 99/2009, which empowers the Italian Government with the possibility to adopt a set of rules ...

At the end of March, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio (RAC) annulled the decision of the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) finding that CTS Eventim-TicketOne group (TicketOne)...

On 3 October 2022, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court ("TAR Lazio") annulled a decision issued by the Italian Competition Authority ("AGCM") back in November 2021...

The Nutri-Score, also known as the 5-Color Nutrition label or 5-CNL, is a five-colors nutrition label which aims at providing a quick and user-friendly visualization...

On 19 February 2026, the Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, ‘AGCM’) announced the opening of two formal investigations and one moral suasion intervention ...

The Italian Competition Authority has launched investigations into three major supermarket chains for allegedly conducting unauthorized marketing campaigns that exploited Olympic symbols and imagery during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games.