The Italian Competition Authority is investigating distribution in the food and agricultural goods sectors. It initiated a survey of the distribution in these sectors at its meeting on 1 June 2005.

Datasets processed through AI systems (also "AI Data Lakes") are becoming increasingly popular, with an exponential increase in potential "use cases."

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.

FS owns the incumbent passenger services operator Trenitalia. Until April 2012, Trenitalia held a monopoly in high-speed passenger services in Italy.

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.

Pandoro, a traditionally star-shaped sweet bread dusted with powdered sugar, is a favorite holiday treat in Italy...

The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, "AGCM") has hit Poste Italiane...

The refusal to deal linked to the indispensable character of Android Auto seems to have been interpreted in an extensive way by the ICA.

On 23 September last, for the first time, the Italian Antitrust Authority (hereinafter the "AGCM") found undertakings guilty for unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising vis-à-vis microenterprises.