The long-awaited judgment of the General Court (GC) in the pay-TV saga (case AT.40023 Cross-border access to pay-TV) has finally been delivered

On June 2, 2025, for the first time, the European Commission sanctioned a "no-poach" agreement between rival companies as an infringement of Article 101 TFEU.

NI exploited its obligation to pay royalties on behalf of IMAIE, by using it as an opportunity to approach right holders and ask them to join the society.

How best to detect potential cartels – which by their nature are usually secret – is a perpetual issue for antitrust authorities. Companies coming forward to report anti-competitive behaviour...

Alongside its enforcement powers, the Italian Competition Authority (the "Authority") also has a legislative advisory role where it issues proposals to the Italian Government, in view of the annual competition law.

After the first year of enforcing Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market (the "FSR"), the European Commission has published a document...

The agreement reached by Alitalia Cai and Etihad, the national carrier of United Arab Emirates, for the acquisition of the 49% of Alitalia's shares in August 2014 came into effect on 1st January 2015.

In recent years, the European Commission (EC) regarded harmonization as a vital element in order to meet the growing need for transparent corporate accounts and the need to compare financial statements thus streamlining the development and efficiency of European financial markets.

In re Laura Food Srl v EUIPO, Bella Tawziaa II SLU ( T‑541/23), the General Court First Chamber maintained that in complextrademarks, the main figurative element cannot per se provide monopoly...

On February 25, 2020, the Italian Competition Authority ("AGCM") closed its proceedings against the Italian food giant Barilla G. e R. Fratelli Società per Azioni ("Barilla") and nine...

The case originates from the liberalisation of the Italian electricity market in 2007. Until then, Enel had been the historical incumbent vertically integrated in the relevant market.

On 23 January, the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") issued a preliminary ruling upon request by the Italian Council of State in case C-179/16 concerning the interpretation of Article 101 TFEU ...

On 9 December 2021, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") imposed a record fine of € 1,128 billion on several entities of Amazon Group – namely, Amazon Europe Core S.à r.l., Amazon Services Europe S.à r.l...

Axpo Italia si appresta a rilevare i clienti luce/gas di Axopower. L'operazione è stata notificata giovedì scorso all'Antitrust

In March 2023, the Italian Competition Authority ("ICA") announced the publication of a new whistleblowing platform, which is available on its website at the following link: https://www.agcm.it/servizi/whistleblowing.

With its decision issued on 23 November 2021, the Italian Competition Authority (the "AGCM") has fined Amazon and Apple for EUR 68.7 million and EUR 134.5 million, respectively.

Si segnala che lo scorso 18 gennaio l'Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (Antitrust), ha pubblicato il suo secondo provvedimento relativo all'art 62, all'esito di una procedura istruttoria avviata contro il gruppo Coop, di cui avevamo già dato conto nel nostro stop press del 10 luglio 2015, qui allegato.

The Italian Competition Authority has closed an antitrust investigation into the alleged anticompetitive exchange of information by 16 operators in the long-term car rental market and their industry association.