On 6 December 2017 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) hand­ed down its judg­ment in the Coty case.

After many years of policy debates and legislative activity in Brussels, the food sector will now be covered by new sector-specific rules.

On 29 March 2012, the General Court handed down judgments dismissing two appeals against the European Commission’s 4 July 2007 decision to fine Telefónica €152m for an illegal margin squeeze following a complaint in 2003 by France Télécom’s Spanish subsidiary.

On 1 July 2008 a new Marketing Practices Act entered into force. The new act implements Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices and implies some new aspects for Swedish companies to take into consideration.

Pricing algorithms have been proven to be especially challenging to regulate from a legislative competition law perspective.

On 11 November, the Norwegian Competition Authority (the "NCA") blocked Schibsted's acquisition of Nettbil.

Approximately one and a half year ago, Google announced the so-called "Privacy Sandbox" – a group of proposals about rebuilding advertising – which, inter alia...

As a result of proposed legislative changes to implement EU Directive 2003/41 (on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provisions), Swedish Insurance companies will shortly have increased possibilities to invest in private equity as an asset class.

A new Act concerning the application of the EU State aid rules in Sweden enters into force on 1 July.

A Committee, appointed by the Swedish Government in autumn 2004 to contemplate the need to introduce amendments to the Swedish Competition Act (hereinafter the “Competition Act”), has recently delivered its final Report to the Swedish Secretary for Trade and Industry.

In its proposal, the Swedish Competition Authority has questioned whether the provisions on ÄTA works in AB 04 are compatible with the demands of the alteration- and option clauses in LOU.

Despite several attempts by the Swedish Competition Authority, Swedish courts have not yet prohibited any mergers, although a number of concentrations have been subject to commitments.

The Swedish Supreme Administrative Court delivered on 4 May 2004 a judgement in the case of Försäkringsaktiebolag Skandia and Ola Ramstedt v. Riksskatteverket (the National Tax Board).

During 2011 there have been several interesting developments as regards dawn raids and legal privilege.

This past year has offered some interesting cases in Sweden regarding abuse of a dominant position.

The Swedish Financial Market has expanded rapidly during the last decade. Companies have broadened the scope of their business, and many new companies have entered the market. One important change is the bank-insurance concept, i.e. banking and insurance operations are offered by the same financial group. This position has been adopted by all the leading actors on the Swedish market and we have a new structure for the financial services industry today.

Systembolaget operated in the Swedish market and had allegedly acquired a monopoly in retail of liquor, wine and beer market.