Tag: Abuse of Dominance
Harming Competition and Consumers Under the Guise of Protecting Privacy: An...
By D. Daniel Sokol & Feng Zhu*
Apple’s iOS 14 update represents an anti-competitive strategy disguised as a privacy-protecting measure. Apple now prohibits non-Apple apps...
Antitrust and Unfair Competition Conduct in the Network Game Industry in...
We introduce two related cases between a video game company and a live broadcasting company in China that were fought in terms of both...
Google’s (Non-) Compliance with the EU Shopping Decision
By Thomas Hoppner (Technical University Wildau)
On 27 July 2017, the European Commission adopted a decision finding that, between January 2008 and 27 July 2017,...
EU General Court: Lithuanian Railways Abused Its Dominance
Lithuanian Rail on Wednesday, November 18, had its €27.9 million (US$33 million) EU antitrust fine cut by a third, though Europe’s second-top court backed...
DOJ Expected To File Suit Against Google, Alleging Abuse Of Search...
The Trump administration is expected to sue Google on Tuesday, October 20, according to two people familiar with the matter, in what is the...
Wake Up, NIPOST! It’s Antitrust O’Clock!
By ‘Damola Adediji & Folakunmi Pinheiro (Olaniwun Ajayi LP)1
Background
In a manner reminiscent of the pre-2019 years, the Nigerian Postal Service (“NIPOST”) on July 24,...
Price Gouging and the COVID-19 Crisis – This Time Is (a...
Shortages resulting from natural disasters invariably lead to allegations of price gouging. By themselves, price gouging laws exacerbate rather than alleviate shortages by preventing...
Robbin’ Hood
Is it an antitrust offense to sell face masks at a high price in the midst of a pandemic? In this essay I address...
Price Gouging in a Time of Sea Change
The purpose of price gouging laws is to prevent excessive pricing and profiteering in a state of emergency. But price gouging laws in the...
The New Transatlantic Attack on High Prices: Price Gouging
The COVID-19 outbreak has generated a surge of consumer complaints and governmental investigations about excessive pricing and price gouging. Anti-price gouging laws seek to...
