National laws that impose deadlines on competition authorities to open abuse of dominance investigations are incompatible with EU law, an advisor to the European Court of Justice has said in an opinion that could eventually influence several Italian decisions on appeal.
05 September 2024
Italy’s Competition Authority has raided Novartis, Biogen and several other companies suspected of colluding to delay the entry of an eye disease treatment drug, while the Dutch antitrust watchdog raided Samsung Bioepis in the Netherlands.
Italy’s Competition Authority has opened its second-ever in-depth investigation into a below-threshold deal, probing an acquisition from one of the country’s biggest cement companies.
Overlaps in fixed-line markets are unlikely to prevent Swisscom from securing merger approval for its €8 billion acquisition of Vodafone’s Italian subsidiary, according to industry experts.
Italy’s Competition Authority has opened its first-ever in-depth investigation into a below-threshold merger, warning that a shipping company’s purchase of a port terminal could harm competition in the roll-on, roll-off freight services market.
Poste Italiane is under investigation in Italy for allegedly favouring its retail energy services over rivals, as the national competition authority seeks to force the company to grant competitors equal access to its network.
12 February 2024
Italy’s media sector requires “serious” antitrust legislation, an Italian journalists trade union has said following reports that the owner of three of the country’s leading conservative newspapers is planning to extend his reach in the sector.
02 January 2024
The head of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s competition practice has defected to Legance in Rome.
17 November 2023
Italy’s Competition Authority has begun scrutinising pricing algorithms used in the domestic airline tickets market, a month after gaining new powers to impose remedies across the sector.
16 November 2023
Italiana Petroli has convinced the Italian Competition Authority to accept behavioural commitments to allay concerns about its acquisition of certain assets from an ExxonMobil subsidiary
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