Google's 'Maps' service is anti-competitive because the company is exploiting its dominant market position by offering the service for free, a French court has ruled. 03 Feb 2012
The European Commission is investigating whether a major electronics company abused a position of market dominance by failing to let rivals use "essential" mobile phone technology it owned patent rights for on legitimate terms. 02 Feb 2012
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This guide is based on UK law. It was written in October 2010. In these uncertain times there is a risk that universities may discuss or disclose between themselves details of their future intentio...
This checklist is based on UK law. It was updated in January 2012. This checklist provides some simple, practical suggestions for any company that is faced with a competition law dawn raid. Official...
This guide is based on UK law. It was written in April 2008. Information exchange between companies is an everyday commercial reality. If companies didn't exchange information, commercial life woul...
This guide is based on UK law. It was written in April 2008. A vertical agreement is one entered between two or more parties, each of which operates for the purposes of the agreement at a different...
This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in April 2008. Anti-competitive agreements are prohibited by European and domestic competition law. This means any anti-competitive provisions in...
The new regulatory body which will take over the consumer protection role of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) could suffer from the same shortcomings as its predecessor without a change in focus, a Parliamentary committee has warned. 13 Jan 2012
OPINION: The European Union was founded as a trading bloc and it is no surprise that the European Commission is annoyed that online commerce has not led to a massive upsurge in online sales. 21 Dec 2011
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