Mexico may be entering a new era for private competition litigation. With COFECE’s filing of the first class action in the country’s history for damages derived from a cartel, along with a related Supreme Court ruling holding that a decision issued by the competition authority satisfies the requirement of administrative finality without the need to […]
Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy
2025 marks the 15th anniversary of DG COMP’s decision to launch an antitrust investigation into Google, leading to landmark cases such as Google Shopping and Google AdSense. Initially addressing (only) four allegations of abusive conduct, it soon expanded to what is known as Google Android and Google AdTech. This pioneering action has inspired further investigations […]
This webinar examined the investigation opened by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia (SIC) in docket No. 23-476228, in which the authority initiated an administrative proceeding and issued a formal statement of objections (“pliego de cargos”) against Apple for alleged anticompetitive conduct, specifically abuse of a dominant position. The case, unprecedented in Colombia, […]
This important discussion focused on two recent articles published in Volume 86, Issue 3 of the ABA's Antitrust Law Journal. The first article, by the Lab's founder Aurelien Portuese, is entitled "Dynamic Competition as a Double-Edged Sword: An Antitrust Primer" and provides a primer on the concept of dynamic competition as a double-edged sword in antitrust analysis. […]
Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy
Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy
Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy
Professor Philippe Aghion, Chair at the College de France and Senior Fellow of the GW Competition & Innovation Lab, moderated a debate between French President Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, following the publication of the Draghi Report. On Wednesday, Mario Draghi, former President of the European Central Bank, and French President Emmanuel […]
Vertical Integration Revisited: Evidence, Theory, and Antitrust Policy
