Competition law cases

Since the 20th century, competition law has become global. The two largest and most influential systems of competition regulation are United States antitrust law and European Union competition law.
National and regional competition authorities across the world have formed international support and enforcement networks.

By 2008 111 countries had enacted competition laws, which is more than 50 percent of countries with a population exceeding 80,000 people. 81 of the 111 countries had adopted their competition laws in the past 20 years, signaling the spread of competition law following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the expansion of the European Union.

The agency view stresses that making competition laws more stringent boosts valuations by intensifying competition and ameliorating agency problems.
In this case, the impact of competition laws on valuations should be smaller among firms operating in industries that were already highly competitive before the change in competition laws.

These amendments concern mostly the disclosure and use of information included in the Commission’s files

The Commission has also adopted A Communication on the protection of confidential information for the private enforcement of EU competition law by national courts

Breaching competition law (mainly articles L

420-1 and L

420-2 of the French Commercial Code, i

e the equivalent of articles 101§1 and 102 Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”)) can result in claims brought before the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) as well as before special civil and commercial courts (“State courts”)

Competition law is traditionally used from two different perspectives, in the literature known as a sword and shield paradigm