Competition law hot topics

What are the key antitrust issues?
Antitrust laws are statutes developed by governments to protect consumers from predatory business practices and ensure fair competition.
Antitrust laws are applied to a wide range of questionable business activities, including market allocation, bid rigging, price fixing, and monopolies..
According to this provision, any transaction related to the acquisition of control, shares, voting rights, or assets of an enterprise, merger, or amalgamation, with a deal value exceeding INR 20 billion, will require approval from the CCI if the enterprise being acquired, merged, or amalgamated has substantial business

Merger control and jurisdictional creep.
Merger control and new theories of harm.
Internal documents, gun-jumping and merger control penalties.
Growth of foreign direct investment (FDI) and national security regimes.
Digitalization, Big Tech and copycat antitrust investigations.

Are stand-alone claims a viable alternative to a competition authority?

This trend is set to continue into 2021, with most European Commission decisions expected to result in damages claims in at least one and often several Member States.
Stand-alone claims have also now emerged into the mainstream as a viable and often preferred and swifter alternative to complaining to a competition authority. 8.

How does competition law relate to sustainability initiatives?

How competition law relates to sustainability initiatives may, however, be less obvious.
It becomes clearer with the realisation that sustainability goals can only be achieved when companies – competitors – in the various sectors of the economy cooperate to establish industry-wide sustainability goals and put them into practice.

Is the commission ready to change the competition law framework?

While the Commission has given assurances that it has heard the call for change, it seems that it is only prepared to consider adjustments to the current competition law framework rather than a radical change, pointing to other legal instruments than competition law to ensure a level playing field in the global economy. 9.

What if the competition regulator gets its way?

If the competition regulator gets its way, it could force significant changes to the online shopping giant.
Enforcement agencies like the Competition Bureau have a duty to pursue cases they consider to be well-founded and in the public interest.
But it’s unrealistic to expect they will win every time.

Competition law hot topics

What are the key antitrust issues?

Are stand-alone claims a viable alternative to a competition authority?

How does competition law relate to sustainability initiatives?

Is the commission ready to change the competition law framework?

What if the competition regulator gets its way?