Posts tagged #competition
All PostsAustrian OGH: Country of Origin Principle under E-Commerce Directive
European LawThe Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, hereinafter OGH) has referred a question on the E-Commerce Directive to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling. In the case at hand, the plaintiff was operating bookshops in Austria and also has an associa...
GER: Amended GWB to Modernise Competition Law
Competition LawThe 11th amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkung) is a response to the critical price developments following Russia’s attack on Ukraine and a further step towards modernising competition law. The a...
Antitrust: Possible anti-competitive practices by Facebook?
The European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Facebook. The suspicion is that Facebook might have violated EU rules on anti-competitive agreements (Article 101 TFEU) and/or on abuse of a dominant market position (Article 102 TF...