Intéressant article du journal Le Monde au sujet des actions collectives au Royaume-Uni contre Google pour ses pratiques anticoncurrentielles. J'y suis interrogé s'agissant de notre action collective barry rodger v. Google visant à obtenir compensation au bénéfice des développeurs d'application pour les abus pratiqués par le Google Play Store. https://lnkd.in/e4ypfjRP
GERADIN PARTNERS
Law Practice
Brussels, Brussels Region 1,906 followers
EU Competition Lawyers
About us
We are a team of lawyers that is specialised in competition law. That is all we do. Our business model means we are focused, flexible and independent.
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- Law Practice
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Brussels, Brussels Region
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- 2020
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- Competition law, Abuse of dominance, Article 102 TFEU, Article 101 TFEU, State Aid , and Mergers
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Employees at GERADIN PARTNERS
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Ruben Elkerbout
Attorney (advocaat) | Partner at Geradin Partners | Crazy about antitrust
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Damien Geradin
Founding partner, Geradin Partners
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Dr. Konstantina Bania
Digital Regulation & Competition Law Specialist | Partner at Geradin Partners | Senior Lecturer in Law |
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Mattijs Baneke
Counsel at Geradin Partners
Updates
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The sending of a statement of objections by the Competition and Markets Authority to Google is another important development in Google's adtech saga. GERADIN PARTNERS played a key role in this saga, as we represented complainants not only in this CMA case, but also in the Autorité de la concurrence's investigation, which led to a decision in 2021, and in the European Commission's ad tech investigation, which is near completion. We also represent the class representative in the Google's damages case before the Competition Appeal Tribunal and we represent 34 publishers in an opt-in action in the Netherlands. This represents 7 years of work. Thanks to our tenacious clients from whom we learned so much.
CMA objects to Google’s ad tech practices in bid to help UK advertisers and publishers
gov.uk
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Please have a look at my latest blog post on the ten reasons why Apple's App Store terms are (still) not compliant with the DMA. It is extraordinary that 6 months after the 7 March 2024 deadline for compliance, Apple is still far off the mark. Worse, Apple's terms have become increasingly complex, not to say incomprehensible. https://lnkd.in/eqX4Ajj9
Ten reasons why Apple’s App Store terms are still not compliant with the DMA - The Platform Law Blog
http://theplatformlaw.blog
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The politicisation of DG COMP's chief economist position is a tragedy. The EC's failure to appoint Fiona Scott Morton was already a mistake as she would have been a great chief economist (and the decision was taken for the wrong reasons). But this is now starting again. Absurd!
EU lawmakers slam Vestager for moving to fill controversial economist job
politico.eu
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In June, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the appeals of the European Commission, Servier, and six appellants representing generic manufacturers in the Perindopril case. The Court's findings span across 9 judgments of considerable length and complexity. In my latest blog for Kluwer Competition Law Blog, I have summarised the key points and provided some commentary on what I see as the main developments to note: - Object restrictions can be found in complex arrangements. There is no "quick look" test for object restrictions. It maybe necessary to conduct detailed analysis of agreements, their objectives, and the legal and economic context to find that they did, in fact, restrict competition by object. - Clarity on ancillary restraints following Superleague and Royal Antwerp: object restrictions can still be assessed against the ancillary restraints doctrine, even if they cannot be "objectively justified" under the Wouters / Meca-Medina case-law. - The flexibility of the concept of "agreement" in competition law stretches both ways: an anti-competitive agreement that infringes Article 101 can consist of a single clause in a much larger contract (see e.g. the non-compete in the Portugal Telecom case), but it can also consist of several written contracts, as is the case for the 3-contract arrangement between Servier and Krka, which the CJEU found to give rise to a sharing of markets. - Market definition in the case of pharmaceutical products: Economic substitutability wins over functional substitutability. The blog can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gkj5rxX3 With thanks to Nils Imgarten
The One that Almost Got Away – The CJEU’s Judgments in Servier - Kluwer Competition Law Blog
https://competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com
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I am delighted to let you know that Marie-Laure Combet has joined GERADIN PARTNERS' Paris office as partner. Marie-Laure is the eighth competition partner in the firm and the second in Paris. She is an extremely versatile lawyer with over 20 years experience. We will make further announcements in the coming weeks about additional hires across our offices to pursue our expansion. 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀
PRESS RELEASE - Geradin Partners expands office Presence in Paris with the hire of partner Marie-Laure Combet - Geradin Partners
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Apple's new App Store fees to "comply with the DMA" are again highly unsatisfactory. Far off the mark! Won't get them any relief. https://lnkd.in/eXNXmBXT
Alternative payment options on the App Store in the European Union
developer.apple.com
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Another powerful illustration of Google and Meta's moral bankruptcy. Targeting teens to get them hooked to Instagram is particularly bad considering Instagram's devastating impact on teenaged girls' self-esteem.
Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers
ft.com
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Although Google and its paid libertarian academics will once again claim that the judgment is misguided and that the company committed no wrongdoing, the only way forward is some managerial changes. Google needs to appoint people at the highest echelon of the company who believe in compliance with the rule of law. For a while, Google could claim that it was the victim of interventionist Europeans, but it is no longer the case.
Google loses landmark US antitrust case over search dominance
ft.com
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Not sure what the Competition and Markets Authority will make of this. Clearly a failure of this "participative regulation" effort. In the end, the Privacy Sandbox was too complex and uncertain to succeed. The testing was too late and too little, and the results were not encouraging. A lot of time wasted for everyone. Let's see what comes next. I fear another Apple ATT scenario where users are incentivized to opt out. https://lnkd.in/e6YppcSA
After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome
digiday.com