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Here you can find the recent competition policy and public procurement projects in which Lear has been involved.
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Dispute in the market for maritime freight transport – ongoing
Lear is assisting Moby and CIN, which is fully owned by Moby, in a claim brought on by Grimaldi on the basis of an exclusionary abuse. Lear has analysed the damage compensation produced by Grimaldi, and has developed an in-depth critique, highlighting how the methodology used to estimate the damages incurred by Grimaldi have been […] Read more
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Damages estimation for unfair practices in the retail mobile telecommunication market
Lear has assisted a leading firm, active in the retail and wholesale mobile telecommunication market, in the estimation of the damages caused by the unjustified refusal to provide certain services and inputs in the upstream market by one of its suppliers. Lear has developed an effective model aimed at quantifying the damages that this refusal […] Read more
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Damage assessment for a breach of contract in the telecom market – ongoing
Lear is assisting a leading telecom operator in its action for damages arising from the early termination of an agreement that allowed it to distribute an OTT streaming service operated by a web platform. The withdrawal decision was made by the platform contextually to its entering into an exclusive agreement with the Italian telecom incumbent […] Read more
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Dispute in the sector of “learn and play” toys for children – ongoing
Lear is assisting an Italian firm, active in the wholesale supply to retailers of educational toys for children under its own brand, in a claim brought on by a Swiss firm operating in the same market. Our client has been sued based on an alleged patent infringement for having imported from China and commercialised in […] Read more
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Dispute in the grocery retailing sector – ongoing
Lear is assisting a major Italian grocery retailer in the context of a damages action brought by one of its suppliers. The supplier is alleging that the decision of the grocery retailer to end its commercial relationship with the supplier amounts to an abuse of economic dependence. Lear has developed arguments and analyses aimed at […] Read more
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Dispute in the corrugated cardboard sheets sector – ongoing
Lear is assisting several producers active in the market for corrugated carboard sheets and corrugated cardboard boxes in the rebuttal of damages claims brought by the producers’ clients active at different levels of the supply chain. The actions for damages are the result of two separate agreements, ascertained by the Italian Competition Authority in 2019, […] Read more
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Dispute in the market for cleaning services – ongoing
Lear is assisting a company active in the cleaning services market in a damages action initiated by one of its competitors. The action follows an investigation by the Italian Competition Authority which had found that four companies active in this market had coordinated their bidding behaviour in tenders organized by the government to secure cleaning […] Read more
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