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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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Assessment of Regulatory Obstacles to Competition to Unlock Growth Potential in Kenya (The World Bank Group)
Lear provided consulting services for the analysis of product market regulation in Kenya. The project aimed at identifying those markets of the Kenyan economy that are currently suffering from anti-competitive regulations. Thanks to interviews with local stakeholders and interactions with the World Bank Group and the Competition Authority of Kenya, Lear’s economists gained a clear […] Read more
Litigation
Assessment of damages in the retail electricity market
In 2018, a telecom operator sued Enel, one of the main operators in the Italian electricity market, for the interruption of a commercial partnership entailing the provision of a bundled offer which included electricity and telecom fixed services. Lear assisted Enel and showed that the claimant’s request for damages lacked a concrete explanation of the […] Read more
Litigation
Assessment of damages in the pre-compressing steel industry
Lear assisted a company operating in the steel industry facing a claim for damages due to its participation in a price-fixing agreement. Lear economists have provided the defendant with a technical analysis showing that the econometric methods used for quantifying the alleged damages were in fact overly dependent on strong, unsubstantiated assumptions, thus leading to […] Read more
Litigation
Assessment of damages in the Italian trucks market
Lear is assisting multiple Italian companies in quantifying damages suffered as a consequence of the existence of a price-fixing cartel in the heavy and medium trucks market, as established by the European Commission. Lear economists have been appointed for assessing the price overcharge caused by the horizontal agreement and for showing the lack of any […] Read more
Litigation
Damages quantification for violation of IP rights in the motion picture industry
Lear assisted a major film production company claiming damages for the infringement of its intellectual property rights by an Internet content provider. Lear’s economists quantified the damages suffered by the client using two alternative methods, namely the calculation of the profits lost due the infringement and the definition of the appropriate royalty that the infringer […] Read more
Litigation
Assessment of damages in the telecoms market
Lear’s economists assisted an Italian mobile and fixed telecom operator against a number of request for damages due to an alleged abuse of dominance in the mobile termination market. The same company required Lear further assistance in quantifying damages suffered as a consequence of abusive or unfair commercial practices and contractual breaches by other telecom […] Read more
Competition Economics, State Aid
Assessment of benefits of open networks
Lear is assisting a leading regulator in the assessment of costs and benefits arising from open access requirements in the deployment of network infrastructure. In particular, Lear is responsible for designing a methodology for the assessment and for applying this to a sample of cases. The project will serve to inform the design of subsidies […] Read more
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