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Competition Economics

Alleged anti-competitive agreement in the market for football TV rights

Lear assisted a major Italian broadcaster involved in an investigation by the Italian Competition Authority into an alleged anti-competitive agreement in the market for football TV rights. This case involved an analysis of both the TV rights acquisition market (wholesale level) and the pay TV market (retail level). Using a counterfactual approach, Lear worked alongside […] Read more

Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics

Alleged abuse of dominance in the market for maritime freight transport

Lear assisted Moby and CIN, which is fully owned by Moby, in proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority. The Italian Competition Authority claimed that Moby/CIN was abusing its dominant position in the market for maritime freight transport to and from Sardinia, with the aim of foreclosing rivals. Lear’s analysis highlighted the weaknesses of the Italian […] Read more

Competition Economics

Alleged excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical industry

Lear advised a pharmaceutical company, allegedly responsible for abusing its dominant position in the market by setting excessive/unfair prices for some of its products, in proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority. Lear’s analyses focused on the themes of market definition, the existence of a dominant position, measures of economic value alternative to costs and the […] Read more

Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics

Alleged abuse of dominance in the ultrabroadband market

Lear assisted a wholesale operator in the market of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) network, in proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority. The Italian Competition Authority is investigating whether TIM abused its dominant position in the ultrabroadband market. Lear’s analysis evaluated the potential anticompetitive effects arising from TIM’s conduct.

Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics

Alleged abuse of dominance in the copyright sector

The Italian Competition Authority launched an investigation into NUOVOIMAIE, a collecting society dealing with the performer’s neighbouring rights, to verify whether it had infringed Art. 102 TFUE by hindering entry of potential competitors. Lear helped NUOVOIMAIE design effective remedies to alleviate the anticompetitive concerns raised by the Italian Competition Authority. In particular, Lear carried out […] Read more

Competition Economics

Alleged horizontal agreement in the market for cement

The Italian Competition Authority carried out an investigation into the market for cement to assess whether several firms participated in a horizontal agreement with the aim of increasing the price of cement. Lear assisted one of the companies involved in the proceedings showing that there was an explanation to the firm’s conduct other than the […] Read more

Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics

Alleged abuse of dominance in the market for bulk SMS

Lear advised Vodafone in proceedings before the Italian Competition Authority. The concern of the Italian Competition Authority was that the company was abusing its dominant position in the market for SMS termination to foreclose competitors in the downstream market for the provision of bulk SMS. Lear’s analysis pointed out that the assessment of the Italian […] Read more