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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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Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics
Alleged abuse in the retail electricity market
The Italian Competition Authority started an investigation into Enel to ascertain whether certain practices by Enel could distort the competitive dynamics resulting from the full liberalisation of the market. Enel, as the only vertically integrated operator, allegedly leveraged on its upstream operations to foreclose competitors from the downstream market. Lear developed an analysis aimed at […] Read more
Abuse of Dominance, Competition Economics
Alleged abuse of dominance in the Italian copyright sector
The Italian Competition Authority launched an investigation into SIAE (the Italian collective rights management organization), claiming that it lacks transparency in the collection of royalties and discriminates among users, abusing its dominant position. Lear supported SIAE by providing economic arguments in favour of SIAE’s legal monopoly and showing the inefficiencies that would be brought about […] Read more
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
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