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Chrome et Android menacés : les Etats-Unis s'attaquent au monopole de Google

Le gouvernement américain veut forcer Google à céder Chrome, citant des pratiques anticoncurrentielles. Cette décision pourrait profondément transformer la recherche en ligne et l'industrie technologique.

France Anti-trust

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Haas Avocats

Cartel Des Jambons : «Le Contrôle Des Décisions De L'autorité Fonctionne»

Read the interview given by Paris Antitrust & Competition Partner Nathalie Jalabert-Doury to ActuEL Direction Juridique,

France Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

AI And Anti-Competitive Agreement: At The Roots Of An Unconscious Will?

Tree Roots was painted by Van Gogh on the same day of his suicide attempt in Auvers-sur-Oise, July 27, 1890. On the canvas, an interlacing of trunks, stumps and roots crawling towards the ground...

France Anti-trust

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IR Global

The French Competition Authority Fines Database Providers For Price Fixing And Customer Allocation

In its decision of April 12 2023, the French Competition Authority (the "Authority") condemned the price-fixing and market-sharing practices committed...

France Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The New EU Regime For Horizontal Agreements: What's New About Joint Purchasing Agreements/buying Alliance

European Union Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The French Competition Authority Sanctions An Association For Having Implemented A Cartel

France Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Once Again, The Leniency Procedure Has Brought To Light A Compote Cartel But The Initial Sanction Has Been Drastically Reduced

France Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The European Court Of Justice Resolves Certain Conflicts Of Temporal Application Of The "Damages" Directive

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Damages In Follow-On Actions: More Accurate Assessments Ahead

France Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Car Emissions Case: First Sanction Of An Anti-competitive Agreement On Technical Development By The European Commission

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Tale Of The Airfreight Cartel Case, Air & Space Law, Volume 45, Issue 2 (2020), P. 201

France Transport

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Stream Avocats & Solicitors

Des Fabricants De Lunettes Sanctionnés Pour Prix De Vente Imposés

France Anti-trust

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Haas Avocats

A Sandwich Cartel Case, Or How Leniency Can Get You Out Of A Pickle

France Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Lutte contre les cartels : Les difficultés de l'évaluation du préjudice des victimes d'ententes anticoncurrentielles

France Anti-trust

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FTI Consulting

Why Do Companies Choose To Outsource Work?

Worldwide Commercial

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Questel

L'actualité juridique numérique de la semaine – 13 octobre 2025

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Haas Avocats

Vidéosurveillance cachée au travail : la CNIL sanctionne la Samaritaine

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Haas Avocats

Comment: The French Competition Authority May Investigate Practices That Have Already Been Investigated By The Sector Regulator Without Presenting The Judge With A Comprehensive Overview Of The Previous Investigation

France Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Déplafonnement du loyer renouvelé : la Cour de cassation réaffirme la portée de principe directeurs

France Real Estate

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Bignon Lebray

€189 Million: The Tenth Highest Fine For Cartel Activities Imposed By The FCA On Household Appliance Manufacturers For Having Engaged In Anticompetitive Agreements On Price Increases

In a decision dated 5 December 2018, the French Competition Authority severely fined six household appliance manufacturers – all among the largest in the sector – for having agreed on price increases ...

France Anti-trust

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

FCA Fines Household Appliance Manufacturers €189 Million For Cartel Activities

On December 5, 2018, the French Competition Authority (FCA) fined six large household appliance manufacturers a total of €189 million

France Anti-trust

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Reed Smith (Worldwide)

Significant Fine Imposed By The French Competition Authority In Floor Coverings Cartel

The FCA said the significant fine reflected the gravity of the offence and the long duration of the anticompetitive behavior, which for one company lasted 23 years.

France Anti-trust

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McDermott Will & Emery

Competition News - February 2016

Refusing to settle in the case of local anticompetitive practices is not necessarily the right decision

France Anti-trust

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Dentons

Réflexions Sur La Portée Du Monopole Bancaire, In Banque & Droit

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Competition News January 2016

France Anti-trust

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Dentons

Competition News July-August 2015

France Anti-trust

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Dentons

Competition News June 2015

France Anti-trust

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Dentons

Competition News June 2015 (International French)

France Anti-trust

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Dentons

French Competition Authority Fines Wallpaper Producers For Anticompetitive Information Exchange

France Anti-trust

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Orrick

French Competition Authority Imposes Record Fines Of Over € 951 Million On Manufacturers Of Cleaning Products And Hygiene And Personal Care Products

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

French Competition Authority Launches Market Test On Nespresso-Compatible Single-Serve Coffee Capsules

France Anti-trust

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Orrick

French Court Of Appeal Awards Doux € 1.66 Million In Damages

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

Paris Court Of Appeal Confirms € 367.95 Million Fine In Detergent Cartel Case

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

French Competition Authority Imposes Record Fines Of Over € 951 Million On Manufacturers Of Cleaning Products And Hygiene And Personal Care Products

The FCA found that these manufacturers had, for each of these markets, coordinated their commercial policy towards large retail chains as well as coordinated their price increases from 2003 to 2006.

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

French Competition Authority Launches Market Test On Nespresso-Compatible Single-Serve Coffee Capsules

The French Competition Authority recently launched a market test relating to undertakings proposed by Nespresso with respect to single-serve coffee capsules.

France Anti-trust

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Orrick

French Court Of Appeal Awards Doux € 1.66 Million In Damages

On 27 February 2014, the Paris Court of Appeal awarded the poultry breeder Doux € 1.66 million in damages against Ajinomoto Eurolysine.

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

Paris Court Of Appeal Confirms € 367.95 Million Fine In Detergent Cartel Case

On 30 January 2014, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed a decision of the French Competition Authority imposing fines totalling € 367.95 million.

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

French Supreme Court Partially Quashes Competition Authority Decision In Monument Restoration Cartel Case

France Anti-trust

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Van Bael & Bellis

French Competition Council Imposes Record € 575 Million Fine On Steel Cartel, Pioneers Use Of "Partial Immunity" For Cooperation

On December 16, 2008, the French Competition Council imposed fines of €575 million on 11 steel products traders for colluding to fix prices and to share the market in violation of the antitrust laws of the EC and France. This is the highest total fine ever imposed on a cartel by the Council. The fine shows that the Council is moving in the same direction as the European Commission in fighting and "cracking down" on hard-core cartels.

France Anti-trust

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Proskauer Rose LLP

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