Spanish Abstract: En las infracciones de las prohibiciones antitrust con pluralidad de partícipes la identificación del daño y su secuencia de producción causal serán determinantes en la determinación del perímetro de responsabilidad solidaria entre los co-infractores por los daños...

Spanish Abstract: A partir de las decisiones de la Comisión Europea que sancionaron el cártel de los derivados sobre tipos de interés en euros se han iniciado acciones judiciales para reclamar la compensación de los daños provocados por la manipulación de los índices de tipos de interés...

The present paper analyzes the interaction between the economic review of the probition of abuses of a dominant position (Article 82 EC) on the one hand and the efforts to enhance private enforcement of competition law through private damage claims on the other hand. The paper argues that...

Employee raiding scenarios provide a unique opportunity for students examine the intersection of business strategy and the law. This article provides a high-energy teaching case study and teaching note that places students in the role of business decision-makers facing the unforeseen and abrupt...

This article offers a short summary and some references on the “passing on” defense admissibility in antitrust litigation. The US, EU and some European Member States are taken into account. The aim of this working paper is to facilitate a new analysis of the topic, which seems to be...

The EC antitrust prohibitions are regularly invoked in private litigation as a shield. Private parties also play an important role in public antitrust enforcement through complaints to the competition authorities. However, in marked contrast with the situation in the US, private actions for...

Spanish Abstract: Tras más de medio siglo de aplicación eminentemente pública del Derecho de la Competencia, estamos asistiendo a un impulso de la aplicación privada, que permite a los perjudicados por conductas anticompetitivas reclamar daños y perjuicios ante los tribunales civiles. Tanto...

This paper makes an original contribution to the literature on the developing area of private enforcement of EU competition law. It delivers a significant, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the transposition across a broad selection of Member States (MS) of a major EU Directive introduced...

The second of a two-part "handbook" — the first has been simultaneously posted on author's SSRN page — this pithy article details the potential defenses available to financial institutions and the issues that all parties should be prepared to address when proposing or rebuffing a claim...