La reciente decisión de varias Comunidades Autónomas de suprimir sus autoridades de defensa de la competencia supone un evidente punto de inflexión en el proceso de descentralización de la aplicación administrativa del derecho español de defensa de la competencia. Este artículo analiza...

The decentralization of competition law enforcement in Spain has led to the creation of agencies and administrative authorities by Autonomous Communities responsible for this task. Today most of the disciplinary procedures for the enforcement of the Spanish Defense Competition Act are heard...

The commented book offers a solid and convincing critique about the origins and evolution of competition policy in Latin America, which probably could be extended elsewhere. Some of the assumptions on which the competition authorities act are unsound and farfetched, this causes notable...

Block exemption regulations (BER) survived the modernisation of EC competition law. According to the European Commission and some commentators, BER have a major role to play in the system instituted by Regulation 1/2003. Others are more critical and consider that BER are hard to nest within the...

Tort Law is not harmonised at a European level. Substantive and procedural regulations vary substantially across EU Member States in most of the facets and dimensions of damages actions. These differences derive, amongst other causes, from different legal traditions. However, significant efforts...

The Spanish university system has witnessed many changes in the last thirty years. Initial conditions for competition were laid down in 1983, specially through the recognition of legal status to private universities. However, the shortage of students since 1998 and the drop on demand for higher...

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: La sentencia del juzgado de lo mercantil no 12 de Madrid de 9 de mayo de 2014 (MUSAAT v. ASEFA, SCOR y CASER) presenta un interesante supuesto práctico sobre la aplicación de la legislación de defensa de la competencia en España por diversas razones. La decisión judicial...

One of the contributions of the Chicago School to economic theory is that of underlining the importance of compliance costs on entrepreneurial activity and economic growth. From a business perspective, complying with general regulations and administrative red tape is a costly burden that may...