Niharika Parshurampuria

Sep 17, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Daniel Rodríguez Asensio |Van Hove |Niharika Parshurampuria

On 18 September 2024, the General Court delivered a judgement in Case-671/19 Qualcomm v Commission, upholding the Commission’s decision to impose a fine on Qualcomm for abuse of a dominant position in the UMTScompliant baseband chipset market in violation of Article 102 TFEU. The Court did, however, recalculate the fine amount, on account of the Commission having departed, without justification, from its fining guidelines. Background In June 2009, Icera, a competitor, lodged a complaint aga...

Jul 31, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Giovanni Pregno |Niharika Parshurampuria |Catherine Gordley

On 1 August 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance (“Draft Guidelines”). The Draft Guidelines summarise the Commission’s interpretation of the law governing the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary abuses of dominance. As could be expected from the Commission’s 2023 revision of its Article 102 Guidance Paper and the accompanying Policy Brief previewing the key elements of future Article...

Jul 31, 2024 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Giovanni Pregno |Niharika Parshurampuria |Catherine Gordley

On 1 August 2024, the European Commission (“Commission”) launched a public consultation on its draft Guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance (“Draft Guidelines”). The Draft Guidelines summarise the Commission’s interpretation of the law governing the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary abuses of dominance. As could be expected from the Commission’s 2023 revision of its Article 102 Guidance Paper and the accompanying Policy Brief previewing the key elements of future Article...

Jul 27, 2023 | lexology.com | Niharika Parshurampuria |Andreas Reindl |Catherine Gordley

On 13 July 2023, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) handed down its judgment in Case C-376/20 P Commission v CK Telecoms UK Investments regarding the legal standard and burden of proof in so-called “gap cases”.

Jul 3, 2023 | concurrences.com | Van Bael |Andreas Reindl |Niharika Parshurampuria

Previous article Next article On 4 July 2023, the Court of Justice (“CJEU”) handed down its highly anticipated judgment in Case C-252/21 Meta v Bundeskartellamt on the interplay between EU competition law and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”).