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Spain’s National Commission of the Markets and Competition will seek to end the monopoly enjoyed by the so-called ‘Estancos’, establishments dedicated to the sale of tobacco products, which it has declared to be a distortion of free competition. In its report, the CNMC considers that rooted restrictions in the tobacco sector should be eliminated, through […]

By: Omar Patricio Vásquez Duque – University of Chile – School of Law This paper analyzes complexities regarding competition torts that work against compensation and evaluates the possibility of enhancing deterrence of anticompetitive behavior by reforming the compensation system. Specifically, diverse attitudes towards “passing-on” defense and damages are analyzed. Then, from a compensation standpoint, the […]

Sociedad Rural Argentina, an industry group defending the rights of farmers and agriculture workers, has gone before the country’s competition regulator CNDC with a series of complaints over unfair competition in the distribution chain – particularly, over the prices of milk being charged by several supermarket chains, which SRA officials have considered abusive. “Supermarkets are […]

Mexico’s, market leader in telecommunications, América Móvil, saw its profits drop by 2.9% in the last quarter of 2015, capping a 6.6% yearly drop. “The arrival of a new international competitor a year ago has intensified competition between the three carriers and several Virtual Mobile Operators”, said the company’s quarterly financial statement. The company justified […]