antitrust

From Harmont&Blaine to the supermarket chains Rialto, MD, Magazzini Gabrielli, and RetailPro, as well as Butan Gas, the Antitrust Authority has imposed fines totaling over 2.5 million euros for parasitic activities that improperly associated company brands with the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. All the details.

The AGCM has imposed a fine of 2 million euros on the Salento-based e-commerce company specializing in furniture and household items. The focus was on the countdowns that renewed under the same conditions, the calculation of discounts, and the internal documents acquired during the investigation.

The European Digital Markets Act is being copied in London: the Antitrust authority, in its new obligations for Google, intends to equate the rights of British users with those of European internet users.

For the first time, the AGCM exercises the powers provided by the EU legislation to protect competition. The findings of the investigation carried out by the Italian authority will be transferred to the European Commission, which will have to take over the case. According to the thesis of Rustichelli’s authority, “third-party providers of consumer cloud services might not be placed on the same footing as Apple’s iCloud service.” A new casus belli with the Old Continent after Cupertino’s controversies over the impossibility of bringing Siri AI to Europe due to too many EU regulations?

The commitments proposed by TheFork to avoid harsher penalties have been accepted and made mandatory by the Antitrust Authority. The platform will now have to make its terms of use clearer and refund users affected by a technical issue with gift cards. All the details.

The Antitrust Authority has fined Trade Republic Bank 2.5 million euros due to misleading communication about the Saveback Program, which was presented as a simple purchase refund but was actually tied to specific financial accumulation plans. All the details.

Two years after opening a file, the FTC is reportedly putting together a comprehensive antitrust dossier to determine whether the Redmond software company is favoring products like Azure in the cloud and, on the artificial intelligence side, Microsoft 365.

The AGCM challenges the surcharge communicated after the purchase and has initiated precautionary proceedings regarding the Spanish company’s “Fair Travel Promise.” The case arises as low-cost airlines now account for over 60% of the Italian air market.

The AGCM has closed the investigation into the barriers to entry for the French company SNCF by accepting RFI’s commitments. However, ART contests the decision and appeals to the TAR. At the heart of the dispute are the railway tracks and the boundaries between sector regulation and competition protection. All the key issues in the High-Speed market.

The Antitrust Authority has opened an investigation against Biogen because, according to a report from Sandoz, it may have hindered the market entry of a cheaper drug for multiple sclerosis, thereby also harming public healthcare savings. All the details.

The Antitrust Authority has exposed the potato chip cartel involving Amica Chips, Pata, and Preziosi Food, which will now have to pay fines ranging from 7 to over 8 million euros. Here is what happened.

Surprise move by Apple, which attempts to refute the accusatory claims of the US Antitrust by requesting to present confidential documents of its main market rival, Samsung, in court.

Yesterday, European Union officials conducted an unannounced search of Ferrero’s offices. The investigation is still in its preliminary phase and no formal charges have been made. Here is what Brussels wants to clarify. All the details.

What did the president of the Italian Competition Authority (Agcm), Roberto Rustichelli, say during the presentation of the Annual Report?

The Antitrust Authority has fined Revolut, the British digital bank, over 11 million euros, citing omissions and misleading information, including regarding the migration to the Italian IBAN. All the details.

The Antitrust Authority has fined Morellato nearly 26 million euros for controlling online prices and prohibiting its retailers from selling on sites like Amazon and eBay. All the details.

Young girls using and promoting anti-aging cosmetic products on social media, and companies riding the wave regardless of the physical and psychological harm they cause. This is why the Antitrust Authority has launched two investigations against Sephora Italy, Benefit Cosmetics, and LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics Italy. All the details.

The Antitrust Authority has fined the online review giant Trustpilot 4 million euros. The focus was on the lack of transparency regarding paid services and the use of deceptive interfaces to manipulate the perceived reliability of companies. All the details.

The AGCM has launched an exploratory investigation into quantum computing, a new technology that promises extremely high computing power (and could threaten national security). The authority fears that a few large players may control market access. All the details and the companies involved.

Millions of gamers called together in the United Kingdom for an antitrust class action that could trouble Sony: according to the plaintiffs, the Japanese giant, holding a “dominant position” in the digital distribution of PlayStation games, has “charged excessively high prices.”