Antitrust Chronicle^® – E-Commerce and Pricing Concerns – An Antitrust Perspective

Dear Readers,

In this CPI issue, we ponder how resale price maintenance (“RPM”) and most favored nation (“MFN”) clauses are playing out in the brave new world of e-commerce. Europe has witnessed a proliferation of regulatory attention in the ecommerce space, as seen in the EC’s 2010 revised Guidelines on Vertical Restraints, the European Court of Justice’s 2011 ruling in the Pierre Fabre case, and the European Commission’s 2013 E-books commitments decision.

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