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Talent Agencies in French Film and Television: A Market Locked by Network Effects
Resume: In Opinion 26-A-06 of 1 October 2026, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence) examines for the first time the market for talent agents in film and television. Its diagnosis is that the sector is highly concentrated around two agencies,...
The French Court of Cassation clarifies the scope of the Adversarial Principle in Expert Proceedings and confirms the Standard of Proof required in Cartel cases
Resume: Several undertakings were sanctioned by the French Competition Authority for participating in cartels in the pork and charcuterie sector. They challenged the procedure for appointing the expert and the reliability of the notebook submitted by the leniency...
The French Court of Cassation upholds Apple’s liability for a vertical agreement and abuse of economic dependence
Resume: The Apple saga came to an end on 13 May 2026 with a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, after more than a decade of proceedings (Cass. com., 13 May 2026, nos. 22-22.623, 22-22.647, 22-22.677 and 22-22.727). The case concerned the limits of a supplier’s...
The provisional measures ordered by the competition authority against Meta for abuse of dominance in negotiations with APIG and DVP
Resume: The case of Meta against the unions of publishers and news agencies[1], following the negotiations undertaken for the sharing of values resulting from the publication of articles on Meta’s digital platforms. This case is a direct consequence of the...
The admissibility of appeals against the rejection of commitments by the French Competition Authority
Resume: The final word in the Sony PlayStation procedural saga was rendered by the Cour d’appel de Paris on 4th December 2025 (Cour d’appel de Paris, 4 déc. 2025, n° RG 24/04183, Sony). This solution follows a debate in the case law involving a ruling by the...
Professional exclusivity through the lens of object-based restrictions: severe penalties with problematic foundations
Resume: In Decision No. 26-D-03 of March 17, 2026, the French Competition Authority imposed a fine of €3.4 million on the National Union of French Ski Instructors (SNMSF) for having included, since May 12, 2006, an exclusivity clause in the standard instructor...
Unfair competition and freedom of trade: the requirement for a prohibition strictly proportionate to wrongful conduct alone
Resume: The Court of Cassation (Commercial Division, 28 January 2026, No. 23-20. 245) has partially quashed a judgment of the Court of Appeal which, having found acts of unfair competition, had imposed a general ban on the marketing of interfaces enabling GPS systems...
The Digital Advertising Dominance of Google: Exploitative Abuse and Judicial Limits (SAS Aowoa v. Google case)
Resume:. In January 2026, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled, in the case of SAS Aowoa v. Google, that Google committed an exploitative abuse of dominance by suspending, without adequate justification, the Google Ads accounts of Aowoa, a French provider of telephone...
The opinion of the authority on rating systems designed to provide consumers with information on the sustainability-related characteristics of consumer products and services
Resume: The Competition Authority was consulted on the issue of the rating systems designed to provide consumers with information on the sustainability-related characteristics of consumer products and services (French Competition Authority, January 9th, 2025, Opinion...
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