Clarification of the causal link requirement in antitrust damages: the Gaches Chimie ruling of 26 February 2025

Resume: The Commercial Chamber of the French Cour de cassation rendered a judgment on February 26, 2025 (Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, February 26, 2025, No. 23-18.599), in which it upheld the previous decision of the Paris Court of Appeal regarding the...

The French Supreme Court overturns the appellate decision that failed to establish an abuse of dominant position through disparagement, alarmist and misleading statements about the risks of using a drug

Resume: The French Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal, that failed to establish that pharmaceutical laboratories had abused their dominant position by disseminating, on the one hand, an alarmist, even misleading, discourse to public...

Abuse of Dominant Position and Apple : The Sanction Imposed by the French Competition Authority for Abusing Its Dominant Position in the Distribution of Mobile Applications on iOS Devices

Resume: The French Competition Authority (ADLC), decided to sanction Apple for having abused its dominant position (on the basis of Articles 102 of the TFEU and L420-2 of the French Commercial Code) in the European markets for the distribution of mobile applications...

The French Court of cassation confirmed Vinci’s sanction and clarified the scope of the Authority’s jurisdiction over local anticompetitive practices

Resume: The French Court of cassation (Commercial Court, September 24th, 2025, no. 23-13.733) upheld the decision of the French competition authority which sanctioned Vinci for concerted practices, in the form of information exchanges, in a public tender procedure...

Sony Sanctioned for Abuse of Dominant Position in the PlayStation 4 Ecosystem

Resume: Following a complaint filed by Subsonic, the French Competition Authority fined Sony €13,527,000 (Decision no. 23-D-14 of December 20, 2023) for abusing its dominant position in the market for PlayStation 4-compatible controllers. Two anticompetitive practices...

Platforms, drivers and competition: the French Competition Authority’s view of VTC collective agreements

Resume: The French Competition Authority (ADLC) issued an opinion on the December 19, 2023 agreement on working conditions for VTC drivers. Although the agreement aims to reinforce drivers’ freedom of choice when it comes to remuneration via platforms, the...