Competition Economics Archives

Illegal Moat, Fragile Castle – A Look Into Coinbase’s Anticompetitive Practices

Gabriele Bortolotti Marzo 4, 2024 Nessun commento

Key Points In June 2023, the SEC published a complaint against Coinbase, a centralized cryptocurrency exchange that controls 76% of the market, alleging it violated both the Exchange Act as [...]

Jingle Bills, Jingle Bills, Jingle All The Way

Paul Vella Dicembre 12, 2023 Nessun commento

Key Points Fideres’s original investigation uncovers widespread discriminatory conduct in the market for household gas/electricity – affecting 2 million minority households. This Christmas season, households across the UK will be [...]

Fideres Supports (First Action Of) Italian Claimants Against Cardboard Cartel In Spain

Fideres Dicembre 1, 2023 Nessun commento

The Italian law firm Scoccini & Associati and the Spanish law firm CCS Abogados, supported by the litigation fund ALI – Antritrust Litigation Investment, joined forces to launch a collective [...]

Marco Ragusa Recognized Among Winners In The Fourth Edition Of The Luigi Prosperetti Graduation Award

Fideres Novembre 20, 2023 Nessun commento

Fideres’s Analyst, Marco Ragusa, was awarded second place in the fourth edition of the Luigi Prosperetti Graduation Award.

Fideres Provides Economic Analysis For Landmark US Antitrust Case Against PayPal

Alberto Thomas Novembre 8, 2023 Nessun commento

Hagens Berman and Sperling & Slater filed a landmark multi-billion-dollar antitrust class action lawsuit against PayPal. Fideres provided the economic analysis to support the claim. Read the complaint here.

Fideres Advises On A New Class Action Against Cardboard Price-Fixing

Fernanda Cerqueira Settembre 14, 2023 Nessun commento

Fideres has entered an agreement with Italian law firm Studio Legale Scoccini & Associati, Spanish law firm CCS Abogados, and litigation funder Antitrust Litigation Investment (ALI) to launch a new [...]

It Rolls Down Hill

Chris Rieve Settembre 8, 2023 Nessun commento

How Reddit abuses of its monopoly power to fuel vertical expansion.

Gabriele Bortolotti Interviews Professor Eric Posner

Gabriele Bortolotti Settembre 7, 2023 Nessun commento

Fideres’s Associate, Gabriele Bortolotti, interviewed Professor Eric Posner, the Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago. Gabriele, who is a University of Chicago alumnus, conducted this [...]

Fideres’s Head of Digital Markets, Chris Pike, Commented In The Financial Times On Mobile Prices Increases and the Vodafone/Three Merger

Chris Pike Luglio 19, 2023 Nessun commento

Dr. Chris Pike commented in a Financial Times article on the implications of mid-contract price increases by UK mobile network operators for the CMA’s assessment of the proposed Vodafone/Three merger. [...]

The Bottleneck On Justice

Chris Pike Luglio 19, 2023 Nessun commento

What do telecom price rises tell us about the bottleneck on justice?