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May Information Provided By A Leniency Applicant Be Included In A Public Version Of An Infringement Decision? Case Comment To The Judgement Of The Court Of Justice Of 14 March 2017 In Case C-162/15 P Evonik Degussa Gmbh V The Commission, Patrycja Szot

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The Article discusses the judgment of the Court of Justice in the Evonik case and the key findings stemming from it. Considered in particular are the following issues: the scope of a Hearing Officer’s competences and legal grounds which leniency applicants may invoke in defence of their confidentiality claims. Further, the limits concerning the use of information provided in a leniency application are discussed, in particular the prohibition on including quotations from the leniency application and information enabling the identification of the source of other information provided in leniency documents. The author also examines the EU Commission’s broad competences to …

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internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

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Main Polish Publications Concerning The Postal Sector 2014–2017, Mateusz Chołodecki

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

No abstract provided.

Report From The Conference ‘I National Postal Conference The Postal Market In A Changing Word’ – Warszawa, Cars, 28 September 2017, Mateusz Chołodecki

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

No abstract provided.

Tables Of Judgments Of The Voivodship Administrative Court In Warsaw In Postal Cases From 2015–2017, Mateusz Chołodecki

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

No abstract provided.

Zofia Snażyk, Provision Of The Universal Postal Service After Market Liberalization, C.H. Beck, Warsaw 2015, Ss. 280, Bartłomiej Nowak

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

No abstract provided.

The Postal Services Market In 2012–2017, Anna Stolarczyk, Marek Sylwestrzak

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The postal market is presented here in terms of its basic parameters changes in 2012–2017. Included also are selected postal services’ prices and elements of economic analysis. Moreover, with the decrease of the volume of traditional postal services, attention is drawn to the developing cooperation of postal operators in the field of delivery services on the e-commerce market. The cooperation between operators designated by state administration as part of providing e-services to citizens is also highlighted.

Regulating The Ncaa: Making The Calls Under The Sherman Antitrust Act And Title Ix, Stephanie M. Greene

Maine Law Review

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a powerful force in shaping the intercollegiate athletic programs of some 1200 public and private colleges. Courts have recognized the NCAA as an entity that serves the important and admirable functions of maintaining the amateur status of intercollegiate athletics and the integrity of the educational process for the student-athlete, while providing a fair and equitable competitive environment. Most of the NCAA's rules and regulations are promulgated to promote and maintain these goals. Nevertheless, both student-athletes and coaches have challenged NCAA rules in the courts, claiming that certain rules discriminate on the basis of …

Between A Relative And An Objective Advantage. Case T-143/12 Deutsche Post And Its Consequences, Łukasz Grzejdziak

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

In July 2016, the General Court issued a judgment in the Germany v Commission (Deutsche Post) case. In this judgment, the Court carried out a judicial review of the decision of the European Commission declaring as State aid certain measures granted by the German government to Deutsche Post. Some of them were considered by the Commission as existing aid or as aid compatible with the Internal Market. However, measures intended to cover additional costs related to the special status of German postal officers was considered an illegal aid and thus subject to recovery. The General Court annulled the Commission decision …

Worth The Click: Why Greater Ftc Enforcement Is Needed To Curtail Deceptive Practices In Influencer Marketing, Laura E. Bladow

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Universal Service And A Designated Universal Service Provider – Two (In)Dispensable Pillars Of Postal Law, Piotr Lissoń

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article contains an analysis of legal provisions governing two institutions of postal law that are referred to in its title: a universal service and a designated universal service provider. The question asked is whether, in a situation of changing conditions of the postal market, the application and enforcement of legal regulations providing for an obligatory provision of a universal postal service and the designation, for this purpose, of a specified provider is legitimate. The findings presented in the article make it possible to conclude that the institution of a universal service continues to be an essential and constant element …

E-Administration Or The Digitalization Of Public Services In Europe And Poland – New Role Of Postal Operators?, Anna Romejko-Borkowska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The development of e-administration (e-government, e-state, e-offi ce) is a natural stage of facilitating communication between the state and its citizens in the Internet age. Regulation (EU) no 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identifi cation and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (the so-called eIDAS Regulation) came into force in mid-2016. It facilitates the process of authenticating and signing electronic documents, in that way opening a path for the development of an effi cient system for the circulation of official correspondence in Poland. In many European states, …

Regulatory Instruments On The Postal Market, Mateusz Chołodecki, Bożena Popowska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The main goal of the paper is to analyse regulatory instruments of the President of UKE in his capacity as the postal national regulatory authority. The authors distinguish regulatory instruments according to their purpose for ensuring the universal service or competition. The instruments ensuring the universal service involve: service provider designation, impact of the regulatory authority on the universal service provider, and fi nancing of the universal service. In contrast, third party access to the postal infrastructure is considered as a regulation for competition. The paper shows that Polish Postal law focuses mainly on the universal service obligation, rather than …

The Scope Of The [Designated] Operator’S Freedom To Shape The Manner Of Providing The Universal Postal Service, Zofia Snażyk

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article looks at research into the scope of the [designated] operator’s freedom to shape the manner of providing the universal postal service. The author indicates first of all the fixed elements of the universal postal service. Presented next is the discretionary power of the EU Member States in shaping the manner of providing these services, as set out by the Postal Directives. The article goes on to present the Polish regulations regarding the parameters of the universal postal service. The author considers the current model of shaping the parameters of the universal postal service as being unadjusted to market …

Derogation From The Obligation To Provide The Universal Service In Postal Law, Grzegorz Pawul

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

EU institutions recognize postal services as being of general economic interest (SGEI – service of general economic interest) that is, services that are particularly important to citizens due to the public interest. EU Directives state that postal services are essential communication instruments for the public, and play a substantial role in ensuring social, economic and territorial cohesion. A universal service constitutes a signifi cant part of postal services, – selected from the perspective of an enumerated catalogue of services as well as the conditions that it must meet.. In cases specified in the Postal Law Act, it is permissible to …

Proceeds From Fi Nes Regulated In The Act Of 23 November 2012 Postal Law – Financial And Legal Analysis Of Issues, Wojciech Bożek

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

Proceeds from fines regulated by the Act of 23 November 2012 Postal law constitute revenues of the state budget. The current situation in the public finance sector shows the importance of each source of public revenue in fi nancing public tasks. This prompts an in-depth analysis of fines regulated in the Law of 23 November 2012 Postal Law from a finalized point of view, that is, discussing the financial bases of these public levies, their importance, and their role in the public finance system. The main purpose of the penalties in question is their preventive impact on postal market operators, …

Premises Of The Appointment Of The Designated Operator, Magdalena Sławińska

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The Postal Law binding from 1 January 2013 introduced an unknown institution on the postal services market – the appointment of the designated operator. This article is devoted to the question of appointment of the designated operator, which is an important element of the procedure to issue an administrative decision on the designation of a postal operator obliged to provide the universal service. The aim of the article is to outline the way of understanding the terms included in Art. 71(3) of the Postal Law as an indication of the choice of the designated operator in correlation with the provisions …

Report From The Academic Conference: Personal Data Protection In The Context Of Legal Changes – Take-Up The Challenges, Białystok, 17 May 2018, Anna Maria Fiedorowicz

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

No abstract provided.

The Justice Of Unequal Pay In The Ufc: An In-Depth Analysis Of The Fighters’ Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Against The Ufc And The Misplaced Support Of The Proposed Muhammad Ali Expansion Act, Hunter Sundberg

Pace Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum

In 2016, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (“UFC”) set the record for the largest sale in sports history. The UFC, the primary promotion company of the once fringe sport of mixed martial arts (“MMA”) had matured into a mammoth 4 billion dollar promotion, but not without some growing pains. The league is replete with controversy, mostly dealing with disgruntled athletes over compensation. Athletes of the UFC feel that they are being financially exploited and they may be correct. The athletes are choosing different routes to remedy their pay disparities but they are misguided.

The first course of action chosen by the …

The Lottery Docket, Daniel Epps, William Ortman

Law Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.