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Mamo TCV Advocates at the Annual Consumer Law Conference 2019

Mamo TCV Advocates will once again be at the Annual Consumer Law Conference, which will be held on 5 April 2019. Dr Annalies Muscat, a senior associate at Mamo TCV Advocates, will be giving a presentation on notable consumer cases decided in the past year.  The poster for the event, which boasts an exciting line up of speakers, can be ​viewed below: File Name: CONSUMER_DAY_POSTE_20190312-154653_1 File Size: 242 kb Download File Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or legal assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Annalies…
Annalies Muscat
19th February 2019
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

Mamo TCV Advocates at the Annual Consumer Law Conference 2019

Mamo TCV Advocates will once again be at the Annual Consumer Law Conference, which will be held on 5 April 2019. Dr Annalies Muscat, a senior associate at Mamo TCV Advocates, will be giving a presentation on notable consumer cases decided in the past year.  The poster for the event, which boasts an exciting line up of speakers, can be ​viewed below: File Name: CONSUMER_DAY_POSTE_20190312-154653_1 File Size: 242 kb Download File Disclaimer This document does not purport to give legal, financial or tax advice. Should you require further information or legal assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Annalies…
Annalies Muscat
19th February 2019
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

MasterCard Fined €570 Million for Breaching Competition Rules

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​On 22 January 2019, the European Commission ("the Commission) fined MasterCard for limiting the possibility for retailers to benefit from lower interchange fees in other Member States.This follows the call for feedback on commitments offered by Visa and MasterCard regarding the competition concerns raised by inter-regional interchange fees for payment card transactions (read more here).The fine comes as a response to MasterCard's breach of competition rules, which MasterCard admitted to. Prior to the implementation of the Interchange Fee Regulation, the aim of which was to introduce caps on interchange…
Annalies Muscat
8th February 2019
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

MasterCard Fined €570 Million for Breaching Competition Rules

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​On 22 January 2019, the European Commission ("the Commission) fined MasterCard for limiting the possibility for retailers to benefit from lower interchange fees in other Member States.This follows the call for feedback on commitments offered by Visa and MasterCard regarding the competition concerns raised by inter-regional interchange fees for payment card transactions (read more here).The fine comes as a response to MasterCard's breach of competition rules, which MasterCard admitted to. Prior to the implementation of the Interchange Fee Regulation, the aim of which was to introduce caps on interchange…
Annalies Muscat
8th February 2019
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

EU Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​The European Commission (the 'Commission') has adopted an e-commerce package that included the adoption of different laws with the aim of making it easier for European consumers to shop online throughout the European Union (the 'EU'). One of the measures adopted was Regulation 2018/302 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market (the 'Regulation'). The Regulation became applicable from the 3 December 2018.BackgroundGeo-blocking is a practice whereby traders operating in a country block or…
Annalies Muscat
10th January 2019
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Antitrust, Competition and Trade

EU Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking

This article was written by​ Dr Annalies Muscat and Dr Laura Spiteri.​The European Commission (the 'Commission') has adopted an e-commerce package that included the adoption of different laws with the aim of making it easier for European consumers to shop online throughout the European Union (the 'EU'). One of the measures adopted was Regulation 2018/302 on addressing unjustified geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market (the 'Regulation'). The Regulation became applicable from the 3 December 2018.BackgroundGeo-blocking is a practice whereby traders operating in a country block or…
Annalies Muscat
10th January 2019