Leniency and Damages: Where Is the Conflict? [PDF]
The Journal of Legal Studies, 2020 Damage actions may reduce leniency programs’ attractiveness for cartel participants if their cooperation with the competition authority increases the chance that the cartel’s victims will sue them. This apparent conflict between public and private antitrust enforcement led to calls for a legal compromise.
Buccirossi, Paolo +2 more
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Trust, Leniency and Deterrence [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2014 This paper presents results from a laboratory experiment on the channels through which different law enforcement strategies deter cartel formation. With leniency policies offering immunity to the first reporting party a high fine is the main determinant of deterrence, having a strong effect even when the probability of exogenous detection is zero ...
BIGONI, MARIA +3 more
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EVALUATING ANTITRUST LENIENCY PROGRAMS [PDF]
Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2012 This article identifies and then quantifies econometrically the impact of leniency programs on the perception of the effectiveness of antitrust policies in the business community using panel data for as many as 59 countries during a 14-year span.
Borrell, Joan-Ramon +2 more
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Optimal Leniency Programs [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2000 Leniency programs reduce sanctions for law violators that self-report. I focus on their ability to deter price-fixing cartels - and organized crime in general - by increasing incentives to "cheat" on partners. Moderate leniency programs that reduce/cancel sanctions for a spontaneously reporting party - as those normally implemented in reality - cannot ...
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DHL Express (Italy) v. Commission: Getting It Right Beats Being First
European Papers, 2016 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2016 1(2), 765-768 | European Forum Highlight of 25 July 2016 | (Abstract) In the lack of a harmonised system of leniency at the EU level, the principle of autonomy of national ...
Cristina Volpin
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Solidarna odpowiedzialność sprawców naruszenia prawa konkurencji przewidziana w projekcie ustawy o roszczeniach o naprawienie szkody wyrządzonej przez naruszenie prawa konkurencji z 7 lutego 2017 r. – aspekt podmiotowy [PDF]
internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny, 2017 Celem niniejszego artykułu jest analiza problematyki związanej z konstrukcją solidarnej odpowiedzialności uczestników kartelu przewidzianej w projekcie ustawy o roszczeniach o naprawienie szkody wyrządzonej przez naruszenie prawa konkurencji z 7 lutego ...
Aleksandra Milewska
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The leniency agreement: ananalysis of constitutional compatibility and legitimacy
Revista do Direito Público, 2015 The scope of this study is to analyze the institution of the Leniency Agreement, notably under the light of theAnticorruption Law provision (Law 12.846 of 2013)and theRegulatory Decree 8.420 of 2015.
Marlon roberth sales +1 more
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Organizational leniency: examining the consequences of ignoring performance problems in public organizations [PDF]
Revista de Administração PúblicaOrganizational leniency, defined as management’s systematic failure to address performance problems (such as low productivity, poor quality of work, absenteeism, etc.), is often a reality in public organizations.
Gustavo M. Tavares +2 more
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Collecting Evidence Through Access to Competition Authorities’ Files – Interplay or Potential Conflicts Between Private and Public Enforcement Proceedings? [PDF]
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2015 Information asymmetry between claimants seeking damages for competition law violations and the alleged infringing undertaking(s) is a key problem in the development of private antitrust enforcement because it often prevents successful actions for damages.
Anna Gulińska
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Leniency – the Polish Programme and the ‘Semi-formal’ Harmonisation in the EU by the European Competition Network [PDF]
Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies, 2015 When studying the legal character of the Polish leniency programme, one cannot overlook its origin and the harmonisation process of such programmes in the EU.
Marcin Kulesza
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