On 25 November 2019, the Latvian Competition Council (Council) published a report on “Medicines: Price formation and possible restrictions on competition affecting their financial availability”. The aim of the study was to consider the factors affecting prices and financial availability of medicines in Latvia. The study compared the regulatory frameworks of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia […]
Copenhagen Economics has interviewed partner Daivis Švirinas and senior associate Monika Mališauskaitė, along with the legal and economist team of the Lithuanian Competition Council (LCC) and prominent Lithuanian competition law experts for this year’s chapter on Lithuania. The chapter investigates three recent landmark decisions that highlight the increasing use of economic methods in public and […]
Publication / Karin Madisson, Liisa-Maria Puur, Häli Sokk, Nele Suurmets, Dr Mari Agarmaa, Vladislav Leiri, Gerda Jokubauskaitė, Jurgita Nikita, Jonas Kiauleikis, Liutauras Vasiliauskas, Agnietė Venckienė, Aurelija Daubaraitė, Jurgita Tekorienė, Laura Matukaitytė, Tatsiana Zubarava, Alesia Khadasevich, Aliaksei Daryin, Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich, Alexey Anischenko, Alexey Fidek, , Maksim Salahub, Maria Rodich, Oliver Ämarik, Dr Carri Ginter, Paul Künnap, Toms Kārlis Broks, Edvīns Draba, Zanda Frišfelde, Valts Nerets, Krista Niklase, Raivo Raudzeps, Augustas Klezys, Algirdas Pekšys
Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies— from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Full report available here.
Tesonet, a cyber security solutions company, will lease premises at the former Sparta factory in Švitrigailos Street, Vilnius. The company will lease an area of 15,000 m². The office is expected to house 1,500 employees. So far, this is the biggest office lease deal in the current year. Tesonet is also investing approx EUR 50 […]
In a recent judgement in Case C-40/17 Fashion ID GmbH & Co. KG v Verbraucherzentrale NRW eV the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its ruling on 29 July 2019. The main conclusion: Internet websites that embed a Facebook “Like” button can be controllers jointly with Facebook within the meaning of […]