
Compliance in antitrust law
Competition compliance programmes
In recent years, competition law, its enforcement and efficiency as a core rule of conduct in the market have become essential elements in the decision-making process of companies' decision-making…

Selective distribution contracts and compliance with competition law
Permitted and prohibited restrictions in selective distribution agreements under competition law
This article aims to analyse the fundamental impact of competition law, within the framework of the European Union, on agreements…

Supplies: on the unilateral modification of the price of goods supplied in confirmed orders due to an increase in the cost of raw materials
The supplier may not unilaterally change the economic conditions of sale for deliveries on confirmed orders, unless this is specifically agreed at the time of conclusion of the agreement.
In recent months we have been…

Barcelona City Council's first fine against a landlord for charging rent above the Generalitat de Catalunya's reference price index
Barcelona City Council penalises the landlord for setting a rent higher than that established by Catalan law
Barcelona City Council has fined a landlord for the first time for charging too high a rent to the tenant of…

Proposal for a new Housing Law
Considerations and analysis of the fundamental pieces of the proposal to the new housing law.
It is still too early to draw conclusions on the proposal for the new state housing law, as the final text of the regulation…

Rebus sic stantibus and COVID-19
First ruling by the Barcelona Courts applying the rebus sic stantibus doctrine.
The rebus sic stantibus clause "as long as things continue as they are" is used in law to state that a rule will be applicable as long as…