Summer 2022, September, Volume 2

This edition of the Chronicle looks at recent developments in the antitrust analysis of vertical agreements in jurisdictions around the world. It is accepted in most jurisdictions that  vertical agreements (i.e., agreements between parties that occupy different places in the supply chain) are less likely to raise antitrust concerns than horizontal agreements. Nonetheless, they still occasionally raise concerns, and tend to be analyzed under specific rules and regulations adopted under the underlying competition rules in each jurisdiction. Recent developments in online platform markets have rendered even more complex the application of well=honed principles concerning vertical agreements, which tend to raise novel concerns.