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Court upholds EC ruling in FT state aid case

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • December 4 2009

In a second development that involves France Telecom (FT), Europe’s Court of First Instance (CFI) upheld the European Commission (EC) on Monday with respect to a 2004 ruling in which the EC decreed that tax concessions extended to FT by the French government between 1994 and 2002 constituted illegal state aid

Vivendi files antitrust complaint against France Telecom

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • European Union, France
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  • March 6 2009

French media giant Vivendi targeted France Telecom (FT) in an antitrust complaint filed Monday with the European Commission (EC), claiming that FT’s abuse of its dominant position in the French fixed-line market chokes competition and prevents rivals from investing in next-generation fiber infrastructure