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Comment: Google gets mixed signals on 'essential facilities' from EU's Lithuanian Railways case

By Nicholas Hirst and Lewis Crofts ( November 20, 2020, 09:06 GMT | Comment) -- As Google, Amazon and Facebook battle antitrust accusations over their Internet power, an EU court fight over a dismantled Lithuanian railway line has shed light on how certain services may be considered essential for others to do business. Lithuanian Railways’ failure to frame the case in terms of "essential facilities," rather than straightforward competition effects, is both good and bad news for Google.Lithuanian Railways’ unsuccessful challenge to an EU antitrust sanction sheds light on when a powerful company’s property can be deemed so essential for rivals seeking to compete that it has to be shared....

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