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  • 11 July 2019
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"Companies can be penalised for mistakes of their employees in competitive activities".

Companies must know that they can be sanctioned for any prohibited activity that their employees perform with regards to competition and that fines can be up to 10% of their sales figures of the previous year. That was the resounding message that Amadeo Petitbò, former spokesperson and president of the Competition Defense Court, wanted to convey during his speech at the last edition of the Degussa Forum (Degussa Meetings), held this week at the company's headquarters in Madrid under the title "Watch out! The CNMV can sanction me".

Professor Petitbò explained in a very didactic or instructive way and using real cases a series of forbidden behaviors that many times "neither managers nor employees were aware of". Some behaviors with which, he said, "we must be very careful because breaching legislation that regulates competition, overseen by the National Commission of Markets and Competition, can be expensive and have a high reputational cost".

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How to Create an Effective Cyber Security Plan

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José Antonio R. Piedrabuena -- Interview with Raquel Rodríguez, CEO of INSYTE

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Video of the Proa Communication Observatory: Public emergencies

Preventing, learning from others who have gone through the same thing, protocolising actions, coordinating the dissemination of information and evaluating what has been done are the keys to good crisis management. This was the lesson that Yago de la Cierva, Director of Crisis Communication at...

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Private Equity, an Increasingly Solid Alternative to Traditional Investments

Venture capital funds are emerging as an increasingly robust and credible alternative for investors seeking attractive returns with lower risks. This is one of the conclusions of a recent event held in Madrid, which analysed the current and future prospects of the sector in the Spanish market. At the end...

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Manuel García Ramírez -- COVID-19 and the different types of security

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