The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability raises questions regarding how it might facilitate EU competition law violations. ...more
7/22/2025
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Algorithms ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
New Legislation ,
Pricing ,
Technology ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability raise questions regarding its potential use in violating EU competition law. ...more
3/14/2025
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Horizontal Agreements ,
Vertical Agreement ,
Vertical Restraints
At the end of 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which both parties then ratified in 2021. As to antitrust cooperation, the agreement emphasized...more
11/14/2024
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Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
OECD ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On January 26, the General Court (GC) of the European Union issued a judgment on remand, annulling the €1.06 billion fine that the European Commission (EC) had imposed on Intel in 2009.
Companies commonly use rebates to...more
2/7/2022
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Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Final Judgment ,
Intel ,
Rebates ,
Remand ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
On January 27, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an important ruling regarding an investment fund’s liability for the cartel behaviour of an affiliate. The CJEU confirmed that an investment fund...more
2/1/2021
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Cartels ,
Corporate Liability ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Funds ,
Parent Corporation ,
Voting Rights
The European Competition Network of the 27 EU Member State Antitrust Authorities (the ‘ECN’), several individual EU Member State antitrust authorities, the UK’s antitrust authority and Norway’s government have issued...more