As the UK departs the European Union, the CMA – the UK competition regulator – is facing a transformation in its mandate. White & Case considers how the CMA will approach its workload during and after the Transition Period...more
2/1/2020
/ Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Cartels ,
Competition Authorities ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
EUMR ,
European Commission ,
Expiration Date ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Parallel Proceedings ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Withdrawal Agreement
In BritNed v ABB, the English Court of Appeal substantially reduced the UK's first award of damages in a so-called cartel damages claim brought for breach of European competition law. In so doing, the Court rejected calls for...more
11/11/2019
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Breach of Competition Law ,
Burden of Proof ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Cartels ,
Compensatory Damages ,
Compound Interest ,
Damage Caps ,
Damages ,
Electricity ,
European Commission ,
Infringement ,
Lost Profits ,
Power Grid ,
Punitive Damages ,
Remittitur ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) ,
UK