2024 saw a significant increase in the total fines imposed in abuse of dominance cases compared to 2023, reversing a trend of decline in recent years. The rise in fine volumes was spread across all regions of the world, with...more
Digital regulation continues to be at the forefront of regulator concerns, as authorities focus on technology companies through traditional antitrust tools and new digital markets regimes. Further legislation and guidance is...more
In 2024, regulators across the globe increasingly acknowledged the need for a nuanced enforcement approach to balancing support for sustainability initiatives against traditional antitrust enforcement and countering the risk...more
3/21/2025
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Competition ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Greenwashing ,
Popular ,
Sustainability ,
UK
Overall, global fines for cartel activity in 2024 (USD602.5 million) were the lowest recorded for several years, and significantly lower than the 2023 total (USD1.9billion). Unlike in previous years, 2024 saw relatively few...more
2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more
3/20/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fines ,
Popular ,
Unfair Competition
2024 saw a continued trend of heightened dawn raid activity by antitrust authorities across the globe. Of the 31 jurisdictions surveyed, 24 (77%) confirmed that the regulator had carried out dawn raids during the course of...more
3/19/2025
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Bid Rigging ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Dawn Raids ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Regulatory Authority ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
A visual breakdown of the geographical trends in antitrust enforcement fines around the world.
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At the country level, antitrust enforcement fines in Europe were USD2.3 billion, a significant increase from...more
3/19/2025
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Asia Pacific ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fines ,
Mergers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
United States
2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more
3/19/2025
/ Abuse of Dominance ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Asia Pacific ,
Big Tech ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Damages ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fines ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
South Africa ,
Sustainability ,
Technology Sector ,
UK ,
United States
On October 31, 2024, the European Commission (EC) fined Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV (Teva) EUR462.6 million for abusing a dominant position in several EU Member States on the...more
11/6/2024
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disparagement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Fines ,
Infringement ,
Innovation Patent ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Technology Sector ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
UK
In May 2009, the European Commission (EC) fined Intel EUR1.06 billion for abusing its dominant position in the x86 microprocessor market (CPUs). The EC concluded that Intel had granted anticompetitive loyalty rebates to...more
The European Commission (EC) has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether animal health company Zoetis has breached EU antitrust law by preventing the market launch of a competing novel biologic medicine used to...more
On 24 January 2024, the European Commission (EC) published its proposed reform of foreign investment screening in the EU. The proposal introduces more comprehensive rules for the review of foreign investments and strengthens...more
1/26/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Dual Use Goods ,
EU ,
EU Screening Regulation ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Greenfield Projects ,
Indirect Investors ,
International Harmonization ,
Investors ,
Member State ,
New Regulations ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Assessment ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Technology Sector ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The European Commission (EC)’s third annual report on EU foreign direct investment (FDI) screening covers the operation of the screening mechanism in 2022. Together with a Commission Staff Working Document, it details...more
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on research & development agreements (R&D BER) and specialisation agreements (Specialisation BER) (jointly referred to as...more
6/14/2023
/ Algorithms ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Competition ,
Cooperation Agreement ,
Data-Sharing ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Exemptions ,
Horizontal Agreements ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Popular ,
Sustainability ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
With the EU FDI Regulation close to celebrating its second year anniversary, the European Commission (EC) has published its second annual report on EU FDI screening covering the operation of the mechanism in 2021. In...more
After 13 years before the EU courts, on 26 January 2022 the General Court (GC) partially annulled the European Commission’s decision finding that Intel abused its dominant position by excluding its main rival from a computer...more
The European Commission (EC) sector inquiry final report and accompanying staff working document set out the EC’s antitrust concerns in the markets for consumer Internet of Things (IoT) related products and services in the...more
The General Court has largely upheld the European Commission’s decision to fine Altice a record amount for breaching procedural merger control rules in relation to its acquisition of PT Portugal. The ruling will likely...more
The European Commission (the EC) has adopted new Guidance to encourage more referrals to it from EU Member States (under Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation) of transactions that do not meet national merger control...more
The European Commission (EC) has published its draft Digital Markets Act (DMA), which will introduce broad reforms to the application of EU competition law to ‘gatekeepers’ in the digital sector. The proposals set out...more
Under State aid rules, UK and EEA Member State governments may not generally provide selective assistance to businesses without prior approval from the European Commission (EC). This includes assistance in the form of...more
Merger review processes are being impacted worldwide as merger control authorities adapt to take account of the consequences of Covid 19. While critical transactions are likely to be reviewed, as far as possible, in...more
Adverse economic or social conditions have not historically tended to affect the general application and enforcement of antitrust rules. This remains the overall position in the circumstances of Covid-19, with many antitrust...more
Under State aid rules, UK and EEA Member State governments may not generally provide selective assistance to businesses without prior approval from the European Commission (EC). This includes assistance in the form of...more
Under State aid rules, UK and EEA Member State governments may not generally provide selective assistance to businesses without prior approval from the European Commission (EC). This includes assistance in the form of...more
11/13/2020
/ Agribusiness ,
Airlines ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Relief Measures ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) ,
State Aid