UK CMA Disqualifies More Directors for Anti-Competitive Behaviour -
Following the director disqualifications reported in the February/March 2021 edition of this newsletter, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)...more
European Commission Investigates Disparagement Claims for the First Time -
On 4 March 2021, the European Commission announced an investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct by pharmaceutical company Teva. The case...more
“True Brexit” Happened: Impact on Competition Law -
After formally leaving the EU early in 2020, the UK on 31 December finally left the EU’s single market and customs union at the end of the transitional period. Despite...more
Buyer Beware: UK Foreign Direct Investment Rules Now Much Tougher -
The UK will see a dramatic strengthening of its protections against foreign direct investment under proposed rules announced by the government on 11...more
EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 -
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid and public procurement rules,...more
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EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 -
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid and public procurement rules,...more
EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 Pandemic -
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that European Union and national antitrust/competition law, plus the state...more
EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 -
While not the most important concern, EU and national antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid and public procurement rules, continue to apply...more
EU, UK Competition Law and State Aid During the COVID-19 Pandemic-
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that EU and national antitrust/competition law, plus the State aid rules, continue to apply...more
All companies are scrambling to respond to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and in various sectors cooperation between competitors is seen as part of the solution....more
Brexit Has Happened: No Change for Now -
The UK left the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. The transition period provided for in the withdrawal agreement between the EU and UK is now in effect and will run, unless...more
EU’s Highest Court Confirms Wide Scope of Potential Claimants in Private Competition Law Damages Claims -
On 12 December 2019, the EU’s highest court, Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), confirmed that an entity...more
Textbook Long-Term Cartel Fined in the EU -
On 27 September 2019, the European Commission announced it had fined two canned vegetable suppliers for participating in a cartel that ran for more than 13 years. Another...more
Brexit is (or may be) Coming!
More than three years after the EU referendum in the UK (in which 37 percent of the electorate at the time voted “Leave”), it is still unclear whether the UK will leave the EU on 31 October...more
A Classic Online RPM Case in the UK -
On 1 August 2019, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it had fined digital piano and keyboard supplier Casio £3.7 million for engaging in illegal resale price...more
BE CAREFUL! PROCEDURAL ISSUES MATTER IN MERGER CONTROL -
The analysis of where to file mergers, acquisitions, investments and joint ventures worldwide is more complex than ever. Countries have widely varying jurisdictional...more
BE CAREFUL WHEN POOLING DATA -
On 14 May 2019, the European Commission provided a reminder that, although often pro-competitive and legal, in some situations data-pooling arrangements may be seen as anti-competitive....more
A Classic Online RPM Case in the UK -
On 11 April 2019, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it had provisionally found that digital piano and keyboard supplier Casio has engaged in illegal resale price...more
It’s Up to You: Companies Must Ensure EU State Aid Is Legal -
If a company receives illegal State aid from an EU government or public entity, then it is at risk of being required to repay the value of that aid plus...more
Consultation on Changes to Rules on Vertical Agreements -
The EU Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) is probably, in practice, the most important of the range of block exemptions which form part of EU competition...more
EU Kicks Off Review of Critical Rules on Vertical Agreements -
The EU’s 2010 “block exemption” for vertical agreements is probably the most commonly used piece of EU competition legislation in day-to-day practice. ...more
First UK Award of Follow-On Cartel Damages -
On 9 October 2018, a UK court awarded damages in a follow-on private cartel damages claim. This is the first such award by a UK court and a major development in private...more
Risks of Information-Sharing at a Single Meeting -
On 6 October 2017, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) provided a reminder that competing companies risk infringing competition law if they exchange commercially...more
Restrictions on Resellers’ Use of Third-Party Internet Platforms -
On 26 July 2017, Advocate General (AG) Nils Wahl of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down his opinion in the seminal Coty case concerning...more
More EU Investigations Into Licensing and Distribution Practices -
During June 2017, the European Commission launched yet more competition law investigations into licensing and distribution practices in the EU. The four...more