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Antitrust Provisions Regulatory Agenda United Kingdom

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Merger Control in a Changing Global Context: Four Key Themes for Dealmakers

- What is new: Merger control is becoming increasingly more complex as policy and geopolitical priorities shift across the globe. - Why it matters: These developments increase the unpredictability of multijurisdictional...more

Mayer Brown

Staffing Up: Antitrust Regulators Around the World Step Up Digital Platform and Technology Enforcement

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In February, the Japan Fair Trade Commission announced that it will hire additional staff to enforce the country's new Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software. The Act “aim[s] to foster innovation...more

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The CMA’s “revised” approach to UK merger control and impact on M&A

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The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is taking significant steps to evolve its approach to merger control, introducing a new Mergers Charter and launching a review of its merger remedies framework. These initiatives...more

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Global antitrust enforcement report - 2025

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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

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Stormy skies for tech deals as antitrust scrutiny intensifies

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Tech sector deals are seeing rising mortality rates. AI partnerships are moving up the authorities’ agenda for scrutiny and enforcement. Overall, however, antitrust intervention in 2024 once again focused on transport, energy...more

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A View Across the Pond: A Change of Direction for Antitrust Enforcers in the EU and UK?

There is new leadership at the European Commission (EC) where Teresa Ribera took over from Margrethe Vestager as the Commissioner for competition in December 2024 as well as at the UK Competition Markets Authority (CMA) where...more

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New U.K. digital markets regime

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will introduce groundbreaking new rules to regulate digital markets in the U.K. It aims to boost competition by controlling the conduct of the largest digital firms,...more

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Antitrust in focus March 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Thomas Masterman, partner based in London, is our editor this month. He has selected: Out now: our latest global...more

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2024 Insights: Corporate Trends

Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more

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Antitrust and information exchange: a new framework for analysis in the EU and UK

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The European Commission (EC) and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have published new guidance on the assessment of cooperation between competitors. For the EU, this is contained in revised Guidelines on...more

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UK’s Digital Markets Unit: referee has been appointed, now is your chance to help write rules of the game

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The UK Government has launched the much anticipated Digital Markets Unit (DMU) as a first step towards an “unashamedly pro-competition" regime focused on the position of “tech giants”.  ...more

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UK merger control: draft revised guidance indicates CMA’s tough approach set to continue

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UK merger control policy and practice has evolved significantly in recent years.  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), gaining a reputation as one of the toughest merger control enforcers in the world, has been at...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.12.2019 | Top Story: Fed Holds Rates Steady And Looks to Stay There

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As expected, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday while also signaling that “they would wait to see how the economy fared before making another move”....more

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