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10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 17, 2025
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Many expected EU Commissioner Teresa Ribera, whose remit extends to enforcing competition law and implementing the goals of the European Green Deal, to be proactive in managing the coordination between competitors through...more
The European Commission has issued its first formal opinion permitting French winemakers to collaborate in promoting sustainable production practices. This decision provides important guidance for agricultural producers...more
The European Commission has issued its first-ever informal approvals of two separate sustainability initiatives among rivals under its revised Informal Guidance Notice and provided guidance on how the companies in question...more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Imposes First Digital Markets Act Fines on Apple and Meta - On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (Commission) has issued its first ever fines under the Digital Markets...more
The Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau) recently released the final version of its guidance titled Environmental claims and the Competition Act (Guidelines). The Guidelines follow draft guidance, released in December 2024,...more
The European Commission (EC) is conducting a comprehensive review of its Merger Guidelines, supported by a broad public consultation. The review aims to determine whether the current framework remains suitable for assessing...more
The European Commission has launched a public consultation seeking feedback on its ongoing review of the 20+-year-old EU merger guidelines....more
The European Commission has launched a public consultation of its Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines. Framed as a "comprehensive and ambitious" review, the Commission is exploring how to incorporate wider policy...more
A key objective outlined in Commissioner Ribera’s mission letter is the modernization of EU competition policy, including the framework employed by the European Commission (EC) to assess the competitive impact of mergers. In...more
The EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D) stresses that industry initiatives (next to multi-stakeholder initiatives) can constitute helpful tools for allowing covered companies to fulfill their...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
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
Antitrust and Competition - The French Competition Authority Launches Public Consultation Addressing Below-Threshold Transactions - On 14 January 2025, the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la concurrence, FCA)...more
The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin" breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11888 - HIG Capital / Heller)... Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11862 - PSS / Maccaferri / JV)...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11872 - Triton / Keenfinity) - Commission clears creation of a joint venture by PSS and Maccaferri (M.11862) - Midday Express...more
In June 2024, amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) garnered significant attention (and criticism) from both business and legal communities in Canada for the introduction of new “greenwashing” provisions. The new...more
In 2024, challenges to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability initiatives in the United States proliferated internationally. This proved true, even as Europe promoted additional ESG and climate/social...more
It’s all change at the European Commission. Teresa Ribera has taken over the stewardship of DG COMP from Margrethe Vestager, alongside a wider brief including environmental and social policy that could conflict with...more
As the Trump administration ushers in a new era of regulatory policy, businesses are closely monitoring shifts in enforcement trends. Understanding these changes is crucial for navigating the evolving regulatory landscape and...more
Regulatory Updates - There have been a couple of noteworthy developments in recent weeks concerning the mandatory climate disclosure regime enacted by California. These developments relate to SB 253 and SB 261, which...more
The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) approved a sustainability initiative by Bouwend Nederland promoting a shift from Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) to the more eco-friendly Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA), emphasizing...more
The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently updated its Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs in Criminal Antitrust Investigations (the “Guidance”). This Guidance updates the 2019 guidance to federal...more
The intersection between antitrust and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives continues to draw attention from regulators and lawmakers. While unilaterally and independently adopted ESG and sustainability...more
The Development: Recently, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ("ACCC") published draft guidelines designed to assist businesses to understand how they can collaborate on sustainability initiatives without...more