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2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Antitrust & Competition
Fierce Competition Podcast | Below-Threshold Mergers: Global Antitrust Scrutiny
Episode 341 -- DOJ Charges Visa with Monopolization and Exclusionary Conduct in the Debit Card Market
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Fierce Competition Podcast | Antitrust Challenges in Organized Sports: How They Play Out in the EU, UK and US
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sues the FTC Over Power Grab
The New FTC Rule Explained: Will Your Non-Compete Be Enforceable?
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Podcast: Key Changes in Finalized Antitrust Merger Guidelines – Diagnosing Health Care
Fierce Competition Podcast | Takeaways From the Illumina-Grail Merger Challenge Saga
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape - Energy Law Insights
Fierce Competition Podcast | Letter From London: The Rise of UK Class Actions and the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Fierce Competition Podcast | Private Equity Under the Antitrust Microscope
On 4 July 2025, the EC fined Alchem and its subsidiary EUR 489,000 for their role in a long-running cartel concerning the active pharmaceutical ingredient SNBB, used in the production of Buscopan and its generics. This marks...more
In June 2025, the European Commission (EC) and the French Competition Authority (FCA) took enforcement action against three cartels involving “no-poach” practices – agreements not to hire or solicit rivals’ employees. Five...more
On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) announced a landmark decision, sanctioning companies for the first time over a standalone “no-poach” cartel agreement. Another key element of the decision was its focus...more
On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed its first ever fines under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple and Meta were fined for failing to comply with their respective obligations under the DMA,...more
On 2 June 2025, the European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participation in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. Notably, this marks not only the first time the Commission has...more
On 15 May 2025, Advocate General Emiliou issued his opinion in the Portuguese football no-poach case. The AG opinion is of particular interest given the European Commission's increased scrutiny of labour market related...more
The European Commission has determined that Apple infringed Article 5(4) of the DMA by imposing prohibitions and/or restrictions on the ability of app developers to promote offers on, direct (or “steer”) users to, and...more
In February 2025, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) published its annual report on mergers and acquisitions, providing details on the transactions reviewed by the CCPC in 2024. This update provides our...more
The Spring Meeting is the largest gathering of competition, consumer protection, and data privacy professionals globally, with lawyers, academics, economists, enforcers, journalists, and students from around the world....more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11947 - AP / LGP / Green Epic Topco) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11771 - Adnoc / Covestro)...more
COMPETITION - Cartel in the European Government Bonds sector: the General Court largely confirms the decision of the Commission (See CPR Nº 39/2025 - Judgments of the General Court in Cases T-441/21, T-449/21, T-453/21,...more
UK CMA Imposes Fines for Information Exchanges Affecting Labour Markets - On 21 March 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced fines on four UK broadcast and production companies for engaging in...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11889 - Amcor / Berry)... Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11933 - PAI Partners / Motel One)...more
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
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
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread availability raise questions regarding its potential use in violating EU competition law. ...more
COMPETITION A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to ensure that its platform is interoperable with an app of another undertaking, which thereby becomes more attractive, can be abusive (See CPR Nº 19/2025 -...more
COMPETITION - Action brought on 10 January 2025 - Nvidia Vs. Commission (Case T-15/25) Re: annulment of Commission’s decision on the request for referral by Italy to the Commission pursuant to Article 22(1) of the EUMR and...more
On 21 February 2025, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously dismissed Stellantis's claim for €770 million in damages against Autoliv, a leading global manufacturer of automotive occupant safety systems ("OSS"),...more
Despite geopolitical uncertainty and regime changes, global cartel enforcement has remained relatively steady over the last few years. That is not to say, however, that cartel investigations and private cartel enforcement...more
COMPETITION - Judgment of the Court of 13 February 2025 in Case C-393/23, Athenian Brewery SA, Heineken NV Vs. Macedonian Thrace Brewery SA Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Judicial cooperation in civil and...more
Looking ahead in 2025, we expect antitrust agencies in the U.S. and abroad to continue to prioritize enforcement against cartel conduct, which can be prosecuted criminally in the U.S. The agencies will not only continue to...more
COMPETITION Appeal brought on 31 October 2024 by Conserve Italia – Consorzio Italiano fra cooperative agricole Soc. coop. agr. and Conserves France SA against the judgment of the General Court of 4 September 2024 in Case...more