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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Class Action Landscape 2025: Mid-Year Trends and Developments

Over the past decade, changes in legislation, case law, and industry practices have driven a sharp increase in opt-out collective proceedings before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”). We have also seen the English...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Court of Appeal Signals Greater Scrutiny of CMA Merger Decisions

For the first time in two decades, the UK Court of Appeal has ruled on the substantive standard of judicial review to be applied by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT or Tribunal) in UK merger cases....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Evans v Barclays: Further Developments in Opt-Out Collective Actions in England & Wales

Recently the English Court of Appeal (CoA) in Evans v Barclays & Ors1 overturned a decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), allowing a follow-on damages claim against various international banks to proceed on an...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

UK Class Actions Update: Merricks Secures Uncontested CPO, But the Competition Appeal Tribunal Shows It Retains Significant Teeth...

After protracted challenges to class certification status, in Merricks v Mastercard the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) granted its first collective proceedings order (CPO). The claim remains huge, comprising 46.2...more

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Court confirms long reach of UK merger control jurisdiction

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On 21 May 2021, the UK's specialist competition court, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) gave judgment dismissing Sabre Corporation (Sabre)'s challenge to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)'s decision to prohibit...more

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The future of competition enforcement in the UK

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The Senior Director for Antitrust Enforcement of the Competition and Markets Authority, Ann Pope, gave a speech in late 2018 on its competition enforcement work to date and what lies ahead. Ms Pope discussed the increase in...more

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UK Landmark Competition Case Condemns Absolute Internet Sale Ban As A Serious Breach Of Competition Law.

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The Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) handed down its judgment on 7 September 2018 in relation to an appeal by Ping Europe Limited (“Ping”) challenging the decision of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) to...more

K&L Gates LLP

Competition Appeal Tribunal Blocks Class Action Against MasterCard

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In one of the first decisions of its kind, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) has blocked a group of claimants from pursuing a £14 billion “collective action” against MasterCard, in a significant blow to the feasibility...more

McGuireWoods LLP

European Competition Law Newsletter – October 2016

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Stand-Alone Refusal to Supply Claim Launched in UK Court - Competition law litigation continues to develop rapidly in the UK. Companies should be aware that this can be a useful commercial weapon against competitors...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

Winds of change are blowing through Europe’s national courts, beginning with a new antitrust damages Directive requiring changes in national laws to facilitate private enforcement of competition law. This step was a major...more

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