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No-Poach Agreements in the Spotlight: European Competition Authorities Zooming in on Labour Market Collusion

Alston & Bird on 7/10/2025

Our Antitrust Team summarizes the most recent focus of European Competition Authorities on restrictive practices in labor markets....more

Notes from the Multipolar Global Front: Navigating Multinational Antitrust Merger Reviews

WilmerHale on 7/8/2025

Recent developments have made navigating multinational antitrust merger reviews even more complex and replete with traps for the unwary. ...more

Seeing Around Corners: Where Disruption and Antitrust Meet

Mayer Brown on 6/18/2025

“Disruption” is business-speak for innovative companies or technologies that challenge the status quo. Now more than ever, it seems like disruption is a constant theme in today’s business and regulatory environment,...more

Minority Stakes, Major Consequences: Lessons From the Delivery Hero/Glovo Case

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/18/2025

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

Class Actions: The evolving landscape

White & Case LLP on 6/17/2025

The global class action landscape continues to evolve. There are more collective actions across Europe than ever before, and the implementation of the EU Directive on "Representative actions for the protection of the...more

When Can a Supplier Lawfully Restrict Active Sales in an Exclusive Distribution Agreement?

Goodwin on 6/13/2025

In its recent judgment in Beevers Kaas (Case C‑581/23), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified how suppliers may validly restrict active sales in exclusive distribution arrangements under Article 4(b)(i) of the...more

Labour markets: two EC firsts in EU antitrust enforcement

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 6/10/2025

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

Bulletin Concurrence XIV - Paris | Janvier ● Février ● Mars ● Avril 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/9/2025

1. CONTENTIEUX EPILOGUE DE L’AFFAIRE DES COMPOTES - Par un arrêt en date du 8 janvier 2025, la Cour de cassation a mis un point final à la saga du cartel des compotes en rejetant les pourvois formés contre l’arrêt de la...more

Cartel Facilitated by a Minority Stake in a Competitor Sanctioned by the European Commission

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/6/2025

On June 2, 2025, the European Commission (EC) announced that it had fined food delivery companies Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of €329 million for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector in violation...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q1 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/6/2025

JANUARY – MARCH 2025: KEY THEMES AND TAKEAWAYS - UNITED STATES - FTC Loses Vertical Challenge to Tempur Sealy/Mattress Firm On July 2, 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed suit in federal court seeking to block...more

Global labor market restrictions prompt antitrust challenges

A&O Shearman on 3/20/2025

Continuing the trend from 2023, 2024 saw an increase by regulators across the globe in activity in relation to labor markets, with new investigations being opened in all sectors of the economy, enforcement action, and updates...more

FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - December 2024

WilmerHale on 12/19/2024

This is the fourth issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed to be...more

Antitrust in focus - November 2024

A&O Shearman on 12/4/2024

New U.S. merger control filing forms to take effect in February 2025 - Following publication in the Federal Register, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) premerger notification forms will become effective on February 10, 2025....more

Antitrust in focus - September 2024

A&O Shearman on 9/30/2024

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. James Webber (partner based in London) and Jess Bowring (counsel based in London) are our editors this month. They...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – May/June 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/10/2024

The firm is pleased to publish the May/June 2024 edition of the European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin, which breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe from the past two months into concise and actionable...more

No interest in a U-turn: the ECJ affirms the right to interest on overpaid antitrust fines

White & Case LLP on 6/13/2024

The European Court of Justice has issued its judgment in Deutsche Telekom confirming that the European Commission must pay “a standard rate” of interest to companies that have been awarded a reduction or annulment of their...more

Key antitrust findings - May 2024

A&O Shearman on 6/6/2024

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. David Higbee (Global Head of Antitrust) and Dominic Long (Global Deputy Head of Antitrust) are our editors this month....more

U.K. antitrust regime revamp

A&O Shearman on 6/3/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will in the main start to take effect in stages later in 2024 and will bolster the powers of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to enforce U.K. antitrust rules....more

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2024 #2

Kaufman & Canoles on 3/13/2024

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model....more

Navigating the challenges in arbitrating competition law issues

A&O Shearman on 3/6/2024

Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more

2023 EU Merger Control Highlights and Looking to 2024

WilmerHale on 1/23/2024

2023 saw some very significant decisions, investigations, court judgments and legislative developments in European Union merger control.eu ...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – November/December 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/9/2024

The “European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin” breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe during the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways. ...more

Antitrust in focus - July 2023

A&O Shearman on 8/2/2023

European Commission’s record gun-jumping fine on Illumina serves as warning to merging parties - The European Commission (EC) has imposed a fine of around EUR432 million on genomics company Illumina for closing its...more

Strength In Numbers: Trends In Antitrust Litigation

TransPerfect Legal on 7/6/2023

Trucks, trucks, trucks – unless you’ve been living under a rock in the antitrust world, you’ve probably heard about, or even worked on, one of the many follow-on litigation claims related to the Commission’s 2016 cartel...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin - May/June 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/6/2023

The "European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin" (EABB) breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe in the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more

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