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

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

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Labour markets: a first in France for standalone no-poach enforcement

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On 11 June 2025, the French Competition Authority (‘FCA’) fined three companies active in the engineering, technology consulting, and IT services sectors, Alten, Bertrandt, and Expleo, a total of €29.5 million for...more

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Table for none – European Commission serves fines for Labor Market Cartel

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On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) delivered a decision fining Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector. It is the first time the...more

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Labour markets: two EC firsts in EU antitrust enforcement

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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

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First-Ever Fine for No-Poach Agreement and Anti-Competitive Use of Minority Shareholding in a Competitor

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Labor markets have increasingly drawn the attention of the European Commission (“Commission”) and national competition authorities in the EU. As early as 2021, then-Competition Commissioner Vestager listed “no-poach”...more

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Landmark European Commission Cartel Fines on No-poaching Agreements and Minority Shareholdings

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European Commission ("EC") issues its first fining decision for a no-poach agreement, and also sanctions for the first time the exchange of sensitive information between a company and its competing, non-controlling minority...more

White & Case LLP

More nuanced approach to the assessment of no-poach agreements under EU competition law? AG Emiliou Opinion in the Portuguese...

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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

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

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

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Employers Beware: Amendments to the Canadian Competition Act’s Criminal Conspiracy Provisions Take Effect

Amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act), taking effect on June 23, 2023, will make it a criminal offence for unaffiliated employers to agree, conspire or arrange to: •“fix, maintain, decrease or control salaries,...more

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Canada's Federal Court of Appeal Ends Debate on "Buy-Side" Conspiracies

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On August 17, 2022, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal agreed with a growing consensus of lower courts that section 45 of the Competition Act does not apply to "buy-side" conspiracies, such as agreements between employers with...more

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Canada Pushes Through Competition Act Amendments

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The Government of Canada has now passed significant amendments to the Competition Act via its Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (the “BIA”), which received Royal Assent on June 23, 2022. The inclusion of these changes in...more

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No-Poach Prosecutions: A Growing Problem for Private Equity?

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Buyout firms and portfolio companies should take note of heightened scrutiny of HR and employment practices by antitrust enforcers, both in the US and in Europe. No-poach and wage-fixing agreements — arrangements between...more

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Key Antitrust Enforcement Trends — 2019 Antitrust Annual Report

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Welcome to the 2019 Shearman & Sterling Antitrust Annual Report. Our seventh edition focuses on the contrasting use by regulators of antitrust laws with respect to the FANGs, and how antitrust is being enforced in the U.S....more

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