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Cooperate, protect, and challenge: Responding to dawn raids conducted by EU competition authorities

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/13/2025

Dawn raids conducted by antitrust authorities are stressful events. Among other issues, the ensuing investigations consume significant time and effort and often result in high fines for the companies involved. It is therefore...more

China’s Landmark Merger Unwind: Unpacking the Wuhan Yongtong/Shandong Huatai Case from a Practitioner’s Perspective

Dacheng on 8/4/2025

Since China’s Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) was implemented in 2008, the nation has reviewed over 6,000 concentrations. While most were cleared unconditionally and conditional decisions primarily involved behavioral remedies, an...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

French Competition Enforcement in the New EU Paradigm

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 7/7/2025

Like in the United States, competition enforcement in Europe is in flux. The European Commission has appointed new leadership (Teresa Ribera) and set new policy directives. While one could not be blamed for focusing all...more

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

Jones Day on 6/9/2025

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

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

New Tariffs, Old Risks: Antitrust Considerations

Morgan Lewis on 5/13/2025

With regulatory scrutiny by governments on the rise, this LawFlash summarizes key antitrust issues for companies in all industries affected by tariffs. History shows that cartels tend to form in times of rapid economic...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – March/April 2025

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/13/2025

The firm is pleased to distribute the European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin, which breaks down the major antitrust developments in Europe in the past two months into concise and actionable takeaways....more

Saudi Arabia Responds to Investors with Revised Merger Guidelines Addressing Practical Needs

Baker Botts L.L.P. on 5/8/2025

The Saudi General Authority for Competition (GAC) continues to develop its antitrust and competition regulatory framework to bring it in line with international standards. These efforts are part of the Kingdom’s broader goal...more

Think you are below the radar? EU competition authorities expand scrutiny of below-threshold M&A deals

White & Case LLP on 4/17/2025

In a merger control environment that has been steadily evolving over the past several years, M&A parties can less and less rely solely on traditional notification thresholds to assess filing obligations and antitrust risk....more

Antitrust in focus - March 2025

A&O Shearman on 3/31/2025

Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more

UK Competition Authority Launches Consultation on Merger Remedies: A Shift Toward Flexibility and Growth?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/20/2025

On March 12, 2025, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a consultation on its approach to merger remedies, asking whether the authority should permit more complex remedies in Phase I investigations and...more

The UK’s CMA and AI Foundation Models – 2024 Updates

Pillsbury - Global Sourcing Practice on 12/17/2024

Earlier this year, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published an update to its initial report on AI foundation models which presented the CMA’s findings on key changes in the foundation model sector and...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 12/13/2024

On 29 October 2024, the European Union and the UK government finalized the technical discussions on a competition cooperation agreement. This agreement will enable closer cooperation between the UK Competition and Markets...more

European Antitrust Bimonthly Bulletin – July/August 2024

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/6/2024

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

The Meteoric Rise of Generative AI Has Regulators Gearing Up To Preserve Competition

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/27/2024

Key Points Artificial intelligence (AI) — and in particular generative AI, which creates new content — has recently emerged as a transformative tool with the power and potential to reshape familiar industries. Although...more

Illumina/Grail: Court Opinion Could See an End to the EU Commission’s Expansive Merger Review Policy

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/27/2024

On March 21, 2024, an adviser to the EU’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), proposed setting aside the judgment of the lower court in Illumina v Commission. The General Court (GC) had...more

The European Commission report on competition enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector

Hogan Lovells on 2/2/2024

On 26 January 2024, the European Commission published a report on competition enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector, highlighting the role of EU competition law in safeguarding market participants and consumers,...more

At Mid-Year 2023, WAMS Data Show Global Decrease in Merger Filing Notifications, with Significant Declines in U.S. and EU Merger...

White & Case LLP on 9/28/2023

White & Case Global Antitrust Merger StatPak (WAMS)—the first real-time clearinghouse for global merger notification data—has analyzed merger notifications in reporting jurisdictions around the first half of calendar year...more

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