Retailers, Antitrust Provisions, EU

European Commission Proposes Further Prohibitions of Territorial Restrictions on Branded Products

Jones Day on 5/29/2025

Future prohibition on territorial supply constraints would expand EU law to prohibit certain unilateral conduct by large manufacturers....more

"Extra, Extra, Read All About It"—Final European and UK Brand Distribution Rules Published

K&L Gates LLP on 5/17/2022

On 10 May 2022, the European Commission (the Commission) finally published the official final version of the European Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and guidelines (Vertical Guidelines). The new rules will come...more

Dawn Raid Update: Review of the EU General Court’s dawn raid appeal judgments in the distribution sector

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/8/2020

The Development - ..On 5 October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (GC) partially annulled decisions of the European Commission (EC) to order on-the-spot inspections (dawn raids) of a number of French...more

Vertical Agreements in the Online Sales of Goods

A&O Shearman on 4/20/2018

The growth of e-commerce and the resulting increase in price transparency and price competition have a significant impact on companies’ distribution strategies and consumer behavior. While the emergence of e-commerce has the...more

EU Competition Newsletter - April 2017

BCLP on 4/13/2017

The Brexit referendum result in June last year created many uncertainties for the British economy and continues to do so. In this Breakfast Seminar, Robert Bell will focus his remarks on what he sees will be the likely...more

Retailers - can you be liable for cartel behaviour for using pricing software and algorithms?

BCLP on 3/23/2017

A key issue regulators are grappling with is what antitrust liability can attach to retailers who use price matching software or other algorithms to match competitors’ online prices? In a speech made on 16 March 2017,...more