07 Mar, 2024 FCA concludes its wholesale data market study By Emma Radcliffe Greg Dowell On 29 February 2024 the FCA published its final report on its market study into the supply of wholesale financial data in the UK. The...
29 Feb, 2024 High Court denies director's bid to stay in office after cartel disqualification By Cameron Firth Charlie Critchley The High Court has refused an application by a director to remain in post after being disqualified by the CMA for his role in an illegal...
02 Feb, 2024 Commission update on activity in the pharmaceutical sector By Matthew Redfern The European Commission has recently published a report summarising its enforcement activities and those of national competition...
22 Jan, 2024 Google Shopping: Advocate General Opposes Google’s Appeal By Richard Pepper Matthew Redfern Ciara Barbu-O'Connor Google’s attempt to overturn a €2.4bn fine imposed by the European Commission for abusing its dominant position in the online...
12 Jan, 2024 Tribunal orders defendants to share single joint expert in cartel damages claim By Jennifer Reeves Balint Egri The Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has ruled that manufacturers of car passenger safety equipment accused of involvement in a...
12 Jan, 2024 A cautionary tale: the use of cross market non-compete clauses By Megan Humphreys On 26 October 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a preliminary ruling dealing with the treatment under...
18 Dec, 2023 A drop in the ocean: Tribunal gives green light to small collective settlement in car shipping class action By Simon Day Emma Radcliffe Rachel Carter Last week, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) published the first judgment approving a collective settlement since the UK...
21 Nov, 2023 A dose of legal certainty: CMA’s Prioritisation Statement provides guidance for co-operation between suppliers of combination therapies By Andrew Morrison Uwen Yap The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a Prioritisation statement on combination therapies on 17 November 2023 (the...
10 Nov, 2023 Dawn raid update: Competition authorities target construction chemicals sector By Robyn Welham On 17 October 2023, the Commission announced that its officials had conducted dawn raids in relation to potential antitrust violations...
10 Nov, 2023 European Commission removes safe harbour for shipping liners By Uwen Yap On 10 October 2023, the European Commission announced that it had decided not to extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER)...
24 Oct, 2023 Going Dutch on sustainability: the ACM adopts Policy Rule to avoid falling foul of Commission’s Guidance on Horizontal Co-operation By Andrew Morrison The approach of European Competition Authorities (both at EU and National level) to sustainability agreements has been keenly debated in...
25 Sep, 2023 Parental liability – holding off the decisive influence presumption By Cameron Firth Andrew Morrison It is well established that a parent company can be held liable for the conduct of its subsidiary where it exercises decisive influence...
07 Jul, 2023 Pollack v Google: the new approach to carriage disputes By Simon Day Jennifer Reeves Balint Egri Beth Mortimer +1 more... Show less Collective proceedings before the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT or Tribunal) have been amongst the fastest developing areas of...
20 Apr, 2023 Wolfsberg Group’s updated guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption Compliance Programmes By Helen Harvey Jenny Shelley The Wolfsberg Group published its new guidance on Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Compliance Programmes on 17 April (the Guidance),...
20 Apr, 2023 PRA takes enforcement action under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime By Daniel Fisher Madeleine Brown The Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) has issued a fine against an individual under the Senior Managers & Certification Regime...
11 Apr, 2023 The CMA’s increasing scrutiny of online businesses’ use of urgency claims By Matthew Bennett On 31 March 2023, the CMA issued a press release announcing that it had launched an investigation into Wowcher's use of countdown timers...