Nov 21, 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...
Nov 10, 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...
Nov 10, 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)...
Oct 24, 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...
Sep 25, 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...
Jul 07, 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...
Apr 03, 2023 Construction industry in firing line again as CMA imposes fines of circa £60m and secures director disqualifications By Rachel Carter On 23 March 2023, the CMA announced its decision to fine ten construction firms a total of nearly £60m for bid rigging in relation to 19...
Mar 29, 2023 Dawn raids on the rise? By Macfarlanes The European Commission appears to be leading the way in a rise in dawn raids, possibly in an attempt to kick-start cartel enforcement...
Feb 22, 2023 Meta successfully resists certification in data privacy collective action By Jennifer Reeves Simon Day Cameron Firth In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45...
Feb 14, 2023 CMA joins global competition authorities in focusing on compliance in labour markets By Rachel Carter Charlie Critchley Richard Pepper The CMA has issued a publication concerning competition law compliance in labour markets. The guidance, which was published last week,...
Feb 13, 2023 Warning shot across the wings for UK airport operators By Rachel Carter The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have issued an open letter to airport operators regarding...
Sep 20, 2022 European Commission blocks Illumina/Grail in historic EU Merger Regulation decision By Richard Pepper Ciara Barbu-O'Connor The European Commission blocked Illumina’s acquisition of Grail on September 6 2022 because of concerns about the impact of the deal on...
Aug 10, 2022 Chugging along: The Court of Appeal continues to endorse a low bar for certification in collective actions By Cameron Firth Simon Day Rachel Carter The Court of Appeal has confirmed in the “Boundary Fares” cases that the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (“CAT”) ability to award aggregate...
Jul 22, 2022 Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects both class claims in UK’s first carriage dispute By Simon Day Emma Radcliffe Alex Evans The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) has refused to certify the opt-out collective proceedings orders (CPOs) sought by two...
Jun 27, 2022 Commission accused of using information requests as “fishing expedition” before EU court By Ciara Barbu-O'Connor Richard Pepper Like many agencies, the European Commission increasingly requests large volumes of internal documents for its antitrust investigations...
Mar 25, 2022 CMA publishes latest guidance on sustainability, competition and consumer law By Macfarlanes Last week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a response to three questions posed by the Government as regards to...