The European Union’s Court of Justice (“ECJ”) went into the 2023 winter break in style, publishing a hat-trick of judgments (hereafter referred to as SuperLeague, ISU, and Royal Antwerp) regarding the application of...more
2/8/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Football ,
International Olympic Committee (IOC) ,
Olympics ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sports ,
Sports Authority ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more
8/4/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Judicial Review ,
Mergers ,
Standard of Proof ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
In July 2016, the European Commission issued a settlement decision finding that five major truck manufacturers participated in an EEA-wide cartel involving collusion on the prices of medium and heavy trucks and the timing and...more
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its long-awaited draft guidance on sustainability agreements between competitors (the “Draft Guidance”). In doing so, it acknowledges that collaborations...more
The Court of Appeal has strongly dismissed an appeal against the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (“CAT’s”) decision that it would be an abuse of process for certain truck manufacturers to seek to challenge the facts recorded in...more
11/11/2020
/ Abuse of Process ,
Administrative Agencies ,
Appeals ,
Cartels ,
Damages ,
Dismissals ,
Manufacturers ,
Settlement ,
Trucking Industry ,
UK ,
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
On 13 March, the Chancellor announced during his Spring Statement that the Digital Competition Expert Panel (“the Panel”), led by Barack Obama’s former Chief Economist – Professor Furman, had published its Report reviewing...more
The CMA’s letter seeks to address perceived gaps in the current competition regime to “address the perception and reality of the growth in consumer detriment”. Specifically, the CMA’s proposals aim at providing the tools...more
On 7 June 2017, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) set aside parts of the Competition & Market Authority’s (“CMA”) decision in relation to the CMA’s finding that Pfizer and Flynn charged excessive and unfair prices for...more