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Top Competition Enforcers in the US, EU, and UK Release Joint Statement on AI Competition – AI: The Washington Report

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints on 8/5/2024

On July 23, 2024, the leading competition enforcers in the US, EU, and UK released a Joint Statement on Competition in Generative AI Foundation Models and AI products. The statement outlines risks to competition that are...more

New UK Consumer Laws on Fake Reviews, Subscription Contracts and Drip Pricing: Impact on US Businesses

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/24/2024

In May of this year, the UK Government passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC) into law. The DMCC is wide-ranging and covers three key areas: consumer law, digital markets, and merger and antitrust...more

The UK Election and Its Implications for Compliance Professionals

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 7/11/2024

Last week saw the greatest wipeout in the recorded history of UK governments, which saw the Tories being swept from power and losing over 400 seats in Parliament. Labor took over with a commanding presence, securing around...more

UK Enacts a New Digital Regime Regulating the Conduct of Major Tech Platforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/29/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC or the Act), adopted on 24 May 2024, empowers the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to regulate the conduct of major tech platforms....more

Hairdryer Treatment From UK Competition Regulators: More Red Cards in the Beautiful Game

K&L Gates LLP on 5/15/2024

Two decisions this year in the United Kingdom concerning Leicester City Football Club (Leicester City) and Newcastle United Football Club (Newcastle United) show that competition law may be becoming a more prevalent part of...more

Antitrust in focus - January 2024

A&O Shearman on 1/30/2024

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Noah Brumfield, partner based in Washington, D.C. and Silicon Valley, is our editor this month. He has selected: ...more

Antitrust in focus - November 2023

A&O Shearman on 12/4/2023

This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Börries Ahrens, partner based in Hamburg, is our editor this month. He has selected: Significant reforms to German...more

Antitrust and Sustainability: EU, UK and US Take Divergent Enforcement Approaches

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/13/2023

On October 12, 2023, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its final Green Agreements Guidance (Guidance). The Guidance is designed to help businesses seeking to collaborate on environmental sustainability...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - Q3 2023

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/27/2023

UNITED STATES - Proposed Merger Guidelines Outline Fundamental Change of Approach to Merger Investigation and Enforcement - On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ)...more

The Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill

Goodwin on 6/6/2023

The Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers Bill (the DMCC) was introduced in the House of Commons on 25 April 2023, and the second reading was held on 17 May. The DMCC aims to cover two main topics: (a) digital markets...more

Report from the 2023 ABA Antitrust Section Annual Conference - UK, EU, and Canadian developments

BakerHostetler on 5/8/2023

The recent annual ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., once again brought together enforcers and counsel from around the world to discuss the hottest topics in global antitrust enforcement. We provide some of the...more

Supporting Net Zero: UK CMA Consults on Draft Sustainability Guidance

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/13/2023

On February 28, 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued for consultation its long-awaited draft guidance on environmental sustainability agreements (Draft Guidance). The CMA first foreshadowed the...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - May 2022 - Q1

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/6/2022

JANUARY – MARCH 2022: HIGHLIGHTS - UNITED STATES - • The US antitrust agencies continue with their aggressive merger enforcement posture. The agencies challenged four transactions this quarter, including multiple...more

Antitrust M&A Snapshot - August 2021 Q2

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/6/2021

APRIL – JUNE 2021: HIGHLIGHTS - UNITED STATES - - The premerger notification landscape continues to shift as filings reach another record high, and the US Congress contemplates increases to filing fees and New York...more

CMA Clamps Down on Deals - Navigating the UK’s Increasingly Interventionist Merger Control Regime

Latham & Watkins LLP on 12/17/2020

The CMA’s efforts to make dynamic, forward-looking assessments of parties’ overlaps will only increase post-Brexit. Dealmakers must be alert to the increasingly interventionist approach of the UK’s Competition and Markets...more

The impact of Brexit on competition enforcement in financial services

BCLP on 3/11/2019

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in competition enforcement against financial services firms active in the UK, much of which has been carried out by the European Commission (Commission) rather than the...more

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