COMPETITION - Digital Markets Act: the application by Bytedance (TikTok) seeking suspension of the Commission decision designating it as a gatekeeper is dismissed (See CPR No.28/2024 - Order of the President of the General...more
COMPETITION - Opinion of Advocate General Emiliou of 8 February 2024 in Case C‑425/22, MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. Vs. Mercedes-Benz Group AG...more
COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11380 - Inpex / KHI / Iwatani / JSE) - Commission clears creation of joint venture by MC, DTHAG and MMC (M.11424) - Midday Express...more
The European Commission has revised its state aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery/aquaculture sectors. The revisions relate to: ..the Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation (ABER); ..the Fishery...more
Over four months into the formal bilateral negotiations between the EU and the UK to reach agreement on their future relationship, is there land ahoy? What are the realistic chances of a deal by the end of this year?...more
CEP Magazine (April 2020) In the lead up to the United Kingdom’s complete break from the EU at the end of 2020, its maritime authorities, such as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Marine...more
Antitrust and Competition - The Court of Justice of the EU Upholds the Commission’s Powers to Impose High Fines on Companies that “Jump the Gun” - On March 4, 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) dismissed the...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Issues Warning Letters, Consumer Update On CBD, Sparking Litigation Against CBD Cos. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a consumer update on cannabidiol...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Illinois Adds Sesame to Allergen-Labeling Regulations - Illinois has passed a law requiring businesses to indicate on food labels whether a product contains sesame. The amended law...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Standardize Food Date Labels - U.S. Reps. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) have introduced the Food Date Labeling Act, which aims...more
Shook Takes the Pulse of General Counsel on Maturation of Global Cannabis Market - More than half of in-house counsel surveyed in a new white paper by Shook, Hardy & Bacon plan to increase legal spending in the next two...more
L E G I S L A T I O N , R E G U L A T I O N S & S T A N D A R D S - FDA Issues Guidance On “Potassium Chloride Salt” - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft guidance for industry on the use of...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - AAFCO Issues Guidelines on Hemp in Animal Food - The Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) has issued guidelines on the 2018 Farm Bill and its removal of hemp from...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - ASA Upholds Complaints Against Ads Targeting Children - The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld the Obesity Health Alliance’s complaints against advertisements...more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - FDA Announces Modernization for Dairy Product Identities - Following his related statements at a conference, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has...more
US, EU Near Agreement on Shellfish Trade - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to allow the import of raw bivalve molluscan shellfish—including clams, mussels, oysters and scallops—harvested in the...more
Organic Group Objects to Withdrawal of OLPP - A group of organic food producers, retailers and certifiers has published a full-page advertisement in The Washington Post containing the text of a letter to Secretary of...more
GE Salmon Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced a bill that would require labeling of genetically engineered (GE) salmon and independent scientific review of the U.S. Food and...more
China’s MOFCOM Blocks ‘P3 Alliance’ Despite EU, U.S. Non-Opposition - On June 17, 2014, China’s Ministry of Commerce, China’s competition regulator, prohibited the proposed “P3 Alliance” that would have combined the...more