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U.K. finalizes new consumer antitrust and digital markets regime

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 has finally been enacted. It introduces significant changes to U.K. merger control and antitrust rules, establishes a new consumer protection regime and introduces a...more

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Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q2 2023

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Antitrust enforcers remained active across the globe, with the announcement by the FTC and DOJ of proposed guidelines that have an emphasis on tech mergers in the United States, and several investigations of major tech deals...more

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European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments July 2023

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

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Online claims that put unfair pressure on consumers: new UK guidance on what to avoid

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published an online reporting form, encouraging consumers to report businesses which engage in ‘misleading tactics’ such as pressure selling, hidden charges, subscription traps...more

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UK Competition and Markets Authority refreshes digital markets strategy

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Since the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its Digital Markets Strategy in 2019 it has completed many of the priority tasks it had assigned itself – including conducting a market study on online...more

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UK Competition and Markets Authority Has Proposed Updates to Merger Assessment

Following its review of a series of global deals in the digital markets space, the U.K.’s Competition & Markets Authority (the CMA) has launched a consultation on revised merger assessment guidelines (the draft guidelines)...more

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Antitrust M&A Snapshot - February 2020

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Antitrust regulators in the United States and Europe were very active in the final quarter of 2019. The FTC and DOJ continue to investigate and challenge M&A transactions in a variety of industries. Events of this quarter...more

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CMA Publishes Digital Markets Strategy

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Following recent proposals for regulatory reform (see articles here and here) in relation to competition in digital markets, the CMA published its new Digital Markets Strategy on 3 July 2019, which sets out the agency’s...more

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The CMA launches a new market study in a bid to keep pace with a fast-moving digital economy

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On 3 July 2019, the Competition & Markets Authority ('CMA') announced a new Digital Markets Strategy, which sets out the watchdog's new "road map" for policy development in a bid to keep pace with a rapidly developing digital...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Good news for disabled travelers and the hoteliers that serve them; Booking.com limiting...

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This week’s Update features a variety of stories, including an additional story on last week’s announcement by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority regarding its recent commenced enforcement efforts against several...more

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OTA & Travel Distribution Update - Nov. 10th, 2017

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This week’s OTA & Travel Distribution Update for the week ending November 10, 2017 is below. Senator Kobuchar’s recent request for an DOJ and FTC investigation into OTAs’ purportedly anti-competitive practices leads this...more

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CMA bids to end online exclusionary practices as auction house offers commitments

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On 30 May 2017, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it was consulting on proposals from an online bidding platform to change its terms, following concerns from the CMA that the platform was engaged in...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – August 2016

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EU: Regulatory Scrutiny of Online Hotel Booking Continues - The 13 July 2016 saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announce that it had sent a questionnaire to a large sample of hotels throughout the UK. As...more

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Regulatory scrutiny of online hotel booking continues

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The 13 July 2016 saw the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announce that it had sent a questionnaire to a large sample of hotels throughout the UK. As part of a joint monitoring project with the European Commission,...more

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CMA warns UK estate agents against colluding in online portal selection

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On 21 April 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) published an open letter to estate agents in the UK stressing the importance of making independent commercial decisions and warning them against unlawful...more

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