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Key antitrust findings - May 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. David Higbee (Global Head of Antitrust) and Dominic Long (Global Deputy Head of Antitrust) are our editors this month....more

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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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UK Revamps Merger Control, Expanding CMA’s Jurisdiction and Making Procedures More Flexible

The United Kingdom’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the Act) received royal assent on 24 May 2024. The Act introduces wide-ranging amendments to the UK competition and consumer law regimes that expand the...more

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

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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

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Antitrust in focus - November 2023

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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

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The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - important changes to the UK's existing competition law

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As we reported previously, on 25 April this year the UK Government introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“DMCC Bill”). Many of the headlines about the DMCC Bill have understandably related to the new...more

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CMA COVID-19 Update: Recent Measures to Protect Consumers

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On 10 July, the CMA announced that it was investigating suspected breaches of consumer protection law in the package holiday sector. The investigation was launched on the back of work carried out by the CMA’s COVID-19...more

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The Year Ahead in EU Merger Control: Five Key Trends to Watch

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The dawn of a new year provides a great opportunity to take stock of where EU merger control might go in the next year. In this blog, we outline what we consider to be five key trends to watch out for in EU merger control in...more

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Office Fit-Out Firms Subject to Substantial Fines For Covering Pricing Practices And Company Directors Disqualified

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Following settlement negotiations with the parties concerned the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published on 31st May 2019  a non-confidential version of its decision in which it found six office fit-out firms had...more

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Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2018

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Read the latest news on antitrust, competition, and economic regulation in this summer edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. ...more

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CAT Upholds Fine for Unlawful Information Exchange at Single Meeting

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Case sends “a strong signal to companies about...critical compliance obligations” according to the CMA’s Executive Director of Enforcement. Key Points: - The case marks the first time in the UK that a fine was imposed...more

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UK Competition Regulator investigates home insurance price comparison website for “stifling competition” through use of Most...

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The CMA ,the UK’s main competition regulator, launched an investigation on 26th September 2017 into home insurance price comparison website, compare the market.com, over its use of most favoured nation clauses and whether...more

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UK Competition Regulator Targets Big Pharma Over Excessive Pricing

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Compare and contrast the current excessive pricing debates occurring in the US with those in the UK. In both markets, pharmaceutical firms are being berated for double, triple and even quadruple digit rises in the prices of...more

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Alert: Pfizer and Flynn Pharma Fined £90 Million for Charging “Excessive Prices” for Epilepsy Medicine

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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) announced on 7 December that it had fined pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer and its UK distributor Flynn Pharma a total of £90 million. According to the CMA, the companies...more

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EU & Competition Law Update – June 2016

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BREXIT – BUSINESS AS USUAL...AT LEAST FOR NOW - What do you need to know? Despite the UK's vote to leave the European Union ("EU"), companies doing business in the UK can still continue to trade with the EU in...more

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