UK, UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Unfair Competition

The UK Introduces Tougher Penalties for Consumer Protection Breaches

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog on 6/27/2024

In May 2024 the UK passed the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC). Amongst other changes, the DMCC grants the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) new powers to directly impose fines of up to 10%...more

Major Changes to Consumer and Competition Rules, a New Digital Regime and More Power to the CMA

BCLP on 6/7/2024

On 23 May 2024, over a year since its introduction to Parliament, the DMCC Bill was rushed through before the proroguing of Parliament ahead of the July UK General Election. It received Royal Assent the following day....more

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill: Taking a closer look at the impact on subscription contracts

BCLP on 5/15/2023

The draft of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “Bill”) was published last week, and among the many objectives, it aims to drive high standards of consumer protection. One area which has attracted much...more

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill: what’s next for consumer rights in the UK?

BCLP on 5/4/2023

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government unveiled its draft Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the “Bill”) with its stated aim to establish a modernised, pro-competitive regime for digital markets. The Bill aims to...more

Better together – How far can competitors go under UK competition law in cooperating to deal with the challenges of the COVID-19...

Hogan Lovells on 4/9/2020

Competition/antitrust laws generally require rival firms to operate on the market independently of each other and tolerate cooperation between competitors only in limited circumstances where any resulting loss of competition...more

The CMA will see you now

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner on 12/11/2015

On 3 December 2015, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) wrote an open letter to private medical practitioners in the UK stressing the importance of making independent commercial decisions and warning against...more