Whilst not traditionally a focus of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), the UK’s labour markets now form one of the CMA’s strategic priorities, as outlined in its 2023 to 2024 Annual Plan....more
2/16/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Cartels ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Government Investigations ,
Information Reports ,
Member State ,
New Guidance ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Proposed Rules ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage-Fixing
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has published its long-awaited draft guidance on sustainability agreements between competitors (the “Draft Guidance”). In doing so, it acknowledges that collaborations...more
The European Commission (“EC”) is consulting on new rules for collaborations between competitors by inviting comments on two draft Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on Specialisation and R&D (“HBERs”) and accompanying...more
Welcome to this first edition of BCLP’S Competition Collective: Antitrust, Foreign Investment and Trade Insights from around the world. This period was marked by uncertainty – and the harsh realities of the pandemic for many...more
5/27/2021
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Biden Administration ,
Cartels ,
Competition ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Digital Services ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Sports ,
Technology Sector ,
Trade Agreements ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On 17 April, the Competition and Markets Authority provisionally cleared Amazon’s acquisition of a minority shareholding and certain other rights in Deliveroo. This provisional decision highlights how the so-called “exiting...more
4/23/2020
/ Amazon ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Investigations ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
The global COVID-19 pandemic is placing an unprecedented strain on healthcare systems around the world. At the same time, the knock on effects of the pandemic are hitting businesses and public authorities hard....more
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
1/8/2020
/ Big Data ,
Canon ,
Competition Act ,
Consultation ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Merger Control Regulation ,
General Electric ,
Gun-Jumping ,
Member State ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Technology Sector ,
Toshiba ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)