At the end of 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which both parties then ratified in 2021. As to antitrust cooperation, the agreement emphasized...more
11/14/2024
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Competition ,
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Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
OECD ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Relations ,
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UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
EU competition rules are crucial to the strengthening of the Union’s internal market. And direct effect has long been a structuring legal principle of the Union’s legal order, helping to ensure its autonomous nature. Thus,...more
On 25 April 2023, the UK government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“Bill”). Before the Bill becomes law, both Houses of Parliament will need to approve it and amendments are likely....more
5/5/2023
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Competition ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
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Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Pending Legislation ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
On January 26, the General Court (GC) of the European Union issued a judgment on remand, annulling the €1.06 billion fine that the European Commission (EC) had imposed on Intel in 2009.
Companies commonly use rebates to...more
2/7/2022
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Burden of Proof ,
Competition ,
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European Commission ,
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Intel ,
Rebates ,
Remand ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
On January 27, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an important ruling regarding an investment fund’s liability for the cartel behaviour of an affiliate. The CJEU confirmed that an investment fund...more
2/1/2021
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Antitrust Provisions ,
Cartels ,
Corporate Liability ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
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Goldman Sachs ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment Funds ,
Parent Corporation ,
Voting Rights