The European Union’s Court of Justice (“ECJ”) went into the 2023 winter break in style, publishing a hat-trick of judgments (hereafter referred to as SuperLeague, ISU, and Royal Antwerp) regarding the application of...more
2/8/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) ,
Football ,
International Olympic Committee (IOC) ,
Olympics ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Sports ,
Sports Authority ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more
8/4/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Judicial Review ,
Mergers ,
Standard of Proof ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
In July 2016, the European Commission issued a settlement decision finding that five major truck manufacturers participated in an EEA-wide cartel involving collusion on the prices of medium and heavy trucks and the timing and...more
On 13 March, the Chancellor announced during his Spring Statement that the Digital Competition Expert Panel (“the Panel”), led by Barack Obama’s former Chief Economist – Professor Furman, had published its Report reviewing...more