UK CMA Provides First Informal Guidance on Environmental Sustainability Agreement -
On 14 December 2023, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its first informal guidance on the application of UK...more
EU’s Highest Court Provides Guidance on Gun-Jumping and Pre-closing Covenants -
On 9 November 2023, the EU’s highest court (Court of Justice or ECJ) handed down an important ruling in a case concerning gun-jumping issues...more
UK CMA Publishes “Green Agreements Guidance” -
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published on 12 October 2023 the final version of its guidance on the application of UK competition law to environmental...more
EU General Court Confirms Geo-Blocking Illegally Partitions the Single Market -
On 27 September 2023, the EU’s second highest court, General Court or GC, upheld a 2021 European Commission decision that geo-blocking...more
UK Foreign Direct Investment Control Dramatically Strengthened -
On 4 January 2022, the UK National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSI Act) came fully into effect. The NSI Act introduces a dramatic strengthening of...more
EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 -
While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that antitrust/competition law, plus the state aid and public procurement rules,...more
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, antitrust/competition law in the EU and UK has focused primarily on competitor cooperation and price increases of certain products, such as face masks, hand sanitizer, paracetamol,...more
All companies are scrambling to respond to the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and in various sectors cooperation between competitors is seen as part of the solution....more
Illegal Distribution Activities in the Spotlight Across the EU -
Online and offline distribution issues remain a key focus of competition law regulators in the EU. This has been demonstrated yet again in recent weeks,...more
Resale Price Maintenance is Just as Bad Online -
Two recent UK cases have demonstrated once again that any form of resale price maintenance (RPM) in relation to online sales will be treated just as harshly as RPM...more
A self-described “small business” recently succeeded in obtaining an interim injunction (restraining an alleged abuse of dominance) in a UK court against the giant telecom provider Telefónica (trading in the UK under the name...more
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The long-running battle, started in 2003, between Belgian rough diamond dealer Spira and diamond producer De Beers came to an end recently. Spira had sought to convince the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) to intervene...more