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European Competition Law Newsletter – April 2025

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UK CMA Imposes Fines for Information Exchanges Affecting Labour Markets - On 21 March 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced fines on four UK broadcast and production companies for engaging in...more

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Antitrust in focus - March 2025

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Our global antitrust enforcement report reveals significant increase in overall fines - In the latest edition of our annual report, we identify the major trends and developments in antitrust enforcement worldwide in 2024 and...more

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Global cartel fines see dramatic drop

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Overall, global fines for cartel activity in 2024 (USD602.5 million) were the lowest recorded for several years, and significantly lower than the 2023 total (USD1.9billion). Unlike in previous years, 2024 saw relatively few...more

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Surge in dawn raid activity signals stricter antitrust scrutiny

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2024 saw a continued trend of heightened dawn raid activity by antitrust authorities across the globe. Of the 31 jurisdictions surveyed, 24 (77%) confirmed that the regulator had carried out dawn raids during the course of...more

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Global antitrust enforcement report - 2025

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2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more

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Stellantis’s Occupant Safety Systems Claim Collides with Reality

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On 21 February 2025, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) unanimously dismissed Stellantis's claim for €770 million in damages against Autoliv, a leading global manufacturer of automotive occupant safety systems ("OSS"),...more

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EU Commission issues EUR462.6 million antitrust fine in landmark decision on ‘divisionals game’ and disparagement

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On October 31, 2024, the European Commission (EC) fined Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited and Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV (Teva) EUR462.6 million for abusing a dominant position in several EU Member States on the...more

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FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape - July 2024

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This is the third issue of WilmerHale’s FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing, litigation, and regulation of patents that are or are claimed to be...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Full Steam Ahead for Cartel Enforcement in 2024

As anticipated, cartel enforcement is ramping up at the start of 2024 and investigations relating to artificial intelligence (AI) are taking center stage. Leadership of both the broader Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...more

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Antitrust in focus - February 2024

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This newsletter is a summary of the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Dirk Arts, co-head of the global antitrust group and partner based in Brussels, is our editor this month. He has...more

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Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments In Criminal Antitrust For Busy Corporate Counsel – 1st Quarter 2021

A new year, a new administration in the United States, and new cartel enforcement leadership in the United Kingdom have begun. In the United States, first-of-their-kind criminal charges have been brought involving labor and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver...

There is a lot currently happening in the European Union. From the latest European Court opinions with respect to merger clearance, dominance violations, data protection and state aid to Brexit, we’re checking in with our...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe and the UK Race To Protect Businesses Impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic: Foreign Investment, State Aid and Antitrust...

State measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 have brought many countries across Europe to a standstill. While health care systems struggle to respond, the pandemic has also provided “a major shock for our economies.”1...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

The Impact of COVID-19 on Merger Reviews: Practical Considerations for Global Deals

In the field of antitrust, the current COVID-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges for merging parties and agencies worldwide. As the crisis unfolds, enforcement against cartels, investigations of excessive pricing, and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Antitrust Enforcement Centers on Technology Industry

Antitrust enforcers in the United States and European Union (EU) remained active in 2019, and recent developments at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys general (AG) offices and EU...more

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English Court of Appeal slashes UK's first cartel follow-on antitrust damages award and emphasises claimants' burden to prove...

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In BritNed v ABB, the English Court of Appeal substantially reduced the UK's first award of damages in a so-called cartel damages claim brought for breach of European competition law. In so doing, the Court rejected calls for...more

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Antitrust in focus - June 2019

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This newsletter is our take on the antitrust developments we think are most interesting to your business. Börries Ahrens, partner based in Hamburg, is our editor this month....more

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Antitrust Fines for Pharma Pay-for-Delay: the UK Gets in on the Act

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On February 12, 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK’s antitrust regulator, handed out a huge fine for a pay-for-delay antitrust law infringement in the UK. Although the CMA has been...more

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