The United Kingdom’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (the Act) received royal assent on 24 May 2024. The Act introduces wide-ranging amendments to the UK competition and consumer law regimes that expand the...more
On 12 October 2021, the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) handed down its judgment on the merits of the first private action in Hong Kong seeking remedies against the contravening party for a contravention of a competition...more
In Competition Commission v Kam Kwong Engineering Company Ltd & others [2020] HKCT 3, the Competition Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) adopted the Carecraft procedure for disposing of enforcement proceedings against respondents who...more
The judgment has important implications for the competition law compliance responsibilities of company directors. On 3 July 2020, the High Court disqualified Michael Martin from acting as a director for seven years. The...more
On 4 June 2019, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturned a 2015 decision of the German national competition authority (the ‘Bundeskartellamt‘) to ban Booking.com from imposing ‘narrow’ price parity clauses in contracts...more
On 4 June 2019, the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court overturned a 2015 decision of the German national competition authority (the ‘Bundeskartellamt’) to ban Booking.com from imposing ‘narrow’ price parity clauses in contracts...more
On 17 May 2019, the Hong Kong Competition Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) passed an important milestone when it issued its first two findings of infringement of the city’s competition law regime. The judgments serve as a...more
Por primera vez, la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) en Colombia investiga y sanciona a una empresa por pagar con sus recursos multas impuestas por la autoridad de competencia a sus empleados. En efecto, en...more
For the first time, Colombia's Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) has investigated and sanctioned a company for paying with its resources fines imposed by the Competition Authority to its employees. The SIC...more
Today, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a 60-second summary for company directors to avoid disqualification for breaches of competition law. Please see the full text of the guidance here. This is part...more