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On 9 September 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance on how competition law applies to recruiting workers, setting pay and other working conditions. The guidance builds on a recent string...more
In recent years, competition authorities around the world have increasingly focused on labour markets. Following recent enforcement activity in the US, the EU and France (as well as in the UK), the CMA has further signalled...more
On 9 September 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published new guidance on how competition law applies to recruitment and HR processes, “Competing for Talent” (the Guidance). The Guidance targets HR...more
Historically, employers’ workforce arrangements have not been an area of focus of antitrust authorities. However, in recent years, there has been a marked shift to bring certain types of employer behaviour front and centre...more
Our Antitrust Team summarizes the most recent focus of European Competition Authorities on restrictive practices in labor markets....more
Whilst not traditionally a focus of the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), the UK’s labour markets now form one of the CMA’s strategic priorities, as outlined in its 2023 to 2024 Annual Plan....more
Corporates and deal teams should pay careful attention to drafting non-competes and other restrictive arrangements as UK, EU, and US regulators step up enforcement. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are placing...more
The Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) has published new guidance for UK employers on how to avoid anti-competitive behaviour. The aim of this is to ensure staff are paid fairly for their work and can opt to move...more
At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more
M&A deal teams should take note of heightened scrutiny of HR and employment practices by antitrust enforcers in the US and Europe. No-poach, non-solicitation, and wage-fixing agreements - arrangements between companies...more
Buyout firms and portfolio companies should take note of heightened scrutiny of HR and employment practices by antitrust enforcers, both in the US and in Europe. No-poach and wage-fixing agreements — arrangements between...more