28 Jun, 2024 Thou shalt not settle? Servier – the European Court of Justice’s Latest Chapter In the “Pay for Delay” Saga By Bola Ajayi Tone Oeyen Dr. Christopher Stothers Rod Carlton Enrica Schaefer Philipp Baschenhof +3 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Servier on 27 June 2024, agreeing with Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
24 May, 2024 Across the finish line in the wash-up: the DMCC Act receives Royal Assent – what happens next? By Andrew Austin Cat Greenwood-Smith Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Patrick Teague Kate Collister Martin Dickson Aaron Green Daniel Wylde Karen Slaney Francesca Triggs Philipp Baschenhof +9 more... Show less In the final days of Parliament, the landmark UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (the ‘Act’) has received Royal...
19 Mar, 2024 Stocktake on UK DMCC Bill - entering the final stages By Cat Greenwood-Smith Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Kate Collister Martin Dickson Francesca Triggs Philipp Baschenhof Marc Robinson +5 more... Show less Last week the House of Lords Report stage concluded for the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill. As the Bill...
15 Feb, 2024 European Commission adopts a revised Market Definition Notice By Lena Boucon Rory Jones Alvaro Pliego Selie James Aitken Thomas Lübbig +2 more... Show less As noted by Executive Vice-President Vestager, “if something happens every 25 years, it deserves attention.[1]” Last Friday, the European...
08 Dec, 2023 Not over yet: UK DMCC Bill enters the House of Lords with some key questions still up for debate By Sharon Malhi Rikki Haria Sarah Jensen Martin Dickson Abigail Legge Milo Noone +3 more... Show less The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (the Bill) is still expected to come into force in Autumn 2024. Although the overall...
25 Sep, 2023 A new toolkit for gender-inclusive competition law By Morag Elwis Nicholas French Kaori Yamada Ermelinda Spinelli Vanessa van Weelden +2 more... Show less Until recently, competition policy has been considered through a gender-neutral lens – focused on “average” consumers, characterised by...
26 Apr, 2023 The wait is over: UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill introduced to Parliament By Sharon Malhi Michele Davis Karen Slaney Justin Chen +1 more... Show less After months of waiting, the UK government has now introduced into Parliament the text of the hotly anticipated Digital Markets,...
04 Apr, 2023 Italian consumer protection goes digital! By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Cecilia Carli Filippo Alberti Mila Filomena Crispino +2 more... Show less On 2 April 2023, a major amendment to the Italian Consumer Code entered into force, implementing the EU consumer protection “Omnibus...
22 Dec, 2022 The highest Italian administrative court finds that anti-competitive impact must be shown for abuse of dominance By Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Gabriele Maria Polito Francesca Incaprera Huerta +1 more... Show less In its judgment of 1 December 2022 (the Judgement), the Council of State (CdS) – which is the Supreme administrative court in Italy –...
21 Dec, 2022 Freshfields secures significant victory for Infineon in defence of competition damages claim and clarifies rules on limitation in England and Wales By Mark Sansom Daniel Hunt Jess Steele Adrian Wright Alisha Wright +2 more... Show less The UK Supreme Court has refused an application for permission to appeal a finding that a near-€500m competition damages claim brought by...
08 Aug, 2022 Good news for international defendants facing litigation in Spain? Three recent court decisions suggest so By Natalia Gomez Since the enactment of the 1978 Spanish Constitution, the Spanish Constitutional Court has steadily protected service of claims on the...
12 Jul, 2022 How long can limitation be delayed? The UK Court of Appeal on deliberate concealment and cartel damages claims By Mark Sansom Daniel Hunt Jess Steele Adrian Wright Alisha Wright +2 more... Show less Following our previous article on January’s judgment of the UK High Court (available here), the Court of Appeal has upheld the first...