Feb 15, 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...
Feb 12, 2024 New market investigation powers of the Italian Antitrust Authority - Council of State confirms they apply to all economic sectors By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Alberto Galasso +1 more... Show less In its opinion of 29 January 2024, the Italian Council of State (CdS) published its views on the scope of application of the new market...
Nov 20, 2023 UK CMA issues welcome guidance on combination therapy collaborations for life sciences companies By Jenny Leahy Kirsty Brown The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) – following extensive consultation with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical...
Sep 25, 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...
Apr 26, 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,...
Dec 21, 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...
Nov 08, 2022 EC Leniency FAQs – Another attempt to boost applications? By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Already shortly after the entry into force of its current Leniency Notice in 2006, the European Commission (EC) suggested it might be a...
Oct 14, 2022 Hong Kong Competition Commission’s revised Cartel Leniency Policy for Individuals: encouraging individuals to come forward By Ziqi Zhou Ninette Dodoo Laurent Bougard Tim Mak +1 more... Show less The Hong Kong Competition Commission (HKCC) recently published a revised Leniency Policy for Individuals Involved in Cartel Conduct (the...
Jul 12, 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...
Jul 12, 2022 The 14th ABA International Cartel Workshop – current focus areas of cartel enforcement By Frank Montag Amaryllis Müller Enrica Schaefer On 27-29 June the 14th International Cartel Workshop organised by the ABA in collaboration with the IBA took place in Lisbon. This...
Jul 12, 2022 The 14th ABA International Cartel Workshop – key developments in relation to leniency and ex officio investigations By Frank Montag Amaryllis Müller Enrica Schaefer On 27-29 June the 14th International Cartel Workshop organised by the ABA in collaboration with the IBA took place in Lisbon. This...
Jul 15, 2021 Updating EU rules on competitor cooperation: call for stakeholder input By Joanna Goyder James Aitken Gian Luca Zampa The European Commission has for some time been working on revamping its rules on cooperation between competing businesses (often called...