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...
Nov 13, 2020 Admitting facts and abusing process: regulatory settlements and subsequent litigation By Daniel Hunt Rose Goss Xander Friedlaender Can it be an abuse of process for a party benefitting from a regulatory settlement to deny (or not admit) a fact it admitted in that...
Jun 12, 2020 The latest test for the CMA’s increased pursuit of director disqualifications – High Court hears the CMA’s first application for a Competition Disqualification Order By Deba Das Daniel Wylde Sophie Tang This week saw the High Court hear, over the course of a virtual four-day hearing, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) first...
Mar 30, 2020 Hong Kong competition regulator issues COVID-19 guidance and takes ‘textbook’ case to court By Alastair Mordaunt COVID-19 guidance and offer of informal guidance On 27 March 2020, the Commission issued a statement (PDF) on the application of the...