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The European Union’s (EU) approach to corporate sustainability regulation has entered a period of profound reassessment. In response to...
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After years of declining leniency applications, the European Commission is now reporting a notable recovery. In a recent episode of the...
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Until recently, some compliance departments may have treated algorithmic pricing more as a theoretical antitrust risk in the EU – a topic...
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The European Commission has given informal guidance to two groups of competitors who are collaborating to achieve EU sustainability and...
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Yesterday, the General Court handed down its decision in T-188/24 – Michelin v Commission (currently only available in French) which is...
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The Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the Convention),...
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In May 2025, the European Commission (EC) amended the State aid rules to ensure compliance with the European Union’s (EU) obligations...
Background On June 25, 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached at political agreement to reform the...
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To reach its ambitious 2050 climate neutrality goal, the European Union (EU) is determined to decarbonise its most greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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The European Commission (EC) recently unveiled its Defence Readiness Omnibus (the Omnibus), an initiative designed to reduce regulatory...
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On 8 May 2025, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) gave its preliminary ruling in the Beevers Kaas v Albert Heijn dispute, a case...
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Mounting pressure to refresh merger guidelines When the European Commission (Commission) introduced its first guidelines on the...