Mar 14, 2023 Something smelled wrong? Fragrance suppliers subject to multijurisdictional dawn raids By Gustaf Duhs On 7 March 2023, competition authorities carried out dawn raids in a number of jurisdictions at the premises of businesses active in the...
Feb 22, 2023 CAT rules that CMA information gathering powers have limited extraterritorial reach By Gustaf Duhs As reported here, BMW and VW challenged the extraterritorial reach of CMA information gathering powers under s26 of the Competition Act...
Jan 17, 2023 BMW and VW challenge the extraterritorial reach of CMA information gathering powers By Gustaf Duhs On 8 December 2022, the CMA imposed administrative fines on BMW AG for having failed to comply with an information request under s26 of...
Nov 18, 2022 UK government orders reverse of Chinese takeover of Britain’s largest chip plant By David Draper The UK government has this week published a decision concerning a £63m takeover of Newport semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia Newport...
Nov 09, 2022 Dark patterns: harmful puppeteering or harmless persuasion? By Beverley Flynn Design features used by websites and apps to influence consumer behaviour are under the spotlight, with some earning themselves the...
Sep 27, 2022 Red cards for Glasgow Rangers, JD Sports and Elite Sports By Robert Eriksson As reported here, the CMA issued a Statement of Objections in June 2022 against Elite Sports, JD Sports and Rangers FC, provisionally...
Aug 03, 2022 First blocking of asset deal under NSI Act By Robert Eriksson The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recently issued a final order under the National Security...
Jun 10, 2022 No protected costs position for the CMA By Robert Eriksson On 25 May 2022, the Supreme Court (UKSC) overturned the Court of Appeal’s costs ruling in the Pfizer/Flynn case regarding excessive...
Jun 09, 2022 Red cards for Glasgow Rangers, JD Sports and Elite Sports? By Robert Eriksson The CMA has issued a Statement of Objections against Elite Sports, JD Sports and Rangers FC, provisionally finding that they broke...
May 20, 2022 Dawn raids in fashion again... By Robert Eriksson The European Commission has announced it carried out dawn raids on 17 June on the premises of companies in the fashion industry in...
May 13, 2022 PGA Tour refuses to release players for LIV Golf Saudi league - what next? By Charles Maurice The PGA Tour has refused to grant a release to PGA Tour members to allow them to play in the opening event of the LIV Golf series at...
Apr 13, 2022 Definition of excessive pricing in pharma cases re-tweaked? By Robert Eriksson The CMA’s full text decision in the long-running Hydrocortisone case, originally initiated in 2016 and in which the CMA imposed record...