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When Hiring Becomes Collusion: What Employers Need To Know About The CMA's 'Competing For Talent' Guidance

For years, competition law has lived in the boardroom, not the HR suite. It was about prices, supply chains and markets, but rarely about people.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Buckles Law

Beyond The Model: What UK And German Courts Expect From Economic Experts In Cartel Damages Litigation

Economic evidence often plays a central role in damages cases associated with infringements of competition law.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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AlixPartners

Cartel Intel – Updates From Our Global Network

As competition authorities across the EU and the UK continue to focus on cartel enforcement, this bulletin provides an update on key developments in recent months.

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EU Fines Delivery Hero And Glovo €329 Million For Labour Market Cartel: Key Takeaways

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) fined Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo a combined €329 million for operating a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Delivery Hero And Glovo Fined For Minority Stake No-poach Agreements

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Knights

What The UK Procurement Act 2023 Means For Investigations

United Kingdom Government

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A&O Shearman

Competition Law And/or National Security Concerns Could Lead To Exclusion From And Termination Of Public Contracts

United Kingdom Government

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Macfarlanes LLP

EU Penalizes RPM And Other Vertical Conduct Violations

European Union Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Global Immunity And Leniency Activity Sees Little Uptick In 2024

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

New UK Procurement Act: Advancing Pro-Growth Agenda With Stricter Measures Against Competition Law Breaches

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

Price Fixing – Traps For The Unwary

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Digitally Enhanced? Key Proposed Updates To The CMA's Mergers And Investigations Guidance

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Home Sweet Home? CMA Granted Domestic Search Warrant On Appeal By English High Court

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Unwelcome Visitors? UK Court Greenlights Domestic Search Warrants In Competition Cases

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Jones Day

What's Happening In NI Employment Law In 2026?

United Kingdom Employment

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Lewis Silkin

Insights From Our Future Of Data Centres Series

Worldwide Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

Employment Winter Newsletter 2025

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

New National Minimum Wage Rates For April 2026

United Kingdom Employment

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didlaw

CSRD And CSDDD Version 2.0 – The EU's Sustainability Framework Redefined

United Kingdom Commercial

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Travers Smith LLP

English High Court Sets Aside Fundamental Rights To Support CMA Raids Of Private Residential Premises | Consequences For Businesses, Their Executives And Employees

The English High Court has issued a landmark judgment confirming the ability of the UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA")...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

WONKA: A Competition Lawyer's Review

Dive into the chocolate river of the latest Wonka movie, where Timothée Chalamet dons the iconic top hat, and find yourself not just in a world of pure imagination...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gunnercooke

Extraterritorial Reach Of CMA Information Gathering Powers: The Fight Continues?

On 17 January 2024, the Court of Appeal found that the UK Competition and Markets Authority ('CMA') has the power to require overseas companies to produce documents and information as part of its competition law investigations.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

Wiretapping: A Valuable Tool For Competition Authorities

In Europe, competition authorities are making increased use of wiretap evidence to sanction anticompetitive activities such as cartels.

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

High Court Rules In UK's Third-Ever Cartel Damages Judgment

European Union Anti-trust

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Osborne Clarke

CMA Can Require Overseas Companies To Produce Documents In Its Competition Law Investigations

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Tribunal Orders Defendants To Share Single Joint Expert In Cartel Damages Claim

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Cases And Precedents

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Arnold & Porter

European Competition Law Newsletter – January 2024

European Union Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods LLP

PSA Automobiles SA v Autoliv AB [2023] CAT 66 – The Competition Appeal Tribunal Orders Three Defendant Groups To Use One Joint Expert At Trial

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

The EU Capacitors Cartel: What Did The Court Of Justice Decide? (Video)

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

When HR Strategies Risk Infringing UK Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

Competition, Construction, Chemicals, Cartel?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Michelmores

The Dekagram: 16th October 2023

United Kingdom Litigation

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Deka Chambers

The EU Capacitors Cartel: What Did The Court Of Justice Decide? (Video)

In 2018, nine Japanese companies were found to have exchanged sensitive pricing information over a 14-year period in breach of EU competition law.

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

When HR Strategies Risk Infringing UK Competition Law

In October 2023, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA) launched an investigation into suspected infringements of UK competition law...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

Competition, Construction, Chemicals, Cartel?

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently announced that it has commenced an investigation into a number of suppliers and industry bodies involved in the supply of chemical...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Michelmores

The Dekagram: 16th October 2023

This week's Dekagram examines whether, and when, service of a claim form can be validly effected on an erroneous address; Lucy Lodewyke looks at an unusual case in which service under CPR Part 6.15 was authorised.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Deka Chambers

Private Enforcement Of EU Competition Law: Recent Developments

European Union Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

European Competition Law Newsletter – July 2023 July 3, 2023

On 1 June 2023, the European Commission adopted important new rules concerning the treatment under EU competition law of horizontal cooperation agreements that impact the EU.

European Union Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods

The Increasing Risk Of Firms Being Excluded From Bidding For Public-Sector Contracts Across Europe Because Of Past Offences Or Misconduct

Contracts awarded by Governments and other public bodies ("contracting authorities") are a major source of business for firms operating in many sectors, including construction, defence...

European Union Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Data Unlocked: The Law Alone Is Not Enough – Why B2B Data Sharing Requires An Ethics-based Approach

Digital technology is evolving quickly, and innovative businesses often find themselves using data in ways that lawmakers have yet to grapple with.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

European Competition Law Newsletter – June 2023

Microsoft's high-profile proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been undergoing merger control review in numerous jurisdictions around the world.

European Union Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods

Trucks: UK Damages Claims, Economic Effects, And Passing-On (Video)

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

Cartel Intel – Eighth Edition Now Published Giving A Consolidated View Of Key Cartel Developments Across EMEA

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The European Commission's Cartel Enforcement Policy And Practice: Current Trends

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

European Competition Review 2022

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McDermott Will & Emery

Confirmation That Instigation And Awareness Of Cartel Activity Is Sufficient To Attract A Fine Under UK Competition Law Following The CMA's Decision In Rangers Football Club

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Leniency - European Commission Published New FAQ Guidance On The Immunity And Fine Reduction 2006 Notice

European Union Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Developments In European Technology Regulation: Digital Markets Act And Digital Services Act

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Competition Damages Update

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy & Regulatory Update No. 88

European Union Coronavirus

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Jones Day

Cartel Intel: Seventh Edition Now Live

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Competition Regulator's Attempts To Disqualify Pharmaceutical Company Directors Is Considered By Nicola Sharp, Of Financial Crime And Regulatory Specialists Rahman Ravelli

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Two-minute Recap Of Competition Law Matters Around The Globe – August 2022

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Kinstellar

Anti-Competitive Cartels, Mistakes Of Law, And Unfair Credit Relationships: Deliberate Concealment And Mistakes Under The Limitation Act 1980

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gatehouse Chambers

HSF Contributes Cartel Definition To First Edition Of Concurrences Global Dictionary Of Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Finding The Right Forum? Samsung's LCD Cartel Contribution Claim Blocked In England

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

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