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Labour Markets: Two EC Firsts In EU Antitrust Enforcement

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participation in a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Baker Botts LLP

The Search For The Perfect Property Controls Guidance Continues – Reviewing The Latest From The Competition Bureau

With amendments made over the past few years to the Competition Act's abuse of dominance and civil anti-competitive agreements provisions...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McMillan LLP

European Commission – EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement Proposal Adopted

The European Commission has adopted proposals for Council decisions to sign and conclude the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement...

European Union Anti-trust

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Nazali

EU Commission Fines Food Delivery Companies €329 Million, Targeting No-Poach Agreements And Anticompetitive Market Sharing

On June 2, 2025, the European Commission announced a substantial fine of €329 million against an online food delivery company (Delivery Hero), active in multiple EU member States, as a result of anticompetitive information sharing, no-poach, and market-sharing agreements ...

European Union Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

Competition Law Update - June 2025

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Building A Greener Future: CMA Issues Guidance To The Builders Merchants Federation

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Antitrust On The Menu: No-Poach Deals And Minority Stakes Stir Up The Food Delivery Sector

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

Open And Shut? Lessons From The CMA's Microsoft/OpenAI Merger Inquiry

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Employers Take Note: CMA Imposes First Ever Fines For Anti-competitive Employment Practices

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Antitrust In Focus - May 2025

Worldwide Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Levelling The Playing Field: CMA's Powers Narrowed In Pro-Growth Shift

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Baker Botts LLP

UK Government's 2025 Strategic Priorities For The CMA: Key Insights For Businesses And Investors

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Drilling Down On The Details: CMA Provisionally Accepts Complex Phase 1 Remedies In Schlumberger/ChampionX Merger

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

CMA Publishes Consumer Detriment Insights

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

What Every Commercial Landlord Needs To Know About Tenant Lease Breaches

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Ronald Fletcher Baker

GLP-1: Implications For Retail (Video)

United Kingdom Consumer

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AlixPartners

Building Safety Levy: Key Things Developers Need To Know Now To Plan Ahead

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Addleshaw Goddard

Digging Deep To Avoid Scratching The Surface: The Quest For Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Solutions Continues

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

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Labour Markets: Two EC Firsts In EU Antitrust Enforcement

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of EUR 329 million for participation in a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

BB

Baker Botts LLP

The Search For The Perfect Property Controls Guidance Continues – Reviewing The Latest From The Competition Bureau

With amendments made over the past few years to the Competition Act's abuse of dominance and civil anti-competitive agreements provisions...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McMillan LLP

European Commission – EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement Proposal Adopted

The European Commission has adopted proposals for Council decisions to sign and conclude the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement...

European Union Anti-trust

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Nazali

FTC Maintains A More Balanced Focus On Preventing Merger 'Underenforcement'

United Kingdom Commercial

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Caldwell

EU Commission Fines Food Delivery Companies €329 Million, Targeting No-Poach Agreements And Anticompetitive Market Sharing

European Union Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

Competition Law Update - June 2025

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Price Claims In The Travel Sector - What's The Latest?

United Kingdom Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Building A Greener Future: CMA Issues Guidance To The Builders Merchants Federation

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Antitrust On The Menu: No-Poach Deals And Minority Stakes Stir Up The Food Delivery Sector

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

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Cartels, Monopolies

What The UK Procurement Act 2023 Means For Investigations

The Procurement Act 2023 launches a new, post-Brexit procurement regime, with many significant changes to the predecessor regime.

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

Amongst the many changes introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 (the 2023 Act), the ability to exclude bidders and even terminate contracts early, where one of the many grounds for exclusion has been satisfied, has been attracting headlines.

United Kingdom Government

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Macfarlanes LLP

EU Penalizes RPM And Other Vertical Conduct Violations

The level of fines imposed for infringements relating to vertical and other non-cartel conduct increased ten-fold in 2024, reversing a trend of decline in recent years.

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

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Trade Regulation & Practices

Non-Competition Clauses In Commercial Contracts

It is common for contracts between businesses to contain provisions that are aimed at preventing one of the parties from competing against the other (often called "restraint of trade" clauses).

United Kingdom Commercial

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Dixcart UK

Merger Control Comparative Guide

Merger Control Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of UK, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mishcon de Reya

When Will EU Law Apply After Brexit?

After 11.00pm on Brexit day (i.e. 29 March 2019 unless parliament and the EU decides otherwise), EU law will stop applying in the UK.

European Union Government

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Avoiding Supplier Lock-In And Data Lock-Out (Video)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Kemp IT Law

Preparations For Post-Brexit UK State Aid Regime

United Kingdom International

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Hewitsons LLP

Hard Or Soft Brexit: What Happens To Merger Reviews?

European Union Anti-trust

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Arnold & Porter

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Confirms Ban On Online Sales Is Inherently Restrictive Of Competition

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Cooley LLP

European Commission Opens Phase II Investigation Into Proposed Acquisition Of Alstom By Siemens

European Union Anti-trust

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Shoosmiths

In Search Of The ‘Honest Broker' – Choice And Control In Disrupted Retail Markets

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

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EU Law/ Regulatory

Rebate Schemes And Discount Practices By Dominant Companies Under EU Competition Law: "Tomra" Appeal Decision

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently handed down a significant decision holding that the Tomra Group (Tomra) had abused its dominant position.

European Union Anti-trust

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Dechert

Standards: Is Failure to License on FRAND Terms a Breach of EU Competition Rules?

EU competition law as it relates to licensing of intellectual property rights.

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Privatizations: Substantive and Procedural Implications Under EU Competition Law

The term "privatization" refers to the sale of a state-owned business to private investors.

European Union Anti-trust

MB

Mayer Brown

UK Proposals To Increase Private Enforcement Of Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

European Antitrust & Competition - April 2012

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Commission Smash Window Cartel And 'Freighten' Others

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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MacRoberts

EU/UK Competition Law Newsletter - April 2012

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods LLP

UK Government Proposes Changes To Competition Laws, Including Criminal Cartel Offence

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

Abusive Pricing: ECJ Clarifies Rules On Selective Discounts And Below-Cost Selling

European Union Anti-trust

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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