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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)

The High Court decision in Blade Motor Group Limited v Reynolds & Reynolds Limited in May this year, serves some useful lessons to software customers on the risks with being locked-in to a supplier relationship and locked out of accessing your data.

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

Self-Supply Or Help To Buy? Ofwat, Self-Supply And The Role Of TPIs

United Kingdom Energy

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Scotch Whisky Association Toasts Success In Europe In "Geographical Indication" Battle

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

More Liberal Approach To Competition Assessment Of Rebates Granted By Dominant Companies

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Clyde & Co

Luxury Goods: Protecting Their Brand Image

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mishcon de Reya

Same Brand, Different Quality: The EU Commission Gives Guidance On Dual Quality Products

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Fieldfisher

Brand Security In A Modern World: Author Q&A - Kirsten Gilbert (Video)

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Could Heart Transplant Waiting Lists Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

The Long-awaited Draft Framework For The UK Regulatory Regime For Cryptoassets Has Arrived

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

Temu's Back On Top... But For How Long? 2025's Retail Growth Story

Worldwide Commercial

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AlixPartners

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Tesco To Pay Compensation Of £85 M And Further Fine Of £129 M For Market Abuse

On 28 March 2017, the FCA announced that Tesco plc and Tesco Stores Limited ("Tesco") had agreed to committing market abuse in relation to a trading update published on 29 August 2014.

United Kingdom Criminal

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Jones Day

European Commission To Enforce Competition Law Against Suppliers Who Restrict E-Commerce

The European Commission (EC) has now published its final report on the e-commerce sector inquiry.

European Union Anti-trust

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Dentons

Of Blackberrys, Pineapples And Trade

Free trade helped power a dramatic rise in living standards in the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Deloitte

UK Competition And Markets Authority Publishes Order To Implement Retail Banking Market Investigation Remedies

On February 2, 2017, the UK Competition and Markets Authority published The Retail Banking Market Investigation Order 2017.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Competition Appeal Tribunal Refuses Interim Relief In Pharma Pricing Case

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Latham & Watkins

Important New Guidelines For Advertising Prices To UK Consumers

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

European Commission Publishes Draft Regulation Prohibiting Geo-Blocking By Online Traders And Content Publishers

European Union Consumer

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

A Customer-Focused Rail Industry? The Office For Rail And Road Produces Its Retail Market Review

United Kingdom Transport

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Dentons

Brexit - The Impact On EU Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

High Court Rules Software = Goods In Commercial Agency Relationship

United Kingdom Media & IT

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RWK Goodman

Competition News June 2016

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

The Potential Impact Of Brexit On UK Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Taylor Wessing

Trade Defence Instruments - Would Brexit Save The UK's Steel Industry?

United Kingdom International

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Gowling WLG

Commission Set To Say Goodbye To The Insurance Block Exemption

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

Competition News June 2016

Competition News June 2016.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

The Potential Impact Of Brexit On UK Competition Law

EU competition law aspires to create a level playing field of undistorted competition within the European Single Market, seeking to promote economic efficiency...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Taylor Wessing

Trade Defence Instruments - Would Brexit Save The UK's Steel Industry?

Tata Steel's recent decision to sell its Port Talbot steel plant has prompted public outcry, shining a spotlight on the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of EU trade defence and laws prohibiting certain types of State aid.

United Kingdom International

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Gowling WLG

Commission Set To Say Goodbye To The Insurance Block Exemption

The insurance industry currently benefits from the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (Regulation 267/2010) (IBER), which is due to expire on 31 March 2017. IBER exempts from the competition rules, subject to certain conditions, agreements between (re)insurers to exchange information in the form of joint compilations, tables and studies, and the common coverage of certain types of risk via co-(re)insurance pools.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

What Would Brexit Mean For The Pharma Industry?

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Deloitte

EU Dawn Raids: The Updated Inspection Explanatory Note Sends A Clear Message

On 11 September 2015, the European Commission released an updated version of its Explanatory Note on Inspections pursuant to Article 20(4) of Council Regulation N° 1/2003.

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

What Is Really Wrong With The New Criminal Cartel Offence?

Too broad, too limited: and too far and too fast. Over the summer, a jury took less than three hours to acquit two businessmen in the galvanised tank industry who had been charged with price fixing.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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RWK Goodman

Article 95 BPR – The Issue Of Listing A Group Of Companies

According to the first document (CA-May15-Doc.4.13-Final "Compliance with and enforcement of Article 95"), authorities could ask companies to provide a self-declaration (indicating how they comply with Article 95).

European Union Energy

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Fieldfisher

The Competition And Markets Authority's Consultation On "Competition In Passenger Rail Services In Great Britain"

On 17 July 2015, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its consultation document regarding competition in passenger rail services in Great Britain.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

Two-Headed Monsters: Regulators With Competition Powers And Lessons For The FCA

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

Jurisdiction In Follow-On Damages Claims AG Jääskinen's Opinion In The Hydrogen Peroxide Case

European Union Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

FCA's Competition Law Concurrency Guidance

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

New Redress Powers For The Competition Tribunal—Collective Actions/Settlements, Injunctions And Fast Track

United Kingdom Consumer

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

2014: The Year Air Cargo Took Off

European Union Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

$234.5 Million Settlements In FX Antitrust Litigation In The US

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

Appeals To The EU Court Of Justice In Relation To Competition Law

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Reduced Competition Can Increase Risk

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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ICSA

Yet Another Reminder Of The Risks Of Trade Association Membership

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods LLP

CMA Publishes Guidance For Company Secretaries

United Kingdom Commercial

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ICSA

Parliament Set To Bolster Private Competition Actions

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

European Commission Is Appealing The Belgian Court’s Judgment On Damages Against Elevators And Escalators Manufacturers

European Union Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

Small And Local

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Fieldfisher

Key Unanswered Questions We Have About The FCA's New Concurrent Competition Powers

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Dentons

Damages Actions For Competition Law Infringements In The EU – New Law Finally Adopted

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

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