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Football Governance Act Becomes Law In Historic Moment For English Football

Following Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, the Football Governance Act ushers in the statutory regulation of men's elite football in England. The implementation of the Independent Football Regulator...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

UK Competition And Markets Authority Enforces Ban On Fake Reviews

On 25 July 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it has been actively reviewing websites to ascertain levels of compliance following the 2024 legislative...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

UK Government Consults On Expanding NSIA Mandatory Regime To Include Water Sector And Streamlining Changes

On 22 July 2025, the UK government launched a long-awaited consultation on proposed amendments to the National Security and Investment Act 2021...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CMA Announces Proposals To 'Transform' Its Market Interventions

The CMA has announced a "timely shift" in how it intends to use its market intervention powers (which we have recapped at the bottom of this blog post)...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

CMA Sweeps Websites For Compliance With New Law On Consumer Reviews

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Flight Mode: Bristol Airport Challenges Cardiff Airport Subsidy

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Square One

Brussels vs Big Tech: Unpacking The First DMA Non-compliance Decisions

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

The UK's Competition And Markets Authority Prepares To Regulate Apple And Google App Stores

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Steptoe LLP

European Commission – Publication Of Informal Guidance On Sustainability Agreements For Port Operators

European Union Anti-trust

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Nazali

HR Briefing: Competition And Employment (Podcast)

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Competition Watchdog Is On The Prowl So Business Must Be Alert

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Merricks v Mastercard Settlement: A Landmark Judgment And Its Implications For Funders

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

UK Collective Proceedings: Mid-2025 Review

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Arnold & Porter

Litigation Funding Post-PACCAR: Clarity Provided By The Court Of Appeal

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

ThinkHouse TUPE Club: Key Questions On A Service Provision Change (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

UK Immigration Overhaul – Key Changes From 22 July 2025

United Kingdom Immigration

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WestBridge Business Immigration

If A Child Has An EHCP In Place, Do They Also Need A Care Plan? (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

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

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

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Antitrust, EU Competition

Football Governance Act Becomes Law In Historic Moment For English Football

Following Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, the Football Governance Act ushers in the statutory regulation of men's elite football in England. The implementation of the Independent Football Regulator...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

National Security & Investment Act - 4th Annual Report (2024/25)

Read the PDF of this publication below. Alternatively you can download to print, to save for later or for a different experience.

United Kingdom Government

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Travers Smith LLP

UK Competition And Markets Authority Enforces Ban On Fake Reviews

On 25 July 2025, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it has been actively reviewing websites to ascertain levels of compliance following the 2024 legislative...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Sector Update: Infraestructuras Y Contratación Pública | Nº 7 - Julio 2025

United Kingdom Government

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Year In Review: UK Foreign Direct Investment Regime Set For Reform

United Kingdom Government

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Mayer Brown

UK Government Consults On Expanding NSIA Mandatory Regime To Include Water Sector And Streamlining Changes

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CMA Announces Proposals To 'Transform' Its Market Interventions

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

New CMA Draft Guidance On Price Transparency: What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Consumer

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

The CMA's Direct Consumer Enforcement Powers: Dynamic Pricing, Drip Pricing And Other Updates

United Kingdom Consumer

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Macfarlanes LLP

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Cartels, Monopolies

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

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission ("EC") imposed fines of €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for participating in a cartel to eliminate competitive rivalry in the online food delivery sector across the EEA.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Knights

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

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

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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

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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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Latest Videos

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DMCC Act: What Are The Key Competition Law Reforms? (Video)

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

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

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Subsidy Control In The UK (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Competition Law In The Supply Chain - ThinkHouse (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Ten Things To Think About When Settling Patent Litigation (Video)

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Bristows

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