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Anti-Competitive Behaviour By Employers – Beware The CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority is increasingly looking at anti-competitive labour market practices. We discuss what employers need to know in light of a recent infringement decision.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

The UK Consumer Law Revolution: CMA Publishes Long-awaited Guidance

Most of the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act 2024 came into force on 6 April 2025.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

The CMA's New Consumer Protection Enforcement Powers

The CMA has finalised its guidance on its new consumer protection enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA)...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Is This The Largest Advertising Related Fine In British Legal History?

The United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recently concluded an extensive investigation into collusion within the automotive industry...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Is This The Largest Advertising Related Fine In British Legal History?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

New UK Consumer Protection Regime To Go Live 6 April 2025

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Brave New World? CMA Reviews Its Approach To Merger Remedies

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Admissions Of Gilt: CMA Settles UK Government Bonds Investigation

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Fake Reviews And Drip Pricing: The DMCC Act Expanding Enforcement Powers Of The Competitions And Markets Authority

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herrington Carmichael

Consumer Law Update: CMA Issues Final Annual Plan

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Merging Priorities: Impact Of 'Pro-Growth Agenda' On UK Merger Control

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

Tomorrow's Outlook: Cloudy With A Chance Of Savings?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

EU Penalizes RPM And Other Vertical Conduct Violations

European Union Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Global Cartel Fines See Dramatic Drop

Worldwide Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Monthly Regulatory Newsletter – March 2025

Worldwide Finance

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RQC Group

Court Holds Contractor's Payment Notice And Pay Less Notice Were Both Valid Despite Being Sent At Same Time

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso (Podcast)

United Kingdom Commercial

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Addleshaw Goddard

Design And Design Life: Understanding Your Obligations (Video)

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Fenwick Elliott LLP

Legal Remedies For Invasive Bamboo: Protecting Your Property

United Kingdom Real Estate

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Higgs LLP

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Antitrust, EU Competition

The AdLaw Insights Podcast (Ep 5): The Consumer Law REVOLUTION Finally Arrives

It's finally here! The long-awaited piece of legislation that changes the face of consumer law in the UK is in force. The snappily titled Digital Markets...

United Kingdom Consumer

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Lewis Silkin

Anti-Competitive Behaviour By Employers – Beware The CMA

The Competition and Markets Authority is increasingly looking at anti-competitive labour market practices. We discuss what employers need to know in light of a recent infringement decision.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

What's Next For Future Of Payments?

The UK's Payments landscape has advanced substantially in recent years. There are several in-flight plans and initiatives across the payments sector...

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

The UK Consumer Law Revolution: CMA Publishes Long-awaited Guidance

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Fake Reviews Ban: What UK Businesses Need To Know From 6 April 2025

United Kingdom Consumer

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Hunters

The CMA's New Consumer Protection Enforcement Powers

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Received An Adverse ASA Decision? The CMA Might Be Coming For You Next!

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Lewis Silkin

Received An Adverse ASA Decision? The CMA Might Be Coming For You Next!

United Kingdom Media & IT

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Is This The Largest Advertising Related Fine In British Legal History?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

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Cartels, Monopolies

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

Overall, the number of immunity/leniency cases decided in 2024 (21) was broadly in line with 2023 (19) and 2022 (18).

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

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

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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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

Podcast: An Introduction To Patent Settlement Agreements And Pay-for-delay

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Bristows

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