10/14/2026 3:52:29 PM Time’s up for fake countdowns: CMA hands out £6 million in fines By Naina Patel The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today announced fines totalling £6 million against three businesses for misleading sales...
10/12/2026 8:30:47 AM DBIST consultation on competition collective actions and investigations: Bristows' response By Sophie Lawrance Bristows was pleased to respond to the recent DBIST consultation into the future of competition redress and enforcement in the UK....
10/8/2026 2:25:35 PM Anticompetitive agreements in the pharmaceutical sector in United Kingdom By Sophie Lawrance Sean-Paul Brankin James Batsford Xisca Borrás Jamie Hatzel +2 more... Show less Our latest contribution to Lexology Panoramic: Pharmaceutical Antitrust 2026 provides an overview of the UK competition law framework as...
9/15/2026 2:44:56 PM The future of collective competition actions: Last chance to comment on key DBIST consultation - practical points for (potential) defendants By Sophie Lawrance "Yes to strong enforcement… no to excessive cost [and] undue complexity". Following a preliminary consultation, the Department for...
8/11/2026 9:07:24 AM Spotlight on agentic AI | Agentic AI and competition law By Victoria Yuan Tom Sharpe Vik Khurana Key takeawaysBusinesses are liable for commercial decisions made by agentic AI, including those made by third party AI systems. Systems...
8/10/2026 11:22:04 AM UK Government to bring forward new subscription rules By Jamie Cox-Deakins We have written previously on the changes to subscription contracts imposed by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024,...
8/5/2026 10:43:04 AM Emma Sleep reference pricing judgment: CMA’s volume requirement put to bed By Matthew Hunt Antonia Kendrick The CMA’s investigation into Emma Sleep (Emma) has been running since 2022. In the latest twist, the High Court has rejected the CMA’s...
7/30/2026 12:31:32 PM Update: Court of Appeal hands down judgment in second-hand software dispute By Anna Cook The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment relating to the ongoing Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) dispute between JJH Enterprises...
7/29/2026 4:54:08 PM Microsoft, Copilot and subscription transparency: CMA opens new consumer protection investigation By Naina Patel The latest UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation has recently been announced, this time looking into Microsoft’s...
7/17/2026 11:47:08 AM Fine print, fines, and fairness: Consumer law lessons from the private parking sector By Jamie Cox-Deakins On 16 July the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a suite of actions for the private parking sector aimed at ensuring...
7/17/2026 9:24:10 AM Say what you like about the competition! No fines for Sanofi in EC disparagement case By Sean-Paul Brankin On 26 June, the European Commission (EC) announced the opening of a competition law investigation into allegations of a campaign of...
6/25/2026 3:49:11 PM A bitter pill: Court of Appeal restores CMA’s Phenytoin excessive pricing decision By Edwin Bond Iva Gobac On 19 June 2026, the Court of Appeal (CoA) issued its judgment in Pfizer/Flynn v CMA, drawing a line under the long-running UK phenytoin...