17 Dec, 2024 Competition in digital markets: comparing the approach across Europe By Francion Brooks Kim Weisser The new digital markets competition regime in the UK, which applies to firms with ‘strategic market status’, will come into force on 1...
28 Nov, 2024 DMCC digital markets competition regime comes into force on 1 Jan 2025 By Francion Brooks The DMCC Act introduces the most significant changes to competition law for over 20 years including a new digital markets competition...
26 Nov, 2024 Is your use of pricing algorithms putting you at risk of competition investigation? By Francion Brooks The CMA recently posted a blog warning about the risks of pricing algorithms. Whilst the CMA acknowledges that the widespread use of such...
11 Nov, 2024 Competition law guidance on designing and implementing selective distribution schemes By Francion Brooks The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has provided guidance on the application of competition law to selective distribution arrangements...
08 Nov, 2024 Google/Anthropic: the latest chapter in the CMA’s scrutiny of generative AI By Edwin Bond Iva Gobac Generative AI has recently become a policy and enforcement priority for competition authorities across the globe1. In our previous post...
07 Nov, 2024 EC pursues Corning for exclusivity obligations - and no-challenge clauses - in relation to Gorilla Glass By Sean-Paul Brankin Yesterday (6 November 2024) the European Commission (EC) issued an unusually detailed press release announcing the formal opening of an...
01 Nov, 2024 EU Commission puts generative AI under the competition law microscope By Edwin Bond Iva Gobac On 19 September 2024, the European Commission (EC) published a Policy Brief on “Competition in Generative AI and Virtual Worlds”. It...
30 Oct, 2024 CJEU confirms that competitors can sue for breaches of the GDPR (using local competition rules) By Francion Brooks Antonia Kendrick The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently confirmed that a competitor, who is not a ‘data subject’ under the GDPR, has...
30 Sep, 2024 Seminal vote to suspend competition law in Guernsey allows merger to complete By James Batsford Stephen Smith Last week the States of Guernsey took the novel and historic step of voting to suspend the application of competition law to allow Sure...
11 Sep, 2024 What’s the story: CMA launches investigation into Ticketmaster over Oasis debacle By Antonia Kendrick Stephen Smith By now, you should’ve somehow realised what you’re not to do On 5 September 2024, the CMA launched an investigation into Ticketmaster...
10 Sep, 2024 DMCC Act: plans for implementation announced By Francion Brooks The Government has set out its plans for implementation of the DMCC Act. In particular, the Government aims to commence the provisions...
02 Sep, 2024 US DoJ takes action against algorithmic pricing scheme By Sean-Paul Brankin The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed an action against RealPage Inc., a provider of pricing software to landlords used in setting...