23 Apr, 2024 Administrative Court (re-)confirms CMA's right to raid domestic premises By Sophie Lawrance I spoke to GCR on 22 April [full article behind paywall] about the Administrative Court judgment on the CMA's appeal of a judgment in...
12 Apr, 2024 CMA's potential competition concerns for Foundation Models/Generative AI By Matthew Hunt The CMA has published an update paper building upon its initial review of Foundation Models (FMs) (the technology underpinning generative...
12 Jan, 2024 European Commission joins UK Competition and Markets Authority in examining application of merger control rules to OpenAI/Microsoft partnership By Sean-Paul Brankin On 9 January 2024, the European Commission (EU) issued a press release announcing that it is reviewing whether Microsoft’s investment in...
11 Dec, 2023 OpenAI/Microsoft partnership attracts attention under UK merger control rules By Sean-Paul Brankin The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has invited comments on whether the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI constitutes a...
11 Oct, 2023 EU Foreign Subsidies Regulations – 10 things businesses need to know before 12 October 2023 By Victoria Yuan Victoria Yuan discusses the FSR's decision to introduce a new mandatory and suspensory notification obligation on parties to large...
21 Sep, 2023 Will Microsoft’s call of duty to restructure Activision deal pay off? By Stephen Smith Victoria Yuan Matthew Hunt James Johnston +1 more... Show less Stephen Smith, Victoria Yuan, Matthew Hunt and James Johnston discuss the CMA's Phase 1 review of the Microsoft/Activision restructured...
04 Jul, 2023 Competition authorities can assess GDPR violations By Matthew Hunt The Bundeskartellamt vs. Facebook saga has now been rumbling on for several years. As a reminder, the case relates to the German...
29 Jun, 2023 The CMA puts AI under the microscope By Sophie Lawrance Charlie Hawes Antonia Kendrick The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently consulted on its decision to carry out an initial review of the AI market. The CMA...
15 May, 2023 UK consumer law proposals under The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill By Alice Esuola-Grant Elisa Lindemann Consumer protection and competition lawyers alike have been waiting with bated breath for the long anticipated updates to the UK’s...
03 Apr, 2023 Apple's challenge of CMA's mobile browsers / cloud gaming investigation bears fruit By Matthew Hunt Back in January I summarised the procedural challenge Apple had made against the CMA's decision to carry out a market investigation into...
16 Mar, 2023 Trends in digital health: Competition law and the use and abuse of data By Sophie Lawrance Edwin Bond This article is the third in our "Trends in digital health" series. From wearable devices that detect diseases to new platforms for...
21 Feb, 2023 The potential for antitrust fines involving algorithms & AI By Matthew Hunt Almost 6 years ago, we wrote a blog post querying whether pricing algorithms might be the European Commission's next antitrust target. ...