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...
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...
24 Jan, 2023 Apple seeks to block CMA’s cloud gaming market investigation By Matthew Hunt On Friday it emerged that Apple is challenging the CMA’s decision to carry out a market investigation into browsers and cloud gaming...
19 Oct, 2022 New podcast: Luke & Naomi's FRAND-ly Chat By Bristows After you've written, spoken and presented on a topic, it's only natural to get a podcast! Bristows is delighted to announce the premiere...
19 Oct, 2022 Diagnosis and prognosis – tech competition class actions in the UK By Sophie Lawrance I had the opportunity to speak earlier this week in Brussels at Informa's Competition Law in the Digital Era conference, in a panel...
30 May, 2022 UK Supreme Court settles starting point for costs awards against public bodies By Matthew Hunt The CMA's investigation into the suspected unfair pricing of phenytoin sodium capsules started in May 2013. Needless to say, it has been...
15 Feb, 2022 Solicitors must stand up to clients and not "behave like schoolchildren in the playground" By Wes Walker A colourful judgment last week in the intellectual property list is a sobering reminder that solicitors need to rise above "bad-tempered...
01 Feb, 2022 Witnesses should attend trial in person (even if they live a 13-hour flight away) By Wes Walker Speedread and practical tips Two decisions in the Commercial Court last week make it crystal clear that the court expects witnesses to...
24 Nov, 2021 Director disqualification in a private competition damages claim - Blue sky thinking, or on a different Planet? By Sophie Lawrance An intriguing new claim has been lodged in recent weeks before the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Blue Planet Holdings' claim involves not...
13 Oct, 2021 Epic Games and Apple both [app]eal antitrust judgment By Matthew Hunt Last month I jotted down a few thoughts on the ND California judgment in Epic and Apple's dispute over in-app payments on the App Store....
24 Sep, 2021 Epic Games v Apple: what's the verdict? By Matthew Hunt In August 2020 Epic Games took on Apple in an all guns blazing attempt to open up app distribution and in-app payment on the App Store....