Sep 30, 2024 Changes to the CPR taking effect on 1 October 2024: Power to compel ADR By Wes Walker Last year, the Court of Appeal in Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 141 decided that courts in England...
Jul 25, 2024 DMCC Act: Private enforcement & competition litigation By Matthew Hunt Competition litigation is on the rise. Data from litigation analytics firm Solomonic (here) charts a substantial increase in the...
Jun 25, 2024 Biotech Review of the Year: Six months on By Bristows LLP It's hard to believe that six months have passed since we released the 11th edition of our Biotech Review of the Year publication. Our...
Sep 21, 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...
Apr 03, 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...
Mar 16, 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...
Jan 24, 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...
Oct 19, 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...
Oct 19, 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...
May 30, 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...
Feb 15, 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...
Feb 01, 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...