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4/17/2025 3:26:12 PM

Competition Policy and the Clean Industrial Deal: Let’s be friends

By Alexandra Rogers Jay Modrall

European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera has her work cut out for her. As Commissioner for a Clean, Just and...

4/8/2025 10:39:06 AM

CJEU ruling: Parent company’s domicile may have jurisdiction in competition damages litigation

By Alexandra Rogers Angelos Vlazakis

A recent ruling has provided competition damage claimants with an advantageous option to sue in a parent company’s jurisdiction, while...

4/4/2025 10:23:00 AM

UOKiK exempts from the merger notification obligation extraterritorial JVs with no effect on the Polish market

By Alexandra Rogers Tim Schaper Agnieszka Braciszewska +2 more...

This article has been updated to account for changes to UOKiK’s guidance published on 2 April 2025. On 25 October 2024 and 2 April 2025,...

3/27/2025 5:35:52 PM

FSR improvements coming?

By Jay Modrall

The European Commission is working on guidelines under the EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which it must publish by January 2026,...

3/13/2025 12:45:12 PM

CMA asks for input on merger remedies approach and releases new Mergers Charter

By Ian Giles

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a new Mergers Charter and launched a call for evidence on its approach to...

1/7/2025 9:36:34 AM

Navigating UK competition law: What should you expect in 2025?

By Caroline Thomas Mark Daniels

As the clock ticked past midnight on New Year’s Eve, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had extra reason to celebrate. The...

12/20/2024 11:14:13 AM

German Federal Government unveils proposals for modernizing EU competition law

By Tim Schaper Jens Steger Violetta Bourt +2 more...

Competition wish-list for the new Commission suggests better alignment with German Federal Government Recent months have sparked...

12/18/2024 4:26:28 PM

Our ultimate (but digestible) guide to EU antitrust for 2025

By Alexandra Rogers Sabine Holinde

An eventful year for competition law developments is drawing to a close. 2024 presented us with a new European Commission (EC), the...

12/4/2024 9:25:08 AM

Fashion faux pas! Pierre Cardin and its distributor Ahlers fined for carving up the EU internal market through anticompetitive licensing agreements

By Alexandra Rogers Matej Ovecka

On 28 November 2024, the European Commission (EC) fined French fashion house Pierre Cardin and one of its licensees – Ahlers Group – EUR...

12/2/2024 5:34:15 PM

A brand new approach or business as usual? Executive Vice-President Ribera starts her term as competition chief

By Alexandra Rogers Flupke van den Bogart

The new European Commission (EC) started its five-year term on 1 December 2024. The EU institutions had spent the last six months...

11/18/2024 5:43:45 PM

Nvidia/Run:AI referral: A path forward for “killer acquisitions” after Illumina/Grail?

By Alexandra Rogers Jay Modrall Francesco Salis

In its September 2024 Illumina/Grail judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rebuffed the European Commission’s...

10/20/2024 8:02:43 AM

From SpaceX to Legal Geek: Legal Innovation at its forefront

By Bernhard Fiedler

Sometimes, it's essential to take a step back and reflect on just how much has changed in recent years. Last weekend, my children and I...