2/4/2026 3:27:36 PM Competition law update - February 2026 By Matthew Redfern Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, which explores recent competition law developments across the UK and EU. 2025 was in...
2/4/2026 1:01:36 PM Old economy, old rules: Bronner doctrine survives Lukoil test By Christophe Humpe Matthew Jones Uwen Yap Greg Dowell +1 more... Show less The strict criteria laid down in the EU Court of Justice's (CJEU) landmark Bronner judgment have often been deployed by dominant firms as...
1/30/2026 5:02:37 PM Refining the UK competition regime: proposals to change mergers and markets investigations By Greg Dowell Fiona Beattie The Government has issued a consultation entitled "Refining Our Competition Regime" (the Consultation), on a package of proposed...
1/26/2026 10:12:36 AM What does 2026 have in store for UK listed companies? By Richard Burrows Rasmus Berglund Caja Griesenbach Our experts review key trends shaping the future of UK listed companies in 2026. Passives take control In previous editions we have...
1/16/2026 5:41:07 PM UK and EU Competition Law and Policy: what to look out for in 2026 By Christophe Humpe Greg Dowell 2025 was a tumultuous year for UK and EU competition enforcement and policy. In this article, we take a look at the key developments that...
1/14/2026 10:30:06 AM Supreme Court clarifies the test for determining whether collective proceedings should be brought on an opt-out basis By Simon Day Alex Evans In a landmark judgment in the UK's collective proceedings regime, Evans (Respondent) v Barclays Bank Plc and others (Appellants), the...
12/19/2025 12:19:37 PM AI tools under the antitrust spotlight, as Commission opens abuse of dominance cases into both Meta and Google By Greg Dowell Foad Hoseinian The European Commission has opened twin investigations into Meta and Google’s conduct in relation to generative AI assistants and related...
12/18/2025 3:57:07 PM Intel saga may finally be at an end, as EU General Court imposes reduced fine for "naked restrictions" By Greg Dowell Foad Hoseinian On 10 December 2025, the EU General Court (the Court) ruled on Intel’s latest appeal against fines imposed on it by the European...
12/4/2025 2:11:39 PM Competition Law Update – December 2025 By Matthew Jones Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, which explores recent competition law developments across the UK and EU. As 2025 draws...
12/4/2025 11:54:07 AM Key takeaways from the CMA’s first round of SMS designations By Caja Griesenbach Greg Dowell Matthew Pimley Blaise Kingan +1 more... Show less The CMA’s designations of both Apple and Google as having “strategic market status” were a watershed moment for the regulation of digital...
12/1/2025 5:20:07 PM European Commission conditionally approves ADNOC–Covestro deal, following second in-depth FSR merger investigation By Greg Dowell Foad Hoseinian On 17 November 2025, the European Commission conditionally approved, under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), Abu Dhabi National Oil...
11/27/2025 12:20:48 PM Clarifying the boundaries of abuse of dominance: Competition Appeal Tribunal dismisses Boundary Fares collective proceedings By Balint Egri Robyn Welham Simon Day The Competition Appeal Tribunal has handed down its judgment in three parallel opt-out collective proceedings concerning rail Boundary...
11/19/2025 2:25:37 PM Protecting the Single Market: vertical restraints back in focus By Greg Dowell Foad Hoseinian Over the past eighteen months, the European Commission has (re-) intensified its scrutiny of resale price maintenance (RPM), online sales...
11/14/2025 3:48:38 PM Wake up call: CJEU's modafinil judgment highlights risks in patent settlement side deals By Greg Dowell Roque Botas Armero Uwen Yap On 23 October 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) upheld the Commission’s 2020 decision fining Teva and Cephalon a...
11/12/2025 4:20:07 PM CMA confirms evolution in its approach to merger remedies with new draft guidance By Greg Dowell Matthew Jones Almost a year after it was first announced, the outcome of the CMA’s high-profile review of its approach to merger remedies has become...
10/30/2025 12:32:09 PM Competition Appeal Tribunal makes first damages award under collective proceedings regime By Simon Day Alex Evans The Competition Appeal Tribunal has made its first damages award under the UK’s collective proceedings regime, in favour of a class of...