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 Sara Derhab 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 Sara Derhab 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11/12/2025 4:20:07 PM CMA confirms evolution in its approach to merger remedies with new draft guidance By Greg Dowell Matthew Jones Almost a year after it was first announced, the outcome of the CMA’s high-profile review of its approach to merger remedies has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...
10/3/2025 2:16:10 PM Competition Law Update - October 2025 By Rachel Carter Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, which explores recent competition law and investment screening developments across the...
10/3/2025 9:10:08 AM The FSR two years in: filings surge; substantive enforcement and guidance lag By Greg Dowell Foad Hoseinian Roque Botas Armero Sara Derhab +1 more... Show less As we approach the second anniversary of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entering into full force1, the European Commission is...
10/2/2025 2:07:38 PM Rowntree v PRS: unpacking the first collective proceedings strike-out ruling By Balint Egri Matthew Redfern Simon Day As highlighted in our previous update on this case, in August the Competition Appeal Tribunal (the Tribunal) struck out and summarily...
9/22/2025 2:08:38 PM Competing for talent: what employers need to know By Greg Dowell Fiona Beattie Kayleigh Leonie HR and employment practices continue to be a focus for UK and EU competition authorities. Following its first finding of infringement for...
9/19/2025 11:21:37 AM Google AdTech case highlights growing politicisation of competition enforcement, but Commission holds firm in issuing landmark fine By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell On 5 September 2025 the European Commission made headlines around the world by announcing the imposition of a €2.95bn fine against Google...
9/10/2025 1:46:38 PM With permission to appeal denied, failure of first UK collective proceedings to reach a full trial highlights challenges for future claimants By Rachel Carter Greg Dowell Simon Day In February this year, we examined in detail the first ever substantive judgment under the UK’s collective action regime, in the case of...
9/3/2025 9:21:38 AM Who knew what, and when? High Court ruling in FTDI Holdings reinforces the Government’s wide-ranging NSIA call-in powers By Greg Dowell Fiona Beattie The High Court recently upheld a final order issued under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA) requiring the Chinese...
8/5/2025 4:25:38 PM Advantage, public authorities? CAT rules no economic advantage granted to borrower, in only its second subsidy control decision By Fiona Beattie Matthew Jones The judgment in Weis v Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which is only the second case brought challenging the award of a subsidy...