8/6/2026 10:22:37 AM You can’t take something for nothing: Court of Appeal allows class representative to pursue user damages in competition claims By Alex Evans Madeleine Brown Lara Gardiner The Court of Appeal has rejected Meta’s challenge to Class Representative Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s amendment of her pleadings to include...
8/5/2026 9:40:06 AM Competition law update - August 2026 By Matthew Redfern Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, which explores recent competition law developments across the UK and EU. In this...
8/5/2026 8:51:37 AM ROGON, RRC Sports and the football ecosystem: CJEU tackles the scope of the public-interest exception By Christophe Humpe Matthew Pimley Greg Dowell In ROGON and Others, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) clarified the scope of the Wouters/Meca-Medina doctrine, under...
8/5/2026 8:38:39 AM Google Android: CJEU confirms €4.125bn fine and supports European Commission position on exclusionary abuses By Christophe Humpe Matthew Redfern Greg Dowell The EU Court of Justice (CJEU) has handed down its judgment in Google and Alphabet v Commission, dismissing Google’s appeal against the...
7/28/2026 11:06:07 AM When has a subsidy been granted? Insights from recent cases By Fiona Beattie Greg Dowell Blaise Kingan As with any new legislative regime, there are a number of key questions surrounding the interpretation and scope of the Subsidy Control...
7/24/2026 8:55:07 AM The FSR at three: potentially higher filing thresholds, but no change of course from the Commission By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell Three years after the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force, the European Commission has published its first statutory...
7/23/2026 3:10:38 PM CJEU confirms competition authorities’ information-gathering powers, but introduces additional protection for data on personal devices By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell Julia Kingwill On 16 July 2026, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in joined cases Imagens Médicas Integradas (IMI), Synlabhealth...
7/20/2026 3:13:10 PM The likely implications for UK competition policy of Andy Burnham’s premiership By Christophe Humpe Greg Dowell Former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has taken the reins as Labour leader and the UK’s new Prime Minister, having only recently...
7/17/2026 12:02:37 PM More screenings, but fewer interventions: what the UK's latest NSIA figures tell dealmakers By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell The UK Cabinet Office has published its fifth Annual Report on the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), covering the period...
7/16/2026 9:26:37 AM Representative of instrument purchasers strikes wrong note with Tribunal over transparency obligations By Simon Day Alex Evans Madeleine Brown The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved the withdrawal of five proposed opt-out claims against manufacturers of musical instruments,...
7/15/2026 3:25:37 PM The new EU FDI Screening Regulation: (un)welcome changes for dealmakers By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell Regulation (EU) 2026/1386 on the screening of foreign investments (the Regulation) enters into force on 16 July 2026 and applies...
7/9/2026 9:23:37 AM Apple fails in bid to decertify collective proceedings on behalf of app developers By Alex Evans Madeleine Brown The Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused an application by Apple to decertify a pending opt-out class action on behalf of app...
7/1/2026 4:55:37 PM Vivendi/Lagardère: EU General Court dismisses human rights objections and confirms Commission’s broad information-gathering powers in merger investigations By Foad Hoseinian Greg Dowell Julia Kingwill Both Vivendi and Lagardère sought the annulment of information requests issued by the European Commission in the context of an ongoing...
6/26/2026 11:25:36 AM Unpacking the CMA’s proposed new approach to merger efficiencies By Christophe Humpe Greg Dowell After a period of extensive engagement with businesses, advisers and economists, the CMA published on 3 June its draft revised guidance...
6/25/2026 8:27:07 AM Competition Appeal Tribunal’s collective settlement distribution ruling upheld following funder’s judicial review By Alex Evans Leyla Garahan The High Court has delivered the first judicial review (JR) decision in an application concerning a settlement under the UK’s collective...
6/16/2026 11:07:37 AM Getting down to business? CMA opens investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem By Christophe Humpe Matthew Jones Greg Dowell On 14 May 2026, the CMA launched a strategic market status investigation (SMSI) into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem under the...