10/5/2026 3:27:38 PM Second bite of the Apple: CAT partially approves certification of failed Riefa claim By Simon Day Alex Evans Zoe Carter Madeleine Brown +1 more... Show less The Competition Appeal Tribunal has approved part of a collective proceedings originally brought by Professor Riefa against Apple and...
10/5/2026 1:30:07 PM Competition law update - October 2026 By Christian Leighton Welcome to the October 2026 edition of our newsletter, which explores recent competition law developments across the UK and EU. The end...
10/5/2026 12:10:43 PM Pace and pastries: how two bakery mergers sped through CMA review By Caja Griesenbach Christian Leighton Blaise Kingan Greg Dowell +1 more... Show less The CMA has made it its mission to speed up the Phase 1 and Phase 2 merger investigation process in the UK. Through the lens of...
10/5/2026 12:00:41 PM Taking stock of the first 18 months of the CMA’s new direct consumer enforcement regime By Caja Griesenbach Christian Leighton Matthew Pimley Greg Dowell +1 more... Show less On 6 April 2025, the CMA’s new consumer protection enforcement powers under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024...
10/2/2026 4:31:38 PM Presumptions retained but reframed: the Commission’s final guidelines on exclusionary abuses of dominance By Christophe Humpe Greg Dowell Tarnjeet Singh The European Commission has published its long-awaited guidelines on the application of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of...
10/2/2026 4:07:37 PM Phone going mobile results in landmark CMA fines on construction company staff for obstructing a dawn raid By Fiona Beattie Greg Dowell Tarnjeet Singh On 24 September 2026, the CMA fined construction firm M&J Group (Construction & Roofing) Ltd (M&J) and two staff members a total of...
9/24/2026 11:54:37 AM Few surprises, as the CMA finalises its revised approach to merger efficiencies By Caja Griesenbach Rachel Carter Megan Humphreys Greg Dowell +1 more... Show less After launching a review process at the beginning of 2026, and publishing draft guidance for consultation in June, the CMA has now...
9/7/2026 4:12:37 PM Broadcom/VMware: EU General Court again weighs in favour of Commission’s broad information gathering powers By Foad Hoseinian Julia Kingwill Greg Dowell The General Court has dismissed a request by Broadcom (and its subsidiary VMware) to suspend information requests issued by the European...
8/24/2026 9:06:40 AM UK Subsidy Control: keep calm and carry on By Fiona Beattie Greg Dowell Blaise Kingan On 25 June 2026, the CMA Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU) released its first report on the effectiveness of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the...
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...