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competition law update
10 May 2022 Reform of UK competition law and consumer law regimes
On 20 April 2022, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy ("BEIS") published a response to its July 2021 consultation "Reforming competition…
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COMPETITION uPDATE
23 Jul 2021 UK National Security and Investment Act to come into force in January 2022
On 20 July 2021, the UK Government announced that the substantive provisions of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 ("Act") will come into force on…
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Competition Update
10 May 2021 UK National Security and Investment Act receives Royal Assent
Introduction A new national security new regime On 29 April 2021, the UK National Security and Investment Act ("Act") received Royal Assent. When brought into…
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competition law newsletter | uK
03 Dec 2020 CAT dismisses Facebook application and confirms CMA's wide interim order powers
In a unanimous judgment, the Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed Facebook's application challenging the CMA's refusal to grant certain derogations from an…
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competition law update
11 Nov 2020 UK Government introduces new National Security and Investment regime
On 11 November 2020, the UK Government introduced its National Security and Investment Bill into Parliament, which will significantly strengthen its powers to…
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competition law newsletter | uk
02 Nov 2020 £203m in COVID-19 refunds for Virgin Holidays customers
The CMA announced on 23 October 2020 that it had secured commitments from Virgin Holidays to refund all customers whose package holidays have been and are to…
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competition law newsletter | uk
02 Nov 2020 CMA consumer law push continues - Care UK to refund unfair "shortfall" fees
On 8 October 2020, the CMA announced that Care UK had agreed to refund certain NHS funded residents that had been charged a "shortfall" fee, which the CMA…
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competition law newsletter | UK
30 Sep 2020 Enforcement action against four housing developers and advice on leasehold properties
As part of its investigation into potential breaches of consumer law in the residential leasehold market, the UK Competition and Markets Authority's ("CMA")…
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competition law newsletter | uk
30 Sep 2020 CMA open letter to the weddings sector
The UK Competition and Markets Authority's has published an open letter to businesses in the weddings sector explaining how consumer protection law applies to…
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competition law newsletter | UK
30 Jul 2020 Healthcare provider and consultants fined over £1.2 million for price fixing
Spire Healthcare, a private healthcare provider, and six consultant ophthalmologists have been fined for their roles in facilitating and arranging to fix the…
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competition law newsletter | UK
30 Jun 2020 Continued rise of UK consumer law: Fake online reviews and COVID-19 pricing and cancelations
On 22 May 2020, the CMA launched a consumer enforcement investigation into several major websites that display online reviews, to see if they are taking…
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competition law newsletter | UK
30 Apr 2020 CMA about to deliver first Covid-19 merger control decision?
While some businesses may choose to delay transactions in light of Covid-19, many transactions will continue, in particular if the target is in financial…
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competition law newsletter | UK
28 Feb 2020 First UK fine for failure to respond to market study information request
AppNexus Europe Limited ("AppNexus") has been fined GBP 20,000 for failing to comply with an information request issued by the UK Competition and Markets…
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competition law newsletter | UK
19 Dec 2019 Ofcom focuses on parcels
On 14 November 2019, Ofcom issued an infringement decision under Article 101 TFEU and Chapter 1 Competition Act 1998 against Royal Mail and The SaleGroup…
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competition law newsletter | UK
19 Dec 2019 CAT upholds Ofcom's Royal Mail fine
On 12 November 2019, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") upheld Ofcom's decision to fine Royal Mail £50 million for abusing a dominant position by…
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competition newsletter | eu
31 Oct 2019 ECJ upholds Commission inspections following privilege issue
On 17 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") dismissed an appeal by ethanol company Alcogroup and its subsidiary Alcodis…
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competition newsletter | uk
26 Nov 2018 Royal Mail appeals Ofcom £50m abusive price discrimination decision
On 26 October 2018, Ofcom published a non-confidential version of its decision imposing a fine of GBP 50 million on Royal Mail for conduct amounting to…
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competition newsletter
21 Sep 2017 ECJ refers €1.06 billion Intel case back to the General Court
In its judgment (available here), the ECJ held that the General Court had erred in failing to take into consideration Intel's submissions in relation to…
