The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on UK Competition law—daily round-up (15/04/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (15/04/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (14/04/2025)
The following Competition news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on EU Competition law—daily round-up (11/04/2025)
UK private actions—ongoing cases trackerThis table tracks and summarises all current claims in respect of an infringement decision or an alleged...
EU phase I mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists completed European Commission phase I merger investigations since 13 June 2013.For information...
EU competition law and exclusive distribution agreements STOP PRESS—On 10 May 2022, the Commission adopted a new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation...
Dominant position under Article 102 TFEUArticle 102 TFEU prohibits undertakings which hold a dominant position within the EU or a substantial part of...
The UK criminal cartel offenceNOTE—On 25 April 2023, the Government published its Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill), which introduces significant reforms to UK competition law (across merger control, antitrust, market studies/investigations and digital markets). The DMCC
UK competition law and land agreementsLand agreements are not an area that most people would associate with competition law issues. However, care is needed to ensure that no such concerns arise.A land agreement is one which creates, alters, transfers or terminates an interest in land. Examples of
Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is
Financial clean break orders in family proceedingsDuty of the court to consider a clean breakAlthough there is no presumption in favour of there being a financial clean break between parties on divorce, the court is under a duty to consider whether it would be appropriate to exercise its powers so
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