15 May, 2024 No-poach agreements can comply with competition – when they are not “naked”: A quick guide to ancillary no-poach agreements By Anne Federle Paula González Alarcón In recent years, competition in labour markets has garnered significant attention from competition authorities worldwide. The...
15 May, 2024 Czech Republic: Record Levels of Enforcement, Legislative Activity and Push for Competences – What is on Agenda 2024 for Czech Competition Office? By Vojtěch Chloupek Martin Taimr Matej Šinkovic In its recently published annual report for 2023 (“Report”), the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition (“Office”) highlighted...
15 May, 2024 Finland: Cosmetic product importers committed to anticompetitive price cooperation By Petteri Metsä-Tokila Maria Karpathakis For the first time in Finland, according to a press release by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), the FCCA published...
15 May, 2024 In search of a concrete answer: the ACCC’s special leave application in CFMEU and Hutchinson case By Thomas Jones Dylan McGirr Ruby Simpson The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is seeking special leave to appeal to the High Court from the Full Court’s...
15 May, 2024 EU – Chinese companies targeted as Commission flexes its muscles under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation By Jose Rivas Alvaro López de Ochoa García In recent months, the European Commission (“Commission”) has enforced the new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”), with a particular...
15 May, 2024 The French Competition Authority keeps a close eye on online sales By Thomas Oster Matthieu de Calbiac In recent months, the French Competition Authority (the “Authority”) has fined 3 companies for prohibiting their distributors from...
15 May, 2024 UK - Streamlining Regulation: DRCF launches AI and Digital Hub By Dr Saskia King Ariane Le Strat Tenisha Cramer Aimee Guzinska-Bowley +1 more... Show less In a groundbreaking move aimed at fostering innovation in the digital and AI sectors, whilst continuing to regulate quickly evolving...
15 May, 2024 Polish price comparison dispute By Marcin Alberski Stanislaw Szymanek On 14 March 2024, the District Court in Warsaw (the “Court”) granted an interim preliminary injunction to Ceneo (a Polish price...
15 May, 2024 FDI - UK Government to refine the National Security and Investment Act 2021 regime By Anthony Rosen Tenisha Cramer On 18 April 2024, the UK Government published the outcome of its call for evidence into the operation of National Security and Investment...
15 May, 2024 First court ruling on the Dutch FDI Act: Minister gets slap on the wrist By Janneke Kohlen Tialda Beetstra On 25 April 2024 the Dutch District Court of Rotterdam gave its first (publicly available) ruling regarding the Investments, Mergers and...
23 Apr, 2024 How to Comply with Data Protection Requirements in Competition Dawn Raids and Investigations By Anne Federle Matthew Buckwell Tenisha Cramer Aimee Guzinska-Bowley +1 more... Show less Investigations into suspected competition law infringements almost invariably involve an analysis of very significant quantities of data...
23 Apr, 2024 Forensic Finesse: Navigating Competition and Regulatory Dawn Raids and Requests for Information By Jakub Kur Marcin Miazga Anne Federle Professionals who are navigating competition and regulatory investigations - whether triggered by complaints, self-referral, market...
08 Apr, 2024 Interview with Ms Cani Fernández, Chairwoman of the Spanish Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) By Jose Rivas Bird & Bird Competition & EU law partner, José Rivas, in his role as chief Editor of the journal World Competition, had the opportunity...
20 Mar, 2024 China: Antitrust risk in the supply chain - subcontractor or competitor? By Dr. Sven-Michael Werner Serena Du The management of subcontractors is often crucial for brands in various industry sectors such as automotive, where the control of their...
20 Mar, 2024 Denmark: Consortium guilty of charge but skips the punishment By Morten Nissen Nanna Krabbe After enduring numerous instances in the Danish civil- and criminal courts, the protracted Danish case involving a Road Marking...
20 Mar, 2024 The Italian Council of State clarifies the extent of the Antitrust Authority’s new powers of intervention in the case of fact-finding investigations By Federico Marini Balestra Lucia Antonazzi Chiara Horgan In November 2023, the Italian Competition Authority (“ICA”) asked the Italian Council of State to clarify the scope of application of...