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 Belgium – Competition law, sector enquiries and public procurement By Baptist Vleeshouwers Kevin Munungu Lungungu Claire De Neve Introduction In a recent interview, the Prosecutor General of the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) hinted at the authority’s future...
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 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 Introduction to Competition and Regulatory Investigations By Pauline Kuipers Morten Nissen Reshmi Rampersad Tenisha Cramer Maria Karpathakis +2 more... Show less Competition law enforcement is hot. Enforcing competition rules has become a significant area of focus for regulatory authorities across...
23 Apr, 2024 Tips & tricks for cooperating with the forensic IT team during competition law or regulatory investigations By Anne Federle Baptist Vleeshouwers Pauline Kuipers Tialda Beetstra +1 more... Show less Companies facing investigations from competition or regulatory authorities frequently require the support of forensic experts, for...
23 Apr, 2024 Keeping Your Workforce Afloat In a Sea of Investigations By Peter Willis Emily Clark Tenisha Cramer Employment considerations are often overlooked during dawn raids or in responding to requests for information from the authorities....
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 EU - What to expect during dawn raids under the DMA, the DSA, and the draft AI Act By Pauline Kuipers Dr Saskia King Reshmi Rampersad Marcin Alberski +1 more... Show less In light of recent information about new probes under the DMA and the DSA, and the growing interest in enforcement of the draft AI Act,...
23 Apr, 2024 Global trends in competition and regulatory investigations: Exploring practices in Europe, the UK, Australia, and China By Thomas Jones Pauline Kuipers Peter Willis Maria Karpathakis Reshmi Rampersad Tenisha Cramer Serena Du Patrick Cordwell +5 more... Show less In this article, members of our international competition team share their insights on competition authorities’ investigations into both...