9/29/2021 10:19:40 PM FTC reevaluates merger filing rules By Michelle Mantine Courtney Averbach The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Competition has issued new guidance relating to the merger filing process. Effective...
9/29/2021 10:05:38 AM EC imposes €875 million cartel fine for jeopardising the EU’s Green Deal and sustainability goals By Max Seuster Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Isabelle Rahman Charles Sauvage +2 more... Show less In our latest client alert, we discuss the significance of the European Commission’s recent decision and explain the practical...
7/29/2021 3:19:42 PM Radical new UK regulatory regime proposed for big tech By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less On 20 July 2021, the UK government announced a consultation, titled “A new pro-competition regime for digital markets” (the...
7/26/2021 3:56:00 PM What do businesses need to know about proposed changes to UK competition and consumer laws? By Ross Mackenzie Marjorie Holmes Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less On 20 July 2021 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a consultation, which proposes a...
7/23/2021 9:53:46 PM Stronger antitrust enforcement on non-compete agreements may be on the horizon By Edward Schwartz Mark Goldstein Michael Lombardino The Biden administration’s extensive Executive Order (EO) Promoting Competition in the American Economy encourages federal agencies to...
7/13/2021 4:05:08 PM What should transportation and logistics companies know about greenwashing? By Isabelle Rahman Wim Vandenberghe Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Max Seuster Charles Sauvage +3 more... Show less As consumers demand more eco-friendly products and services, many companies are scrambling to prove their green credentials....
7/7/2021 9:10:10 AM Does the UK’s new Subsidy Bill mark a significant departure from EU state aid rules? By Ross Mackenzie Marjorie Holmes Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less The new Subsidy Control Bill (the Bill) recently had its first reading in the House of Commons. Once passed into law, this Bill will...
7/1/2021 3:00:32 PM Greenwashing: what is a misleading environmental claim and how can companies avoid getting into trouble? By Isabelle Rahman Wim Vandenberghe Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Max Seuster Charles Sauvage +3 more... Show less The practice of making misleading environmental claims (so-called “greenwashing”) carries increasing risk in Europe. The European...
6/30/2021 4:31:19 PM Supreme Court blocks NCAA’s ability to restrict education-related compensation and benefits for student athletes By Jeffrey Weimer Brian Willett Courtney Averbach Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the fierce debate over student-athlete compensation, with the justices unanimously...
6/4/2021 9:16:38 AM As a multi-agency pharmaceutical task force emerges now is the time for pharmaceutical companies to shape merger control policy By Ross Mackenzie Michelle Mantine Isabelle Rahman Following a period of relative leniency for pharmaceutical companies, a Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force formed by key...
5/11/2021 1:08:46 PM The European Commission increases intervention in M&A deals in the EU By Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Isabelle Rahman Max Seuster +1 more... Show less The European Commission (EC) recently revealed a major change in merger policy affecting cross-border M&A deals in Europe. The new...
4/29/2021 8:59:18 PM Supreme Court decision weakens FTC’s enforcement authority By Edward Schwartz Gerard Stegmaier John Feldman Courtney E. Fisher Danielle Stewart +2 more... Show less On April 22, 2021, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act does not permit the...
4/15/2021 2:25:16 PM Cooperation projects during the COVID-19 pandemic – a useful reminder that competition compliance rules still apply By Isabelle Rahman Christian Filippitsch Geert Goeteyn Max Seuster Magdalini Goulakou Charles Sauvage +3 more... Show less Ahead of a recent matchmaking event created with the aim of supporting the acceleration and upscale of COVID-19 vaccine production, the...
3/16/2021 11:25:56 AM When does sustainable collaboration become an anticompetitive agreement? By Geert Goeteyn Charles Sauvage On 4 February 2021, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition held a discussion about how EU competition policy can...
2/18/2021 11:55:14 AM Personal liability and competition law: a global view By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Jennifer Driscoll Michaela Westrup Corinna Kammerer Audrey Augusto Dimitrios Pittas +6 more... Show less Becoming a theme of increasing concern, competition regimes from across the globe have started to take new measures to sanction natural...
2/9/2021 2:11:51 PM What will post-Brexit competition law enforcement look like? By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha Dimitrios Pittas +2 more... Show less The EU and UK have very similar systems of competition law enforcement however Brexit has given the UK a degree of autonomy and the...