6/14/2022 1:10:31 PM What should we expect from the UK Government in terms of competition and consumer protection law reforms? By Marjorie Holmes Ross Mackenzie Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less On 10 May 2022, the Queen’s speech confirmed the government’s intent to bring forward “draft legislation to promote competition,...
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...
7/1/2021 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...
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...
10/20/2020 4:06:20 PM Recent cases highlight limitations in price-gouging enforcement By John Feldman Michelle Mantine Toam Rubinstein Danielle Stewart +1 more... Show less Since the start of the global pandemic, state attorneys general continue to actively pursue price-gouging investigations against...
8/20/2020 9:57:47 PM U.S. price gouging during COVID-19: A changing landscape By Danielle Stewart Michelle Mantine Jennifer Driscoll Our U.S. team members recently joined Reed Smith’s Countering the Crisis podcast to provide an overview of the U.S. laws around price...
7/1/2020 4:00:39 PM What are the risks when increasing prices in times of COVID-19? By Ross Mackenzie Michelle Mantine Dora Wang Max Seuster +1 more... Show less When COVID-19 swept the globe and disrupted the production and distribution of goods, it gave way to some companies taking advantage of...
6/22/2020 10:57:51 AM CMA announces first investigations into COVID-19 price abuse By Ross Mackenzie Marjorie Holmes Emma Weeden Vaibhav Adlakha +1 more... Show less At a glance First formal action against price gouging in the UKCase will be a test of the fitness of the current legal framework to...