Antitrust & Merger Control

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  • Breakthrough for UK opt-out class actions as Court of Appeal gives green light to the £14bn claim against Mastercard

    Article

    Submitted: 17 April 2019

    The Court of Appeal has confirmed that the largest claim in the history of UK civil litigation, and the first claim under the UK's flagship "opt-out" regime, can proceed.

  • Altice/PT Portugal - Gun-Jumping

    Article

    Submitted: 27 July 2018

    With this decision, the Commission has clearly reaffirmed its position on gun-jumping. It is not only about acquiring shares but also about contractual provisions which grant de facto decisive influence pending acquisition of the shares.

  • Parental Liability: Goldman Sachs v Commission (T-419/14)

    Article

    Submitted: 17 July 2018

    ​The General Court of the European Union handed down its judgment on 12 July 2018 confirming a €37m fine against the Goldman Sachs Group Inc, in a growing trend towards a broad application of parental liability in EU competition law.

  • Podcast 633: Applicable law in a competition damages action - the Deutsche Bahn judgment

    Video Podcast

    Submitted: 26 April 2018

    Chris Owen talks to Duncan Green about the High Court's preliminary judgment in the Deutsche Bahn v MasterCard multilateral interchange fee (MIF) case, dealing in particular with the question of how to determine applicable law under the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 (PILA) in the context of a competition damages action.

  • Deutsche Bahn v MasterCard: Applicable law in a competition damages action

    Article

    Submitted: 12 April 2018

    Chris Owen and Duncan Green reflect on the High Court's preliminary judgment in Deutsche Bahn v MasterCard.

  • Facilitation, facilitation, facilitation: the General Court’s ICAP judgment

    Article

    Submitted: 02 January 2018

    The General Court found flaws in the European Commission’s ICAP decision and quashed the €14.9m fine, but has sustained ICAP’s underlying liability for “facilitation” of the Yen LIBOR cartel.

  • Interpretation of law post-Brexit

    Blog Post

    Submitted: 14 July 2017

    The publication of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and the UK Government’s position paper on ongoing EU proceedings sheds some light on how the UK courts will approach interpreting EU legislation retained in the UK post-Brexit, but questions and difficulties remain.

  • Towards transition: Brexit & the EU

    Blog Post

    Submitted: 13 July 2017

    This week, we hosted an event at our London office (and simultaneously live-streamed for those unable to join in person), on the topic of business transition in the context of Brexit and the EU.

  • Brexit: Rule Brittania

    Blog Post

    Submitted: 11 July 2017

    Two Law Lords have recently entered the public arena on Brexit, highlighting the opportunities and challenges which Brexit brings.

  • Brexit after the June election

    Blog Post

    Submitted: 12 June 2017

    The Prime Minister called the June election in order to strengthen her domestic political position before the start of Brexit negotiations. She appears to have achieved the opposite and we now have a hung Parliament and a minority government. Nevertheless, for the time being the UK Government appears set on continuing with its pre election policy for a “hard” Brexit. It remains to be seen whether this is politically possible.

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