Antitrust & Merger Control

• Further update on “closet tracking” – Where is the balance?

  Blog Post

  Submitted: 17 May 2019

  In this latest in a series of articles on “closet tracking” we update our closet tracker timeline, comment on new developments and look at the substantial remedial action now being taken by regulators.

• German competition regulator restricts Facebook data use

  Blog Post

  Submitted: 15 February 2019

  The Bundeskartellamt found Facebook's merging of user data from multiple sources to be both anti-competitive and in breach of the GDPR.

• CMA considers pricing algorithm effects on competition

  Blog Post

  Submitted: 09 October 2018

  The CMA has continued to increase its digital expertise by publishing a study into the potential anti-competitive effects of pricing algorithms.

• European Commission announces antitrust probe into Amazon data use

  Blog Post

  Submitted: 21 September 2018

  This post looks at the European Commission’s announcement that it is once again investigating Amazon’s conduct, this time in relation to its use of third-party data.

• 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.

• ECJ Opinion - Singapore Free Trade Agreement and Brexit implications

  Blog Post

  Submitted: 19 May 2017

  ​The European Court of Justice's Opinion on questions of the process for concluding a bilateral free trade agreement between the EU and the Republic of Singapore is particularly important as it will determine which provisions will require approval and subsequent ratification from all remaining EU Member States in any UK-EU deal brokered in the context of Brexit.