13 May 2022 The failing firm defence during and post-COVID-19: policy and the evidence required By John Bruce Mat Hughes Gemma Smith Governments in developed countries have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with an almost unprecedented level of government support,...
28 Mar 2022 令和2年度企業結合事例のポイント By Keita Fukunaga 今回の論考「令和2年度企業結合事例のポイント」では、公正取引委員会(公取委)により公表された令和2 年度における主要な企業結合事例10 件と、その他令和3 年中に公表された企業結合事例2...
17 Mar 2022 The CMA’s Revised Merger Assessment Guidelines – Reading Between the Lines By Ben Forbes Mat Hughes Co-authored by Bruce Kilpatrick, Partner, Addleshaw GoddardIn March 2021, the Competition and Market’s Authority (the “CMA”) published a...
09 Nov 2021 Assessing the impact of exclusion in abuse of dominance cases By Felix Hammeke Matt Hunt Gordon Stevenson In recent years, there have been numerous claims for damages following on from cartel findings. In contrast, claims for damages related...
14 Sep 2021 Apple agrees to global App Store changes to close JFTC probe By Keita Fukunaga This report in Global Competition Review highlights the impact of Japan's antitrust watchdog on a business's core strategy.After a...
01 Sep 2021 Killer acquisitions: the trouble with predictions By Ben Forbes Mat Hughes Camelia O'Brien So-called “killer acquisitions” – where large firms acquire threatening start-ups – have become an increasing focus of global merger...
30 Jun 2021 Big Data in Merger Control: Part 2 – Is Big Data friend or foe? By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield In this series of posts, we are focusing on the increasingly important topic of Big Data and its role in merger control assessments. In...
08 Jun 2021 Big Data in Merger Control: Part 1 – Our take on the five Vs of Big Data By Ben Forbes Toni Herrell David Waterfield Big Data is playing an increasingly important and prominent role in global merger control. But what do we mean by ‘Big Data’ in this...
06 Sep 2020 The CMA to collaborate internationally By Paul Brabant Last week the CMA took an important step to develop its investigation powers and take advantage of its expanded role post Brexit....