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Nov 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Frederic Louis |Anne Vallery
At the end of 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) and
the European Union (EU) signed the EU-UK Trade and
Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which both parties
then ratified in 2021.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Édouard Bruc |Frederic Louis |Cormac O'Daly
At the end of 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) signed the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which both parties then ratified in 2021.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Édouard Bruc |Frederic Louis |Cormac O'Daly
As already outlined in last year’s overview, since the enactment of EU Directive 2014/104 (‘Damages Directive’), private enforcement of EU competition law in the EU has continued to develop at an impressive pace. Putting aside the United Kingdom, which has since left the EU, an eye-catching occurrence of this growth is perhaps Germany, where the number of damages claims doubled every year between 2011–2018.
Originally published in ICLG Competition Litigation 2025.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Barry Hurewitz |Richard Burger |Frederic Louis |Lester Ross
In conjunction with the Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in
Italy earlier this month, key jurisdictions issued the latest in a
series of coordinated economic restrictions on Russia in light of
its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The United States
unveiled a sweeping series of sanctions and export controls to
further curtail economic activity with Russia and Belarus, with
notable impacts on information technology (IT) services, and
foreign financial institutions, among others.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Cormac O'Daly |Frederic Louis |Anne Vallery |Itsiq Benizri
On February 8, 2024, the European Commission (Commission)
adopted its revised Market Definition Notice (Notice), replacing a
version that was nearly 30 years old. The Notice is not binding,
but it provides guidance on how the Commission defines markets when
investigating potentially anticompetitive conduct and in merger
control.
As is typical for this type of document, the Notice mostly
articulates, rather than replaces or further develops, existing
practice.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Itsiq Benizri |Frederic Louis |Cormac O'Daly
On February 8, 2024, the European Commission (Commission) adopted its revised Market Definition Notice (Notice), replacing a version that was nearly 30 years old. The Notice is not binding, but it provides guidance on how the Commission defines markets when investigating potentially anticompetitive conduct and in merger control. As is typical for this type of document, the Notice mostly articulates, rather than replaces or further develops, existing practice.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
concurrences.com | Cormac O'Daly |Frederic Louis |Anne Vallery |Itsiq Benizri
On February 8, 2024, the European Commission (Commission) adopted its revised Market Definition Notice (Notice), replacing a version that was nearly 30 years old. The Notice is not binding, but it provides guidance on how the Commission defines markets when investigating potentially anticompetitive conduct and in merger control. As is typical for this type of document, the Notice mostly articulates, rather than replaces or further develops, existing practice.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Leon Greenfield |Frederic Louis |Cormac O'Daly |Anne Vallery
On October 12, 2023, the European Commission (EC) ordered
Illumina to unwind its already completed acquisition of the
cancer-test provider GRAIL Inc. This is the first time that the EC
has ordered a reversal of an acquisition. This decision opens a new
chapter in the ongoing Illumina/GRAIL saga, which has been
unfolding for well over two years.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Frederic Louis |Anne Vallery |Cormac O'Daly |Édouard Bruc
Almost 10 years after the enactment of EU Directive 2014/104 ('Damages Directive'), the private enforcement of competition law in the European Union ('EU') has truly taken off.1 By the end of 2020, at least 299 cartel damages actions had been decided in 14 Member States, compared with only about 50 in early 2014.2 Various factors explain such growth, including the Damages Directive's claimant-friendly legal framework, pro-claimant rulings by the European Court of Justice ('ECJ'), a more...
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
thelawreviews.co.uk | Frederic Louis |Cormac O'Daly
I IntroductionWhen planning an acquisition or merger involving global companies, merging parties often concentrate on obtaining merger approvals in the United States and the European Union, in the expectation that other countries' regulators would follow the substantive lead provided by those authorities. However, with the growth in national merger control systems and other regulators' increased activity, other countries' regulators may also significantly affect a deal.
