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Oct 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jason Beer |Leon Ferera |Mark Jones |Elizabeth Robertson
The Situation: On September 10, 2024, the UK
government published the third National Security and Investment Act
2021 Annual Report ("2023/2024 Annual Report"), revealing
longer processing times for foreign direct investment
("FDI") reviews, but lower rates of Phase 2 call-ins and
conditions being imposed.
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May 22, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Beer |Jürgen Beninca |Larissa C. Bergin
In ShortThe Situation: The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") recently secured undertakings from fashion brands ASOS, Boohoo, and George at Asda to address allegedly misleading environmental claims. The CMA has also published an open letter to the wider fashion industry setting out compliance benchmarks for the industry. The Result:The investigation into ASOS, Boohoo, and George at Asda was the CMA's first greenwashing investigation.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jason Beer |Courtney Dixon |Mark Jones |Sushma Jobanputra
The Background: In recent years, the world has
witnessed heightened sensitivity surrounding foreign investments,
leading to increased regulatory scrutiny of foreign direct
investments ("FDI") on the basis of national security
concerns. The investment outlook for Singapore in 2024, appears to
have begun on a similar footing.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Anna Cartwright |Jason Beer |Mark Jones |David SMith |David Smith
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has
identified "fundamental concerns" in the housebuilding
sector and has made a series of recommendations for the UK,
Scottish, and Welsh governments to consider, rather than
progressing to a more detailed investigation where it would have
the possibility of imposing binding orders addressing these
concerns.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jason Beer |Serge Clerckx |Aimee DeFilippo |Mark Jones
The UK Competition and Markets Authority
("CMA") launched a market study on 20 February 2024 into
baby formula, the latest development in a broader focus on the food
and grocery sector.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Beer |Anna Cartwright |Mark Jones
March 4, 2024 Jason Beer, Anna Cartwright, Mark Jones, Nellie Quinn, David Smith Jones Day + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") has identified "fundamental concerns" in the housebuilding sector and has made a series of recommendations for the UK, Scottish, and Welsh governments to consider, rather than progressing to a more detailed investigation where it would have the...
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Beer |Serge Clerckx |Aimee DeFilippo
The market study follows on from an earlier report into price inflation and competition across the sector (the "Price Inflation Report"), where the CMA identified baby formula as a particularly high-margin category that had generated increasing unit profits for manufacturers during the recent period of high inflation. The Price Inflation Report, which was published in November 2023, found that own-label margins were low for most product categories and had fallen in the prior financial year.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jason Beer |Serge Clerckx |Aimee DeFilippo |Mark Jones |Elizabeth Robertson |Rebecca Swindells
The UK Competition and Markets Authority ("CMA") launched a market study on 20 February 2024 into baby formula, the latest development in a broader focus on the food and grocery sector.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jason Beer |Jürgen Beninca |Nicolas Brice |Serge Clerckx
The Development: On January 24, 2024, the
European Commission ("EC") unveiled a package of five fresh initiatives
aimed at strengthening the European Union's ("EU")
economic security (the "Package"). This will likely
increase the walled-garden approach of the EU market with expanded
control of inbound investments and possibly also novel restrictions
on outbound investments.
The Background: Ensuring economic security has
recently emerged as a new policy priority for the EU.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Jason Beer |Jürgen Beninca |Nicolas Brice
Ireland Joins Other European Jurisdictions With Broad FDI RegimesIreland joins a growing number of European jurisdictions with broad foreign direct investment ("FDI") regimes, adding further regulatory complexity to multijurisdictional deals in Europe.
