Tom Wright

Jan 7, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Paul Culliford |Andrew Hockley |Tom Wright

Key competition law and digital markets aspects of the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (“DMCC”), enforced by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), came into force on 1 January 2025. You can read our in-depth analyses of the DMCC here.

Dec 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Tom Wright

The new European Commission, under Ursula von der Leyen for a second term, kicked off on 1 December 2024. Teresa Ribera is the new head of European Competition Policy. After Margrethe Vestager’s ten year tenure, there is a strong prospect of a change in focus at DG COMP.

Jun 6, 2024 | mondaq.com | Tom Wright

This article first appeared in issue 17 of of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE magazine: FIRE International Vilamoura Edition: 2024 One can't help but pity the plaintiff with an ironclad claim against a defendant with apparently no assets to their name - and thus none to freeze - to ensure a surefire favorable judgment can be met. One also pities (even more so) the plaintiff who already holds such a judgment against such a defendant, but can find no means of monetising it.

Jun 15, 2023 | lexology.com | Andrew Hockley |Victoria Newbold |Paul Culliford |Tom Wright

SummaryAs we reported previously, on 25 April this year the UK Government introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“DMCC Bill”). Many of the headlines about the DMCC Bill have understandably related to the new regulatory regime for digital markets and companies with “strategic market status”, and there are also changes proposed to the UK’s consumer protection laws.

Jan 25, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Tom Wright

SummaryThe European Commission has revised its state aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery/aquaculture sectors. The revisions relate to: the Agricultural Block Exemption Regulation (ABER); the Fishery Block Exemption Regulation (FIBER); and the Agricultural Guidelines and Fisheries Guidelines. The revised ABER, FIBER and Agricultural Guidelines apply as of 1 January 2023. The revised Fisheries Guidelines will apply once all the Member State language versions are available.