Welcome to the Q3 2021 edition of our competition law newsletter. This is our quarterly update covering key developments in UK and EU competition law.
Highlights of this edition include:
- Taking on the giants – Google is the latest to face a collective action claim
- A new UK regime to combat the market power of digital firms
- A bitter pill to swallow? CMA gets tough on pharmaceutical companies
- Lawmakers call for CMA investigation into the "Big Three" music record labels
- NVIDIA's acquisition of Arm set for an in-depth CMA review
- CMA signals intention to block JD Sports/Footasylum merger…again
- Opening the floodgates? UK's first competition collective action proceeds to trial
- CMA set to unwind Facebook/Giphy merger
- When will a non-notifiable merger constitute an abuse of dominance under the EU competition rules?
- Can non-compete clauses between non-competitors ever be illegal under EU rules?
- Important clarification from ECJ on jurisdiction in follow-on damages cases
- Hanging on the balance: Konecranes/Cargotec merger facing EU and UK scrutiny
- Further tensions emerge in the Commission's investigation of the Illumina/Grail merger
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