Welcome to the Q1 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:
- Competition & Markets Authority ("CMA") starts 2021 with a merger bang
- UK sees the launch of another antitrust collective action
- UK opens up fledgling state subsidy regime to public consultation
- CMA publishes guidance on its approach to breaches of final orders and undertakings
- CMA launches antitrust probe against Apple
- Foreign exchange cartel – pass on defence?
- Mondelēz hit with formal antitrust probe
- European Commission's ("Commission") approval of Google-Fitbit intensifies the debate over Big Tech
- Stark warning to investment firms as Goldman Sachs' liability for cables cartel upheld
- Commission proposes ambitious legislation to rein in the tech giants
- Commission fines Valve and 5 gaming publishers for geo-blocking agreements
- Commission investigates potential misuse of patent procedures
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