Welcome to the Q2 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:
- UK Government reviews NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm on national security grounds
- Facebook goes head to head again with the CMA
- CMA clears the blockbuster merger between Virgin and O2
- Coca-Cola accused of abuse of dominance for allegedly poaching customers from a supplier
- CMA provides further guidance on its post-Brexit merger control tools
- CAT reduces fines imposed by the CMA on drug makers and annuls fine against GSK for abuse of dominance, despite upholding pay-for-delay decision
- Commission provisionally determines that Apple abused its dominant position as row over the AppStore intensifies
- European train companies fined for cross-border freight cartel
- Commission fines three banks €28.4 million in SSA Bonds cartel
- Spain refers European Super League Football case to CJEU
- Commission updates its guidance on Member State merger referrals
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