Welcome to the Q1 2022 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:
- Motorola fails to overturn CMA market investigation decision
- CMA fines pharma companies for restricting drug supplies
- Simultaneous dawn raids by CMA and Commission signal nature and extent of post-Brexit cooperation
- Facebook faces further file following second IEO
- More misery for JD Sports, Footasylum as footwear chains face hefty fine for IEO breach
- Another UK class action is launched – this time against Meta
- Network Rail ordered to pay £3.8 million in damages to Achilles
- PSR levies over £33 million in fines in first ever cartel decision
- FCA investigates competition concerns in wholesale data markets
- Intel wins EU appeal against EUR 1.06 billion fine
- EU Parliament suggests reduced period for review of new foreign subsidies legislation
- EU lawmakers express concerns over buying alliances in the agricultural and food supply chains
- Commission considers behavioural remedies in Illumina/Grail deal
- EU and UK launch twin Meta and Google probes
- Commission conditionally clears Facebook/Kustomer deal
- Commission committed serious breach by withholding default interest
- Commission blocks Korean shipbuilding deal
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