Marks & Clerk | United Kingdom | 11 Apr 2022
The fashion industry continues to reflect on the first ever Metaverse Fashion Week which took place at the end of March. As the industry adopts the…
Lexology PRO | European Union, Portugal | 31 Mar 2022
The Portuguese Competition Authority has fined four supermarket chains, a soft drink supplier and two of the latter’s managers over €79 million in its latest decision to punish a hub-and-spoke arrangement in the retail food and drink sector.
Noerr PartGmbB | Germany | 1 Mar 2022
The covid-19 pandemic raised the issue of whether franchisees and franchisors, as tenants, could reduce their rent based on government-ordered shutdowns. The Federal Court of Justice has now ruled on the issue of rent reductions and whether an insurance policyholder, based on the agreed insurance terms, can claim on its business interruption insurance policy for covid-19-related shutdowns....
Fox Williams LLP | United Kingdom | 22 Feb 2022
As a result of government support and the general hardship brought by the Covid pandemic, many fashion tenants allowed themselves to fall into rent…
Bird & Bird LLP | Czech Republic | 19 Jan 2022
The Office for the Protection of Competition (“Office”) imposed a fine of CZK 97 million (approx. EUR 4 million) on the company GARLAND distributor…
William Fry | European Union, Ireland | 7 Oct 2021
Welcome to our Asset Management & Investment Funds October 2021 update. Dates & Deadlines: Q4 '21 / Q1 '22 Stay ahead of upcoming deadlines and key…
Lexology PRO | India | 9 Aug 2021
India’s Supreme Court has allowed the Competition Commission of India to proceed with a high-profile antitrust probe into Flipkart and Amazon after rejecting the retailers’ allegations that the investigation is unlawful.
Lexology PRO | European Union, Italy | 28 Jul 2021
Pay-TV provider DAZN has agreed to open access to its sports streaming content to non-Telecom Italia subscribers to resolve competition concerns related to a football broadcasting agreement, Italy’s Competition Authority has said.
White & Case LLP | USA | 27 Jul 2021
Healthy deal activity has returned to the leisure and retail sectors—areas of the economy that were among the worst affected by the pandemic…