Analysis Compliance
PRO Compliance | United Kingdom | 19 Nov 2020
The UK’s antitrust enforcer has fined one of the country’s biggest price comparison platforms £17.9 million for using most-favoured-nation clauses that banned home insurers from offering lower prices on rival websites.
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Judge & Priestley LLP | United Kingdom | 7 Jan 2020
A matter that seems somewhat pervasive between most individuals is debt. Whether it is paying off student loans, monthly repayments on a mortgage or…
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Slaughter and May | United Kingdom | 12 Jun 2019
CMA Chief Executive advocates for ''evolution, not revolution'' following report evaluating past merger control decisions in digital markets…
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Boyes Turner LLP | United Kingdom | 26 Apr 2019
In 2008 the Office of Fair Trading imposed fines of £129.2 million on 103 construction firms which it found had colluded with competitors when…
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP | United Kingdom | 8 Apr 2019
On 27 March 2019, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed that it will implement the majority of the recommendations…
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Shoosmiths LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Mar 2019
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued guidance for care home providers to assist with compliance under both the Consumer Protection…
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Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 6 Aug 2018
The Supreme Court in R (o.t.a. Gallaher et al) v. Competition and Markets Authority [2018] UKSC 25 dealt with concepts at the core of UK public law…
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Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 13 Jul 2018
Following its investigation into the tobacco market, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) issued a finding against 12 companies that certain price fixing…
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Gowling WLG | United Kingdom | 29 Jun 2018
Under Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 the Secretary of State has the power to issue 'retention notices' requiring telecoms operators to…
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Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | United Kingdom | 22 May 2018
The Supreme Court has found that the OFT (the CMA's predecessor) did not act unlawfully in failing to repay fines imposed on Gallaher and Somerfield…