The veterinary sector in the UK has borne witness to notable consolidation over the past decade, a significant amount of which has been fueled by large corporate groups – particularly,…

Cloud computing enables technological innovation and revolutionises how businesses operate across the UK economy. Given the importance of the sector, the UK communications regulator Ofcom launched a study to assess…

Pricing algorithms have become a prominent concern among competition authorities and regulators, including within the UK. This is in part because algorithms have the potential to negatively affect consumers through…

Expressly restitutionary remedies have yet to be ordered in a competition law case. Yet disgorgement is not an unfamiliar principle in the field. Excessive pricing and other abuses of dominance…

This article provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the adoption and regulation of telehealth and telemedicine services in the United Kingdom, and specifically with reference to its National Health…

By Antonio Bavasso, Josh Buckland & Michael Tagliavini1   I. Introduction and Overview On July 13, 2023, the highest EU court – the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) – handed…

This article analyses UK and EC merger cases in the past ten years to assess the extent to which coordinated effects have played a role in the investigation. It finds…

The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal judges a range of cases in the competition (antitrust) sphere. There is a panel of Ordinary Members who are chosen on the basis of availability…

By Lawrence B. Landman*   Many observers were surprised when the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) recently prohibited Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision.  But they should…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is expected soon to get new powers to regulate digital companies with Strategic Market Status (“SMS”). Once the new regime is in place, the…

In competition law, how to define markets in the context of two-sided platforms is a hot topic. Drawing on the judgment of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal in BGL/Comparethemarket v.…

In 2022 both the EU and the UK overhauled their regimes governing vertical agreements following the expiry of Regulation 330/2010, which had block exempted many vertical agreements from both Article…