The below article was written by Joachim Piotrowski , Simon Neill and James Lister for Law in Sport . You can find the original article, published on Law in Sport on Thursday 9th May 2024 here . On 12 April 2024, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT - a specialist UK...

On 23 May, the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) was passed by Parliament and expected to receive royal assent on 24 May. It not only introduces a new UK digital markets regulation regime, but also makes sweeping changes to the competition rules in the UK, and ushers in...

Several distributors have denounced this practice to consumers through shrinkflation campaigns, which in some cases have led to the distributor being found guilty of disparagement or, on the contrary, to the supplier's request for a conviction of the distributor being rejected. To provide a framework for the content and format...

The UK Supreme Court's judgment in Paccar Inc & Ors, R (on the application of) v Competition Appeal Tribunal & Ors in October 2023 had significant implications for litigation funding agreements (LFAs). The Supreme Court determined that the LFAs applicable in the proceedings were to be construed as the litigation...

Vink Kunststoffe GmbH supplies various industries including advertising, constructional and industrial sectors with intelligent solutions in plastics. Vink Deutschland is part of Europe’s market leader Vink/Amari and is a member of Plastics Family, a global group of companies that distribute plastics. The acquisition will enable Vink to expand its product...

FWU AG is a global financial services provider with life insurance investments in Europe as well as in the Middle East and East Asia. The company is predominantly family-owned, however Swiss Re also holds a stake in the company. FWU focuses on unit-linked life insurance products with innovative investment solutions...

We recently considered the US Federal Trade Commission’s approach to the use by big data companies of consumer data http://bit.ly/1scAntH. In April 2014, the FTC granted clearance of a “big data” merger where the user data collected by the target undertaking could clearly bolster the acquirer’s (more liberal) use of...

National competition authorities continue to impose fines against manufacturers that attempt to dictate the resale price of their products. In two cases the fines (unusually) also extend to retailers for their part in co-ordination of the retail price. This reflects the active participation of these retailers in the retail price...