Foreign Subsidies notification regime now in force The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), which came into force on 12 January 2023, aims to redress the distortive effect on competition in the EU caused by companies in receipt of substantial foreign subsidies within the EU internal market. The new mandatory notification regime...

Binding corporate rules (BCRs) have been referred to by the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) as the "gold standard" transfer tool. The introduction of a new UK BCR Addendum at the end of 2023 has eased the post-Brexit compliance burden and for those considering BCRs covering both the EU and...

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its first informal advice on the application of its green agreements guidance. This demonstrates its commitment to its open-door policy to discuss with businesses how to structure environmental collaborations with competitors in compliance with competition law. The CMA published its long-awaited...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced in January that it will investigate the historical use of discretionary commission arrangements (DCAs) in the motor finance industry. If the FCA finds that motor finance firms owe redress to customers because they paid too much for their car, it may decide that...

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...