Charley Connor

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• Šarūnas Keserauskas: the exit interview
• Human rights court blesses use of wiretaps in Dutch cartel probe
• Driving greater diversity within the UK’s competition bar
• General Court annuls covid-19 airline aid approvals
• Unexpected Microsoft/Activision Blizzard deal block underlines CMA’s steadfast approach to remedies
• CMA blocks Microsoft/Activision Blizzard
• UK appeals court queries CAT’s “odd approach” in forex class actions
• Experts warn of antitrust risks from generative AI
• UK plans hefty cohort to enforce incoming digital rules
• EU adopts DMA procedural rules
• CMA adds BBC to first labour markets probe
• Cross-Atlantic divergence on sustainability underlined by enforcers
• Aoki champions antitrust law as solution to Japanese stagnation
• Guersent proposes antitrust probe deadlines with interim measures-style injunctions
• Cardell: CMA approach in Meta/Giphy is being replicated
• A Q&A with Paul de Bijl
• CMA refines assessment of Microsoft/Activision Blizzard
• Ofcom chief economist wary of remedies in telecoms deals
• EU considering joint DMA investigations with national enforcers
• Guersent: Relaxing competition rules “not the answer” for more telecoms investment
• Cross-border coordination drives fragrance cartel raids
• DMA will not identify new infringements, Bacchiega says
• Apple case is now about fairness, Vestager claims
• Portugal has “pipeline” of no-poach cases, agency head says
• Enforcers must push for legislative change, Coscelli says
• Class action against Meta gets second chance at certification
• UK Supreme Court weighs implications of litigation funding challenge
• EU official seeks to quell concerns about DMA implementation
• A Q&A with Sarah Cardell
• EU and NCA officials discuss below-threshold referral strategy
• UK hones in on vet sector as private equity concerns grow
• EU official rejects heightened reviews for digital mergers
• John Temple Lang, 1937-2022
• EU hits play on Microsoft/Activision Blizzard Phase II probe
• DuPont abandons largest acquisition since Dow spin-off due to Chinese delays
• CAT allows appeal against first-ever opt-in certification ruling
• EU needs more cross-border consolidation, senior lawmaker says
• Vestager: “We are recalibrating globalisation”
• Tirole: EU emissions case was “right outcome, wrong process”
• Pan-African enforcement regime on the horizon, South African minister says
• Guersent: EU working to estimate the cost of non-competition
• Yilmaz jumps to Covington from Baker McKenzie
• Canadian court sends Amazon claims to arbitration
• CAT member acknowledges tribunal’s “heavy responsibility” at certification stage
• Germany eyes sector inquiry break-up powers
• ACM threatened with daily fines for investigation delay
• AG Pitruzzella eschews distinction between standalone and follow-on claims
• Despite EU block, Illumina/Grail is far from over
• EU blocks Ilumina/Grail in landmark decision
• European Commission opens Silicon Valley office

• CMA seeks remedies in “game-changing” Microsoft/Activision Blizzard tie-up
• JFTC commissioner joins antitrust boutique
• Fledgling Brunei enforcer explores first bid-rigging case
• Pennsylvania court: “Overall anticompetitive scheme” alleged in Suboxone litigation
• French broadcasters propose remedies to appease apprehensive enforcer
• Baker McKenzie’s Belgian practice co-head joins DLA Piper
• Irish forestry department accused of antitrust violations
• Visa and Mastercard hit with interim measures in LatAm fintech probe
• Portugal accuses SIBS of market foreclosure through tying
• UK appeals court takes permissive approach to exploitative abuse class actions
• Oral hearings not essential for fair appeals, CAT president says
• UK issues first IP acquisition block over national security concerns
• Dutch tribunal reinstates original Sanoma/Iddink clearance
• AG Rantos sides with EU enforcer in American Airlines slot dispute
• AG Rantos calls for broad interpretations of Intel and ‘economic entity’ concept
• Train claimants ask UK tribunal to certify two class representatives
• Ban on third-party competitions protected speed skating from becoming a “betting spectacle”, governing body tells ECJ
• General Court confirms dismissal of EU complaint against Philips
• China issues max fines in latest round of gun-jumping penalties
• Norton Rose nabs local White & Case partner and taps Cole to lead in Brussels
• Metal packaging manufacturers settle EU cartel probe after sausage gap saga
• Broiler chicken acquittals are “embarrassment” for DOJ, lawyers say
• DOJ supports plaintiffs alleging university financial aid cartel
• Hoverboard market hamstrung by sham litigation, retailer alleges
• Fender hit with first UK RPM class action
• Expanded arguments against train operator could disrupt certification bid, UK tribunal cautions
• Ireland gets long-awaited administrative fines regime
• Simmons & Simmons eyes Brussels expansion with partner hire
• Bokkerink approved as CMA chair
• EU ends Insurance Ireland probe with data access remedies
• France accepts Google commitments to end publisher payments case
• UK Supreme Court rejects Royal Mail abuse of dominance appeal
• App developers score $100 million from Apple
• Objections to boundary fares class certification are premature, Gutmann argues
• Train operators urge UK appellate court to undo class certification
• Chinese scrutiny of Big Tech is over, academic says
• UK consults on English Channel ferry commitments
• Court orders Swisscom to pay €69 million fine
• UK mobile ecosystems study spawns new Google probe, potential market investigation
• CAT certifies opt-in class action for first time
• Collins swaps Mason Hayes for Matheson
• Draft Austrian sustainability guidelines diverge from EU proposals
• PSA fails in bid to access foreign enforcer documents in UK cartel claim
• National enforcers push back on Guersent’s proposal to pool antitrust and DMA evidence
• EU’s powers may need “boost” to match ECN+, official says
• Guersent hints that EU may look into labour markets
• UK government names candidate for CMA chair
• Trucks class action funding challenge reaches UK Supreme Court
• UK intensifies Google scrutiny with new adtech probe
• UK Supreme Court reinstates CMA costs order in Pfizer/Flynn dispute