Ciaran Willis

Content from this author

• Snyder to leave Hong Kong enforcer
• Academic gown supplier files UK standalone claim
• CMA takes Viagogo/StubHub to Phase II
• Slovenian court slashes gun-jumping fine by over €50 million
• Egypt emphasises concerns over healthcare merger
• Norway looks to open up competition in grocery sector
• Community round-up: Israeli lawyer opens new boutique
• EU foreign subsidy white paper leaves more questions than answers, lawyers say
• CMA secures more director disqualifications
• Norway accepts remedies in abuse case for first time
• EU clears Elanco/Bayer with pipeline product divestments
• Slovakia fines Volkswagen dealer cartel
• CMA disqualifies pharma director
• Former Cuatrecasas partner set to become CNMC president
• Community round-up: McGrath and Kinsella join new firms
• Market investigations would give EU a “powerful tool”, lawyers say
• EU checks on Air Canada/Transat deal
• EU hits the brakes on Air Canada/Air Transat deal
• South Africa finalises buyer power guidelines
• Albania remedies football association’s abusive conduct
• Poland rolls out new trucks probe
• South Africa tackles exclusivity agreements
• Italy probes Intesa Sanpaolo/UBI
• Norway issues gun-jumping fine
• DOJ and FTC diverge on duty to deal, lawyer says
• Community round-up: Jones Day and Reed Smith add partners
• Vestager refuses to pause state aid rules
• Community round-up: Freshfields bolsters antitrust team with counsel promotions
• Tony Reeves, 1969-2020
• Channel Islands to split competition authority
• Community round-up: Linklaters promotes three to partnership
• Mundt “sceptical” of data portability impact
• Community round-up: E.CA Economics hires former DG Comp economist
• Germany ends Champions League broadcasting probe
• Hungary’s new competition head begins six-year term
• “It was challenging but also thrilling”: Latvia’s competition president steps down
• Q&A with Jeane A Thomas
• Community round-up: BCLP creates French competition team
• European Commission set to review Mastercard/Nets deal
• Greek enforcer plans three market inquiries per year
• Ro-ro class action claim filed at UK tribunal
• Greece launches e-commerce sector inquiry

• DG Comp offers “informal” coronavirus guidance
• Coronavirus round-up: CMA clarifies approach to cooperation
• Lithuania closes 23-month home decorator investigation
• FCO approves German football broadcasting auction
• Egypt takes aim at suspected chicken broker cartel
• Coronavirus round-up: Cooperate to “feed the nation”, UK government tells retailers
• CADE investigates Bayer/Monsanto over soybean practices
• CMA approves behavioural remedies in “unusual” merger case
• European enforcers step up coronavirus response
• CMA names head of its digital taskforce
• South Africa settles with Vodacom to reduce data prices
• Telecom Italia hit with €116 million abuse of dominance fine
• Coca-Cola bottler fined in Greece for obstructing dawn raid
• Breton: Move away from focus on lower prices
• CMA fines pharma companies for anticompetitive agreements
• Practitioners push back against reversing burden of proof in mergers
• CMA may hold more witness interviews in merger probes
• Community round-up: Boutique opens in Portugal and Latham and Orrick promote
• French enforcer searches food voucher suppliers
• India proposes amendments to its competition law
• Brazil takes interim measures against gym labour unions
• Spain accepts Adidas’s commitments in vertical restraint probe
• South Africa reinvestigates AB InBev over merger conditions
• European Commission may force data sharing
• Cleary and Jones Day lead on Alstom/Bombardier deal
• UK supermarket removes anticompetitive property clauses
• Community round-up: Hausfeld opens new Amsterdam office
• CMA clears Google/Looker
• Poland fines Brother over printer RPM
• JD Sports may be forced to sell Footasylum
• EU investigates Cadbury’s owner for territorial restrictions
• EU takes EssilorLuxottica/GrandVision to Phase II
• Canadian enforcer got facts wrong in merger dispute, P&H says
• Germany OKs digital trading platform for agricultural goods
• Ex-mayor broke competition law, Romanian enforcer says
• Telecoms appeal against Kenyan merger conditions
• Survey: most consumers do not “instinctively trust” class actions
• Blocking Prosafe/Floatel merger only way to resolve competition concerns, says CMA
• FCO allows “extensive cooperation” between newspapers
• Mixed reactions to Poland's new competition head
• McDonald’s ends exclusivity agreements in Israel
• Promotions and hires in Europe and North America