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Antitrust experts are optimistic about the UK antitrust enforcer’s much-anticipated reforms to its in-depth merger review process, but raised concerns about access to evidence and practical implementation.

24 November 2023

Nine fuel companies have agreed to pay €166 million and committed not to manipulate prices at petrol stations to close a cartel investigation in Morocco.

24 November 2023

Spain’s coalition government has proposed removing telecommunication regulatory powers from the National Commission of Markets and Competition but antitrust enforcement in that sector will likely remain with the agency.

24 November 2023

Spain’s antitrust agency is the latest national competition authority to probe the cloud services sector amid concerns about market concentration.

23 November 2023

France’s Competition Authority has accused several engineering, technology consulting and IT services companies of conspiring to implement no-poach agreements.

23 November 2023

Deutsche Telekom’s bid to force the European Commission to pay €1.75 million in compensatory interest on a fine that was partially annulled by the General Court is unnecessarily punitive, an advisor to the European Court of Justice has said.

23 November 2023

An amendment to a UK digital markets bill seeking to resolve litigation funding problems from PACCAR should not solely apply to opt-out class action claims before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the head of a litigation funder has said.

23 November 2023

Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to promote three competition lawyers to partner and three to counsel across its offices in the UK, EU and US.

22 November 2023

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has rejected behavioural, structural and public interest remedies from AkzoNobel as part of a decision confirming the prohibition of its acquisition of Kansai Paint’s African business.

22 November 2023

UPC Switzerland has failed to overturn a decision by Switzerland's Competition Commission that sanctioned the pay-television company for abusing its position in the market for ice hockey broadcasting.

22 November 2023