Region: United Kingdom

Road Haulage Association can proceed with its certified opt-in class action against members of the EU trucks cartel, a UK appellate court has said - rejecting a rival claimant’s bid to overturn the dismissal of its own opt-out claim.

25 July 2023

A competition expert has filed another class action alleging that Apple abused its dominance by charging developers an “excessive” 30% commission fee before the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal.

25 July 2023

There is a “realistic chance” of a more certain outcome that resolves competition concerns in Microsoft/Activision, the UK’s competition watchdog has said.

24 July 2023

A roofing supply broker has withdrawn its follow-on damages claim against two of the UK’s largest suppliers of rolled lead, whose two-year price-fixing and market-sharing cartel forced it into bankruptcy in 2017.

24 July 2023

The UK government should tighten its unit pricing rules to better help shoppers compare product prices, the country’s national antitrust enforcer has said in an update on its probe into competition in the groceries sector.

20 July 2023

Broadcom’s €54.4 billion acquisition of VMware will not harm competition for critical computer products, the UK's antitrust watchdog has found in a provisional in-depth decision unconditionally clearing the tie-up.

19 July 2023

Microsoft and Activision have postponed the deadline for completing their $68.7 billion merger by three months.

19 July 2023

The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has agreed to pause Microsoft’s appeal against the decision blocking its acquisition of Activision Blizzard after the merging parties revealed their plans to file a restructured deal to the country’s antitrust authority.

17 July 2023

A report on the UK’s foreign investment regime shows the country’s government discriminates against China-linked buyers, a spokesperson for the Chinese administration has claimed.

14 July 2023

Apple and Amazon’s data advantages in the consumer credit and insurance sectors have been flagged as ripe for scrutiny by the UK’s financial services watchdog.

13 July 2023