Tag: CMA
Trading Systems Merger Raises UK Competition Concerns
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that ION’s completed purchase of Broadway Technology raises competition concerns in the supply of electronic trading...
UK’s CMA Wants New Regulatory Regime To Govern Big Tech
The CMA is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power.
The Competition and Markets...
Medical Suppliers’ Merger Raises Antitrust Concerns In The UK
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is concerned that, should the proposed £4.2 billion (US$5.2 billion) purchase by Stryker Corporation (Stryker) of Wright Medical...
CMA Chair Tyrie Quit After Directors Ultimatum
The chairman of Britain's competition watchdog was effectively forced to step down three years early after falling out with its chief executive, raising questions...
CMA Probes Excessive Pricing In Hand Sanitizers
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating suspected charging of excessive and unfair prices for hand sanitiser products during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
UK Raises Concerns Over Educational Supplies Merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Yorkshire Purchasing Organisations (YPO) anticipated acquisition of Findel raises competition concerns in the supply of...
Shortages, Price Hikes, and Profiteering: Pandemic Effects on UK Supermarkets and...
By Timothy Cowen (Preiskel & Co LLP)1
Summary
The CMA has reported record numbers of complaints about business behavior since the pandemic and associated lockdown measures...
UK’s CMA Extends Deadline For Final Ruling On Amazon’s Deliveroo Deal
Britain’s competition regulator has given itself two more months to make a final ruling on Amazon’s purchase of a minority stake in online delivery...
UK Holiday Rental Companies Agree To Refund Customers As CMA Investigates
Two of the UK’s biggest holiday rental firms have caved in to pressure to refund holidaymakers for cancelled trips after an investigation by the...
CMA Orders RBS To Pay Customers For Overdraft Fees
Royal Bank of Scotland will refund more than £2 million (US$2.47 million) to 36,000 customers for failing to warn them about overdraft charges.
The payment...