Tag: CMA
Looking Backwards and Forwards: What Does 25 Years of Competition Enforcement...
August 2022 marks the 25th anniversary of the publication of the draft Competition Bill in August 1997. Passing into law the following year, what...
UK Watchdog Sees Competition Concerns In Dental Merger
An initial investigation by the CMA into an acquisition of dental practices has found competition concerns in parts of Doncaster, Yorkshire and Alfreton, Derbyshire.
The...
CMA Music Streaming Market Study: What’s Going On?
By: Tom Smith (The Platform Law Blog)
Music streaming is a fascinating industry, and many people were looking forward to seeing how the UK’s Competition...
UK Public Procurement – Increasing Risks for Cartel Participants
Risks are increasing for those involved in cartel activity in the UK and in particular bid-rigging in public procurement. The UK Government has recently...
UK’s CMA Unwinds Real Estate Software Merger
Britain's competition regulator said on Wednesday that Canadian cloud-based software firm Dye & Durham should sell UK-based TM Group after its investigation identified competition concerns.
The...
Outgoing CMA Chief Is Anxious Over the Future Of UK Antitrust...
Outgoing chief of the competition watchdog Andrea Coscelli has said he still has “anxiety” about the UK’s regulatory position.
Speaking on law firm Cleary Gottlieb’s...
UK Competition Watchdog Lets Music Streaming Off The Hook
Some nine months after the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) revealed it was carrying out a market study into music-streaming services, the government...
CMA Fines Pfizer & Flynn For Excessive Pricing
The drugmakers Pfizer and Flynn Pharma have been fined a total of £70m for overcharging the NHS for a life-saving epilepsy drug.
The UK’s competition watchdog fined...
UK Watchdog Is Concerned With Foam Deal
The UK Competition and Markets Authority said Monday that the 656 million Euro ($683.9 million) sale of Recticel's engineered foams business to Carpenter Co....
Bokkerink Approved As New CMA Chair
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee today publishes a report following its pre-appointment hearing with the Government’s preferred candidate for Chair of the...
