Tag: Competition and Markets Authority
UK: Up to £100,000 cash rewards for cartel whistleblowers
The Competition and Markets Authority, the new central competition regulator, will continue the Office of Fair Trading’s policy of cash rewards for cartel whistleblowers....
UK: CMA launches “cracking down on cartels” campaign
A major crackdown on cartels in being launched by competition authorities after a rise in illegal business practices such as price fixing.
The Competition and...
UK: Watchdog orders ATM business sold to save $2bn merger
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has ordered Diebold Nixdorf to sell one of its customer-operated ATM businesses.
Last year, the CMA ran an in-depth...
UK: ICE loses antitrust appeal over trading software
A UK appeals court has upheld a ruling by competition authorities that Intercontinental Exchange must sell Trayport, an energy software trading platform it bought...
UK: Competition regulator targets ‘illegal’ deals between Actavis, Concordia
The allegations are adding up against the former Actavis unit in the UK A couple of months after competition watchdogs took issue with a...
UK: Four estate agents fined for illegal price-fixing cartel
After admitting to illegal price-fixing four real estate agents have been fined more than £370,000 by the Competition and Markets Authority.
The CMA says firms...
UK: Pfizer appeals record fine over epilepsy drug hike
Pfizer wasted little time in challenging the record £85 million fine imposed by a UK cost watchdog for a supply scheme that resulted in...
UK: Drug company ordered to cut price of epilepsy pills
A pharmaceuticals company will have to cut dramatically the price of an epilepsy drug after losing its legal action against the competition watchdog.
Flynn Pharma...
UK: Competition watchdog gives tentative approval to Mastercard VocaLink deal
Mastercard’s proposed acquisition of UK payments technology firm VocaLink took another step closer to approval today when UK regulator the Competition and Markets Authority...
UK: CMA clears VTech/LeapFrog merger
The companies are 2 of the leading suppliers of learning toys, child tablets and content in the UK. An in-depth investigation by a group...