Competition in context

Addressing the business implications and risks of antitrust issues

Global businesses and their senior executives face significant domestic and international competition issues arising out of merger activity, relationships with third parties, compliance, investigations, regulatory enforcement, criminal proceedings and civil litigation. Our antitrust and competition hub is designed to assist you in navigating the evolving and increasingly complex regulatory, compliance and government enforcement environment.

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Thinking of going exclusive? <i>Competition Act </i>amendments target property controls

Competition Act amendments target property controls

On December 15, amendments to the Competition Act (Canada) (the Act) that were intended at least in part to target competitor property controls that restrict the use of commercial real estate – specifically exclusivity clauses and restrictive covenants – came into effect.

Canada | Publication | December 20, 2024

Intel judgment - more than one way to skin a rebate?!

On 24 October 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed that the European Commission’s (the EC) 2009 decision, which imposed a (then record) €1.06 billion fine on Intel, was flawed as far as it found that loyalty rebates granted by Intel had anti-competitive effects.

Global | Publication | December 19, 2024

2025 Annual Litigation Trends Summit

Join us for the Annual Litigation Trends Summit to explore the latest litigation trends and benchmarks in key industries.

United States | Webinar and Events | December 18, 2024

End Game? The football transfer system

A judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in October 2024 has important implications for FIFA’s football transfer system.

United Kingdom | Video | December 10, 2024

Enforcing UK consumer law: The CMA’s enhanced role

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC Act) introduces important changes to the UK’s consumer law regime

United Kingdom | Video | December 09, 2024

Post-Illumina: EU competition authorities have three options to still catch below-threshold acquisitions

For some time now, the European Commission (EC) and national competition authorities (NCAs) have been striving to catch so-called “killer acquisitions” under their merger control rules to thereby close a perceived enforcement gap.

Global | Publication | December 03, 2024