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As it stands, the UK will exit the European Union at midnight on 29 March 2019. Therefore, businesses within the UK, or with trade relations with the UK, would be best advised to assume that a no-deal Brexit is inevitable. 

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) recently reviewed its first merger between two pharmaceutical companies.

It is nearly time for the European Commission to reveal its course of action in digitisation and competition law.

On 16 January 2019, the European Court of Justice clarified the procedural guarantees the European Commission needs to provide to merging parties during merger reviews.

Eerder schreven wij een blogbericht over de implementatie van het zogenaamde 'Vierde Spoorwegpakket'. In navolging van de Tweede Kamer (9 oktober 2018) heeft de Eerste Kamer het daartoe strekkende wetsvoorstel op 29 januari 2019 aangenomen.

The 29th edition of Sweet & Maxwell’s annual EU Competition Law Handbook has been published. 

Bij arrest van 17 oktober 2018 stelde het Hof van Beroep te Brussel een belangrijke grens aan de ongebreidelde mogelijkheid tot instellen van een stakingsvordering.

Dans son arrêt du 17 octobre 2018, la Cour d’appel de Bruxelles a fixé une limite importante à la possibilité débridée d’introduire des actions en cessation.

L’affaire concerne le litige entre G. et son (ancien) sous-traitant, qui a éclaté lorsque G. a mis fin au contrat pour des travaux déterminés. Le sous-traitant question aurait effectivement mis fin aux travaux.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently closed its investigation into a discount scheme by dominant pharma company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) aimed at preventing the National Health Service (NHS) from switching to competing biosimilars.

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets' (ACM) digital inspection guidelines should be on every company's reading list. However, they should not be taken too literally; at least according to the recent ruling from the Court of Appeal in The Hague.

A parent company can be held liable for a subsidiary's anti-competitive conduct if the parent has exercised decisive influence over the subsidiary, because the two are then considered a single undertaking.

The European Court of Justice recently upheld the General Court's order finding that metal production and recycling company Eco-Bat had submitted its appeal outside of the appeal term.

The European Court of Justice recently confirmed that if the EU Damages Directive does not apply, it is up to national rules to enable claimants to effectively claim EU antitrust damages.

De Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak van de Raad van State heeft in haar uitspraak van  20 oktober 2010 al geoordeeld of een het verstrekken van geld door de overheid een overheidsopdracht is of een subsidie.