By Gillian Sproul and Addiped Cheng on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationIn a warning shot to businesses using intellectual property rights to restrict cross-border sales within the European Economic Area (EEA), on 25 March 2019 the European Commission fined Nike €12.5 million for banning traders of licenced football merchandise from selling to other EEA countries. The decision underscores the Commission’s commitment to eliminating commercial practices that threaten the… Continue Reading
By Greenberg Traurig on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,White collarBarry Vitou and A. John Pappalardo co-authored an article Lexis®PSL Corporate Crime titled “Statute of Limitations on Bribery—UK and US Perspectives.” This article was first published on Lexis®PSL Corporate Crime on 22 August 2018. To read this article, click here.… Continue Reading
By Gillian Sproul, Lisa Navarro and Addiped Cheng on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Competition LawThe Consultation The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has on 26 July 2018 opened a consultation on revised guidance (Revised Guidance) on competition disqualification orders (CDOs) against directors of undertakings suspected to have been in breach of competition laws. Continue Reading.… Continue Reading
By Gillian Sproul, Lisa Navarro and Addiped Cheng on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationThe Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt ruled on 12 July 2018 that manufacturers of luxury products are permitted to restrict authorised resellers from reselling on online marketplaces. The marketplace restriction at issue was imposed by Coty Germany on Parfümerie Akzente, one of its authorised distributors, to prohibit it from distributing Coty perfumes on a third-party… Continue Reading
By Gillian Sproul and Addiped Cheng on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationOn 6 December 2017 the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) issued its long-awaited preliminary ruling in the case of Coty Germany GmbH v Parfümerie Akzente Gmbh, on issues referred from a Frankfurt court concerning the distribution of luxury goods. The ruling follows the approach recommended in the opinion of CJEU Advocate General Wahl, issued in… Continue Reading
By Lisa Navarro and Naomi Feinstein on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Employment lawIn October 2015, reporting requirements under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act will come into force. These obligations apply to all companies that carry on some business in the UK and that have a worldwide turnover in excess of £36m. There is no minimum threshold for the volume of turnover or activity that needs to be… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationWritten by Lisa Navarro In September 2013, the Office of Fair Trading (“OFT“) issued statements of objection (“SO“) in two separate resale price maintenance cases. The first relates to the sale of sports bras, and the second to mobility scooters. Distinct products, sold in different ways, but both have allegedly been the subject of arrangements… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Data PrivacyWritten by Luke Dixon Recent news on both sides of the Atlantic has included considerable commentary on the issues of data privacy and international data flows. With an important vote on the issue due to take place in the EU Parliament next month, now seems like a good time to bring readers up to date… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationWritten by Simon Harms | Stephen C. Tupper As many businesses will be acutely aware, the preparation of merger control notifications to the European Commission (the “Commission“) under the EU Merger Regulation (the “EUMR“) in respect of M&A transactions requires a considerable amount of effort by in-house teams and external legal and economic advisers and… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,White collarWritten by Kara M. Bombach | Lisa Navarro Since the UK’s Bribery Act 2010 came into force (on July 1, 2011) the last 18 months have not been filled with the enforcement activity some expected or hoped for. Rather than headline-grabbing dawn raids by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), or big name take-downs, the first… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Competition LawWritten by Simon Harms and Stephen C. Tupper On 4 May 2012, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced its preliminary intention not to renew its sector-specific guidelines on the application of the European Union (“EU”) competition rules to maritime transport services (the “Maritime Guidelines”). As a prelude to implementation, the Commission has issued a working… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Competition Law,RegulatoryWritten by Simon Harms On 14 December 2010, the European Commission (the “Commission”) adopted a new suite of rules governing co-operation between actual or potential competitors, consisting of (i) guidelines on the applicability of EU competition law to horizontal co-operation agreements (the “Guidelines”) and (ii) two new block exemption regulations covering: (1) R&D agreements; and… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & RegulationWritten by Stephen C. Tupper On May 13, 2009, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published a summary of a decision1 confirming its view that Intel Corporation was guilty of serious anti-competitive conduct during a period from 2002-2007 in an important microprocessor market and, consequently, the Commission imposed a massive €1.06 billion fine on Intel. (A… Continue Reading
By Kate Eades on Posted in Antitrust Trade & Regulation,Competition LawWritten by Stephen C. Tupper | Lisa Navarro On 10 September 2009 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) dawn-raided the offices of Sports Direct. The dawn raid is the first public step by the OFT in its investigation into alleged anti-competitive agreements between Sports Direct and JJB Sports. Whilst… Continue Reading
