Margrethe Vestager today defended the importance and integrity of the EU’s merger control regime amid renewed calls for key markets to consolidate around European champions ..read more

Relying on abuse of dominance laws to review non-notifiable mergers after they close should “remain the absolute exception”, an advisor to the European Court of Justice has said ..read more

Plans to allow companies to discuss remedies early during the Phase II process should boost trust in the UK’s merger regime, the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority’s inquiry group has said ..read more

The European Court of Justice has paved the way for a follow-on damages lawsuit against Google to progress in the Czech Republic after ruling that the country’s old limitation rules were incompatible with EU law ..read more

Vifor Pharma has offered to rectify and undo the effects of an alleged misleading information campaign about the safety of a rival drug. The European Commission revealed today that the drugmaker has promised to launch an extensive campaign through multiple communication channels, clarifying its past disparaging behaviour to healthcare professionals. Also in The Briefing, civil society groups urge Margrethe Vestager to take action against Digital Markets Act data portability infringements ..read more

A “very small proportion” of outbound investments could present national security issues, the UK’s deputy prime minister has said ..read more

Brazil’s competition authority has published guidelines on its approach to non-horizontal mergers, clarifying that a vertically merged company can only implement a foreclosure strategy if it has enough upstream market power ..read more

Proposed reforms to Hungary’s competition law modelled on Germany’s Section 19A rules risk imposing far-reaching obligations on businesses and fragmenting the EU single market, experts have said ..read more

Google's decision to remove Fortnite from the Play Store in 2020 resulted in the game being less successful on Android devices than other platforms, a former Epic Games executive has testified ..read more

It is rare for a cartel agreement to fall into the lap of a competition agency, but apparently there’s a first time for everything. Reports over the weekend about a planned price increase from nail technicians spurred the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority into action today – issuing an open letter warning the sector against any collective price increases. The Nail Tech Org, which represents workers in the sector, was seemingly unaware that its actions could represent a hardcore antitrust violation – touting a “free pricing masterclass” to “empower” its members. Also in The Briefing, Spain ..read more