5/6/2026 10:31:07 AM The new UK TTBEO: Navigating a bespoke regime for Technology Licensing By Jenny Leahy Sharon Malhi Alexandra Morgan Karen Slaney +1 more... Show less On 1 May 2026, the legal framework for technology licensing in the UK entered a new chapter. With the expiry of the “assimilated” EU...
4/14/2026 9:11:54 AM Whelan at the Wheel: what to expect from the newly appointed Director-General of DG Competition By Andreas von Bonin Björn Sijtsma Gabriel Andraos Jean-Alexandre Vaglio +1 more... Show less Competition Commissioner Ribera announced yesterday that Anthony Whelan has been appointed as the new Director-General of DG Competition....
4/13/2026 5:54:03 PM The Italian Antitrust Authority issues its first ever fine for online retail price maintenance and clarifies the contours of illegal online marketplace bans By Gian Luca Zampa Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Cecilia Carli Luca Giacomello +2 more... Show less On 17 March 2026, the Italian Antitrust Authority (IAA) imposed a record fine of over €25 million on Morellato S.p.A. (Morellato), a...
4/1/2026 5:20:20 PM Update: Freshfields’ response to the UK Government’s proposals to overhaul the competition regime By James Aitken Colin Raftery On 20 January 2026, the UK Government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK competition regime. In our previous blog, we shared...
3/2/2026 2:50:02 PM EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement: What it means for cross-Channel enforcement By Dominic Divivier Colin Raftery Andreas von Bonin Nick English Ole Schley +2 more... Show less The EU and the United Kingdom signed the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement on 25 February 2026 (Agreement), establishing a formal...
1/23/2026 1:36:48 PM System re-boot: High Court turns up the voltage for UK energy appeals By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Kritika Rampal Leonie Sage +1 more... Show less On 22 January 2026, the English High Court delivered an important judgment for companies and investors in UK regulated infrastructure. ...
1/20/2026 8:19:18 PM UK Government Heralds Major Changes to UK Merger Control Regime By James Aitken Colin Raftery On 20 January 2026, the UK government announced a range of proposed reforms to the UK merger control regime. The proposals are, once...
1/13/2026 11:26:27 AM New EU FSR Guidelines: What Changed, What Still Hurts, and How to Prepare By Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Justyna Smela Wolski Elena Baum +3 more... Show less The European Commission (Commission) has now published its Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). These...
12/8/2025 9:47:42 AM A decade of enforcement: Hong Kong's competition landscape in 2025 By Ninette Dodoo Tim Mak Ziqi Zhou A summary of the seminar jointly hosted by Freshfields and the British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. On 6 November 2025, Rasul Butt,...
11/25/2025 10:56:11 AM UK Gov launches consultation on an offsets regime for the defence sector: time to have your say. By Kate Gough Alex Potter Robert Colvin Conor Leavy Nathan Castellano +2 more... Show less On 23 October 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) launched an open consultation seeking views from the market on a potential new...
11/10/2025 9:19:12 AM ECJ ruling on leniency statements: balancing cooperation and transparency By Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger In its 30 October 2025 judgment in Case C-2/23 (Baugesellschaft), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified how far the protection of...
9/17/2025 12:04:19 PM The European Commission Issues First-Ever Fine for Providing Incomplete Information in Antitrust Investigation By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Tine Rasmussen On 8 September 2025, the European Commission (EC) announced a €172,000 fine on Eurofield SAS (Eurofield) and Unanime Sport SAS (Unanime...
8/4/2025 2:56:01 PM Minority Stakes and No-Poach Agreements in the Crosshairs of the European Commission and French Competition Authority By Charlotte Colin-Dubuisson Dominic Divivier Jan Jeram Elaine Pajeot Henri Putman +2 more... Show less On 25 July 2025, the European Commission (EC) published its decision (adopted in June) sanctioning Delivery Hero and Glovo for...
7/23/2025 9:04:35 AM European Commission Says Leniency Returns – How DG COMP Tries to Rebalance Detection and Incentives By Tobias Klose Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger +1 more... Show less After years of declining leniency applications, the European Commission is now reporting a notable recovery. In a recent episode of the...
7/16/2025 8:01:04 AM EU Steps Up on Algorithmic Pricing Cartels, Joining the US and Other Jurisdictions By Tobias Klose Bruce McCulloch Uta Itzen Dominic Divivier Thomas Lübbig Frank Felgentraeger +3 more... Show less Until recently, some compliance departments may have treated algorithmic pricing more as a theoretical antitrust risk in the EU – a topic...
7/10/2025 9:33:36 AM No Safe Harbour: EU Court Confirms Antitrust Risks in Capital Markets Communications By Tobias Klose Uta Itzen Dominic Divivier Frank Felgentraeger +1 more... Show less Yesterday, the General Court handed down its decision in T-188/24 – Michelin v Commission (currently only available in French) which is...