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The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act received Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. The competition provisions are likely to come into force in April 2014. The biggest change will be the merger of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to create...

On 22 March 2013 the OFT published a "Frequently Asked Questions" document setting out further details on its remit and role in respect of National Health Service ("NHS") mergers. Notably, the FAQ highlight the OFT's broad remit...

The European Commission on 18 March 2013 issued revised guidance on the conduct of inspections at business premises of companies suspected of anticompetitive conduct. It is important that the principles from the revised guidance and certain recent cases...

The supra-national merger control regime of the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) came into force on 14 January 2013.  It has long review periods, potentially high filing fees and no jurisdictional thresholds, but does not prohibit closing...

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After fourteen months of intense political scrutiny, the Health and Social Care Act 2012  received Royal Assent on 27 March 2012, marking the most extensive reorganisation of the National Health Service (the NHS) in England since its inception.  Arguably...

Agreements which set prices by reference to other transactions – such as sales of rivals' products, sales to other customers, or sales on different platforms - are of increasing interest to antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. Price...

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The recent judgment of the EU General Court in Budapesti Erőmű highlights the risks of entering into investments through long term contractual arrangements in EU accession countries and accession candidates. Even if EU State aid laws do not apply at the time...

On 4 April 2012, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) decided to refer the markets for the supply and acquisition of private healthcare in the UK to the Competition Commission (CC) for an in-depth market investigation.  The CC's terms of reference are...