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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...

The European Commission has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption and the related Technology Transfer Guidelines, which govern the application of EU competition law to transfers and licences of patents, know-how...

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On 26 October 2012 water regulator Ofwat published revised proposals to modify the licence conditions of water companies. These proposals will give Ofwat a much greater degree of discretion in the price control mechanism and could also impact current and prospective...

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...

Jenine Hulsmann looks at recent judgments that clarify the extent to which, consistent with EU antitrust, free movement and intellectual property laws, restrictions may be placed on the distribution and viewing of copyright works in the EU when those works are...

On 10 July 2012, the Government published a draft Water Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny. The Water Bill takes forward the proposed package of reforms to water sector regulation that were set out in the December 2011 water white paper. This client briefing looks...

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...

The UK government announced major reforms of the UK competition regime on 15 March 2012. In the following three videos, partners from Clifford Chance's London Antitrust Practice explain and comment on the changes and their impact on businesses in three key areas.   Reform...