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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...

The UK Government has announced its plans for reform of the UK competition regime.  The biggest change will be the merger of the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission to create a new, powerful single competition authority. In addition,...

On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in disputes concerning the licensing of broadcasting rights to Premier League football matches, in the matter Premier League v Karen Murphy. In this document we give a summary of the jud...

In August 2011, China issued new provisions for its national security review system. These provisions cover procedure and reflect MOFCOM's latest instructions on the process and timeline for submitting applications for national security review, and should...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently affirmed a lower court decision finding that two drugs were not necessarily in the same relevant product market for antitrust purposes, even though the drugs were two alternatives used to treat...

It has been widely reported in the Russian press that at the end of July 2011 Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service ("FAS") and the Russian subsidiary of Novo Nordisk ("Novo Nordisk") settled their legal dispute over Novo Nordisk allegedly...

Headlines in this issue: HOT TOPICS EU: Commission adopts new guidelines for cooperation between competitors. SUPERMARKETS/GROCERIES RETAILING France: Competition Authority recommends action to address food retail concentration. Germany: EDEKA/trinkgut...

To meet the emerging needs for protecting its economic interests and security, China has commenced adjusting its legal regime on competitive intelligence and reinforcing judicial protection for state secrets relating to economic interests and trade secrets. The...

Two of our recent briefings have explained the mechanics of China's new national review process, under which acquisitions of Chinese assets in certain industries may be reviewed and rejected on national security grounds. This new process was announced only a day...

Das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) hat am 10. November 2011 den Entwurf der 8. GWB-Novelle veröffentlicht. Der Entwurf basiert auf dem im August 2011 vorgestellten Eckpunktepapier des BMWi, welches die wettbewerbspolitischen...