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The attached annual competition law review was presented at the IBC 2013 Advanced EU Competition Law conference in London on 16 April 2013. It provides a detailed analysis of the most significant EU cases relating to anti-competitive agreements, abuses of dominance...

Recently, the European Commission and the Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") issued proposals aimed at simplifying their respective merger control notification procedures.  The United States merger control notification procedures, known for being...

Your company is doing well – perhaps through invention, innovation, historical accident, or a well-timed decision.  As a result, you may have come up with a niche product that has placed your company in its own marketplace.  Market share is increasing...

The Government has announced changes to some aspects of competition litigation in the UK following a consultation in 2012.  The changes include extending the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)'s jurisdiction to hear stand-alone actions, introducing...

Every so often, a company gets wrapped up in interlocking directorate trouble. When that happens, companies come under the antitrust microscope of the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice.  And often, when the antitrust agencies have a company...

After more than a year of negotiations with the European Commission, the Clifford Chance competition team in Brussels has been able to secure state aid clearance for the aid package granted to the Dexia group by Belgium, France and Luxemburg.  The successful...

The German Foreign Trade Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz) and the respective implementation regulation (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung) enable the German federal government to prohibit or restrict certain foreign investments in Germany. This form of acquisition...

At the beginning of the month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its first Supervisory Highlights, a report of the agency’s supervision over certain financial institutions (banks, saving associations, credit unions and their affiliates,...

As the number of jurisdictions enacting antitrust laws surpasses 100, extraterritoriality (the ability of those outside a jurisdiction to be held liable within the jurisdiction) becomes a significant risk management issue for multi-national companies. Conduct...

Human resources is not often thought of as an area that is likely to harbour antitrust compliance issues. But a series of consent orders concerning employee non-solicitation agreements are a reminder that certain employment-related agreements between competitors...