Clifford Chance

Mobile network operations defeat collusion claim in landmark ruling

13 November 2023

This briefing covers an important recent decision in which the English High Court scrutinised multiple contacts between senior executives at commercial competitors (here). While the defendants were successful, the judgment offers important lessons about the risks of interacting with competitors and the high threshold required for a company to distance from anti-competitive approaches. Senior executives and in-house counsel will want to revisit their own policies and practices in dealing with the sensitive topic of contact with competitors.

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