After 15 months of investigation following the imposition of an Initial Enforcement Order in June 2019, Amazon’s acquisition of 16% of the RooFoods business, better known by its trading name Deliveroo, has been cleared by the CMA. Amazon announced that it would be leading a $575 million Series G investment in the food delivery business…
Could the UK government be doing more to support the self-employed? Preiskel & Co Consultant, Stephen Hornsby, shares his thoughts on how the UK government could better support the self-employed through smarter competition law here.
Congress’ hearings with the leaders of tech giants such as Apple, Facebook, and Google have received a lot of coverage. One particular area of interest lies in Margrethe Vestager’s statement before Congress. The statement is made on behalf of Vestager in her capability as both Commissioner for Competition and Executive Vice-President of the Commission for…
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield is unlawful and invalid. The Privacy Shield was an agreement between the EU and the US, which governed data transfers between the two territories. In a 2016 decision, the European Commission had found that the protection provided by the Privacy Shield was…
The UK government has warned that Huawei must be removed from Britain’s 5G phone networks by 2027, due to concerns over security risks. Huawei is reported to have close ties to the Chinese government and military establishment, which has raised national security concerns. The move comes after US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s speech last…
The how when and why of merger control as applied to deals in the digital space is hotly debated. There was insight from the French Competition Authority in a recent comment. Isabelle de Silva, the chief of the Autorité de la Concurrence, the French Competition Authority, has reportedly suggested in a television interview that the…
We’re delighted to see that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Division, has written an article in Competition Policy International. The article, entitled “Shortages, Price Hikes, and Profiteering: Pandemic Effects on UK Supermarkets and Online Markets” considers the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on supply chains and consumer interests in UK supermarkets and online markets. A…
Preiskel & Co’s Dispute Resolution team has successfully represented a client in an arbitration matter before the International Chamber of Commerce. The dispute was between two telecoms services terminating a Reciprocal Carrier Services Agreement. The Tribunal found for the Claimant (Preiskel & Co’s client) and has awarded the Claimant all of the sums claimed plus…
Preiskel & Co’s Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, shares some thoughts on the seminal Royal Mail plc v Office of Communications [2019] CAT 27.
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The judgment can be found here.
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Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, provides an explanation of the key findings made by the CMA in its Final Report in the Online platforms and Digital Advertising Market Study. The long-anticipated Final Report makes a number of key findings which are likely to shake up the digital space, including a call for ex ante regulation…
