On 6 May 2022 the Government confirmed its approach to strengthen digital competition regulation in the UK.[1] The UK is now on the verge of publishing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (the “Bill”) which will be broadly aligned with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). However, will the Bill be fit for purpose?…
Preiskel & Co is delighted to announce that Tim Cowen, Chair, Antitrust Practice, will be co-hosting an International Institute of Communications (IIC) chapter event focusing on competition in digital markets. BRG’s Mark Williams will join Tim as co-host, and the online seminar will have a range of speakers, including representatives from the Competition and Markets…
Andrea Leadsom and Sajid Javid, in one of their last acts as government ministers,addressed a letter to Andrea Coscelli, the Chief Executive of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”), commissioning a regular review of the state of competition in the UK. The letter argues that existing indicators of how competition is functioning in the…
The European Commission has reported that Booking.com has committed to change the way in which it presents offers, discounts and prices to consumers in order to comply with EU consumer protections. The commitment comes after discussions between the European Commission, national consumer authorities, and Booking.com. The commitments should be put into practice by 16 June…
This week the CMA published its interim report in its market study or Online Platforms and Digital Advertising.
The interim report can be read here.
Please contact Tim Cowen if you have any questions regarding the market study.
Preiskel & Co Partner, Tim Cowen, has been quoted in the Financial Times discussing the Labour Party’s proposals for universal free consumer broadband. The article, an interesting analysis of the proposal for the nationalisation of certain telecommunications infrastructure in the UK, quotes Tim discussing the difficulties that might be encountered in the implementation of Labour’s proposals.…
Drinks and discussion regarding the groundbreaking Supreme Court Decision “R (on the application of Miller) (Appellant) v The Prime Minister (Respondent) Cherry and others (Respondents) v Advocate General for Scotland (Appellant) (Scotland)” The event will be hosted at Preiskel & Co’s Offices at 18:30 on the 25th September 2019. The session will be led by…
Tim Cowen will be speaking at the Big Data & Competition Law event on 15 October 2019 in Brussels.
Please see Tim’s speaker profile here.
If you would like to attend, please click here for a 20% discount to your ticket price.
The European Commission has fined Canon €28 million after finding that it had partially implemented an acquisition of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (“TMSC”) before merger control notification. The EU operates a compulsory notification system, meaning parties must notify the European Commission of plans to merge before the transaction is completed. In this scenario, TMSC had…
The UK food industry has requested that it be granted a waiver from certain provisions of competition law in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Producers and distributors, including major supermarkets, are reported to have “repeatedly” asked the Government for a reprieve from rules which prevent collaborating on supply or pricing plans, in order to…
