Competition weekly highlights—27 November 2025
This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) publication of the CMA’s Strategy for 2026–2029, and (2) the CAT publishing a PD setting out requirements for formatting and page lengths regarding skeleton arguments and other documents filed with the CAT. This week's highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission issuing a SO in its phase II investigation into UMG/Downtown, (2) the Commission authorising the signing of the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement, and (3) a Court of Justice judgment clarifying when compensation for free lock operations may constitute State aid and, if so, whether it should be classified as existing or new aid.