Competition weekly highlights—22 May 2025
This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CAT issues judgment approving settlement in Mastercard collective damages action, (2) the government publishes its response regarding consultation on updating the media mergers regime, (3) the government publishes 2025 strategic steer setting out priorities for the CMA, and (4) the government publishes its response regarding consultation on the Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulation 2024. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission consultation on commitments offered by Microsoft in ‘Teams tying’ investigation, (2) three separate AG opinions concerning national references from Germany and Portugal suggesting sports governing bodies are limited in their self-regulation if there is a significant impact on matters governed by EU law, (3) an AG opinion recommending the Court of Justice should dismiss an appeal against the Commission’s decision to conditionally clear PKN/Gupto Lotos merger at phase II, (4) the Commission adopts proposals to sign EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement, and (5) the General Court’s judgment annulling Commission’s decision rejecting State aid complaint alleging Lithuania granted new aid to a Lithuanian public service broadcaster.