Competition weekly highlights—29 January 2026
This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CMA publishes guidance on competition law and collaboration between higher education providers, (2) the CMA publishes informal guidance on Landscape Enterprise Networks under Green Agreements Open-Door policy, (3) the CMA revokes 37 obsolete and historic merger remedies following strategic review, (4) the CMA’s phase 2 interim report in the Constellation Developments/ABVR merger, provisionally concluding the transaction should be cleared unconditionally, (5) the CAT issues judgment certifying CPO in games class action, (5) the CMA publishes its response to reforms to the statutory consultee system and (6) the government launches consultation on veterinary sector reforms ahead of the CMA’s final market investigation report. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission announces that it has launched proceedings to support Google’s compliance with interoperability and data sharing obligations under the Digital Markets Act.