This week’s edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the Court of Appeal’s judgment refusing permission to appeal against the CAT’s certification of Hammond and Stephan’s collection actions against Amazon, (2) the CAT’s judgment on validity of opt-in notification in collective proceedings brought by Commercial and Interregional Card Claims against Mastercard and Visa, (3) CAT’s judgment regarding a Subsidiary Control Act challenge against the Gambling Commission’s £70m grant to Camelot, (4) confirmation that Doug Gurr is the new Chair of the CMA, and (5) the CMA publishing the Growth and Investment Council Terms of Reference. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) AG proposing dismissal of Meta appeals against the Commission’s information requests in Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Data antitrust investigations, (2) the Court of Justice issuing judgments in relation to 13 appeals against the General Court’s re-adopted judgment concerning the Commission’s air cargo carriers decision, (3) the Commission launching a call for evidence regarding revising State aid rules in the form of guarantees, and (4) the Commission publishing the latest edition of its Competition Merger Brief.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CMA’s decision to unconditionally clear T&L Sugars/Tereos after a phase 2 investigation, and (2) the CMA’s decision to close its investigation into whether ESS abused its dominant position in the MIS market. This week's highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Court of Justice’s landmark judgment which set aside the General Court’s judgment and annulled the Commission’s decision to accept a referral request under Article 22 EUMR in Illumina/Grail, and (2) the General Court’s dismissal of an appeal concerning the canned vegetables cartel.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CAT issues judgment granting collective proceedings order in opt-out collective action against Google, and (2) the CMA publishes judgment concerning CMA search warrants in Solidworks cartel investigation. This week's highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the General Court publishes its order dismissing Broadcom's application for interim measures against Commission information request, and (2) the Commission issuing a Statement of Grounds to Temu over possible obstruction of inspection under the FSR.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the High Court’s judgment holding that France is the correct place to bring a damages claim arising from cartels in the supply of car air conditioning and engine cooling components to car manufacturers, (2) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing an appeal concerning emergence communication services, and (3) CMA publishing blog by Doug Gurr on how the CMA can drive investment and growth. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission’s announcement that it has launched a consultation on the Transfer Technology Block Exemption, (2) the Court of Justice’s judgment in a national reference from Italy concerning whether a 90-day time limit on the Italian Competition Authority to launch investigations may breach Article 102 TFEU, and (3) the General Court’s judgment dismissing Ryanair’s action against the Commission’s readopted decision approving rescue aid to TAP SGPS in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective, a number of developments, namely: (1) The CAT’s judgment on an application for a collective proceedings order brought by AD Tech Collective Action against Google for alleged abuse of dominance by Google’s conduct relating to the sale of digital display advertising. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing Ryanair’s appeal regarding State aid granted by Finland in favour of Finnair due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and (2) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing Port Bilbao’s appeal regarding the Commission’s decision concerning tax measures for ports in the Basque region.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CMA’s decision that Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership does not qualify for investigation, (2) the CAT’s decision to quash (and remit back) the CMA’s phase 2 decision of the Spreadex/Sporting Index merger, (3) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing an appeal relating to its first judgment on the UK’s post-Brexit subsidy regime, (4) a CAT judgment dismissing a jurisdictional challenge in a damages action brought by supermarkets against salmon suppliers, and (5) publication by the CMA of a MoU between the Canada and the CMA regarding international cooperation on the application of national competition laws. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission’s decision to launch a consultation on antitrust rules for the motor vehicle sector, (2) Advocate General Medina’s opinion concerning a proposed annulment of the General Court judgment upholding State aid for Hungary’s Paks II nuclear project, (3) the Court of Justice judgment concerning whether Article 102 TFEU applies to refusals of access to airport infrastructure for groundhandling services at airports with low amounts of passenger traffic, (4) the Commission’s decision to close its interim measures proceedings against Lufthansa aimed at ordering the airline to reinstate Condor's access to Lufthansa's feed traffic to and from Frankfurt airport in the context of its A++ transatlantic JV investigation, and (5) the Commission’s decision to launch consultations on FSR guidelines.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) publication of the government's response to the DCMS's consultation on further changes to the foreign state influence regime for newspapers and magazines, (2) the CMA's decision to refer the Getty Images/Shutterstock merger to phase 2, (3) the CMA's decision to accept commitments from seven housebuilders in an information exchange investigation, and (4) a CAT judgment on ‘ROC issues’ in London Array and Spottiswoode power-cables damages claims. This week's highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) a Court of Justice judgment confirming that NCAs may share leniency and settlement documents with prosecutors in Article 101 TFEU investigations, subject to limits, (2) the Commission's decision to refer MMG's proposed acquisition of Anglo Amercian's Brazilian nickel business to phase II, and (3) publication by the Commission of a staff working document on how Clean Deal State aid Framework addresses important clean investment gaps.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CMA’s decision to accept modified commitments from the AJBA parties to strengthen competition on UK-US air routes, (2) a CAT judgment granting the CMA warrants to enter and search business premises relating to its supply waste management services investigation, (3) a CAT judgment granting a CPO for an opt-out claim against Google, (4) the DBT’s decision to launch a call for evidence on the opt-out collective actions regime for competition law claims, (5) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing permission to appeal the CAT’s dismissal of collective pricing abuse claim against BT, (6) a High Court judgment dismissing a challenge to FTDI’s divestment order made under the NSIA, (7) publication by the DBT of updated subsidy control guidance, (8) publication of the CMA’s final report relating to its cloud services market investigation, and (9) the CMA’s decision to refer the Aramark/Entier merger to phase. This week's highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Court of Justice’s judgment concerning a national reference from Italy holding renewable energy State aid inadmissible, and (2) the Commission’s decision to launch a call for evidence on technical updates of the ETS State aid guidelines.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes developments from an EU perspective, including: (1) the publication by the Commission of its first annual report on the Digital Markets Act, and (2) the Commission’s announcement that it has issued an infringement decision and fine Apple over €1.8bn for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CAT issues judgment refusing Apple’s strike-out application in Which? collective proceedings, (2) the CAT publishes an order refusing Mastercard and Visa permission to appeal in MIF Umbrella Proceedings, (3) the CMA consults on guidance on application of Chapter I prohibition to technology transfer agreement, (4) the FCA launches competition investigations into suspected anticompetitive conduct linked to the funding and usage of PayPal’s digital wallet, and (5) the CMA publishes advice to Defra on the reform of the veterinary sector regulation. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the Commission launches consultation on draft of new Merger Guidelines, (2) the Court of Justice issues judgment in national reference from Portugal on whether COVID-19 football no-poach agreement may breach Article 101 TFEU, (3) the Court of Justice issues judgment clarifying timing in cartel damages claim, and (4) the General Court issues judgment dismissing an action against the Commission’s approach to 10% cap in restriction of cross-border sales of Pierre Cardin clothing.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) the CAT’s judgment holding that Deckers breached the Chapter I prohibition concerning restrictions on the sale of HOKA running shoe brand, (2) the CMA’s consultation on a proposed remedies package in the Vodafone/Three phase 2 merger investigation, (3) the CMA’s decision that the Boparan/ForFarmers transaction merger meets the test for reference to phase 2, (4) the Court of Appeal’s judgment dismissing Meta’s application for permission to appeal a CAT judgment granting a revised application for CPO order brought by Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, (5) the CAT’s ruling refusing DAF permission to appeal regarding CPO granted in Road Haulage Association collective damages action, (6) the CMA’s consultation on draft new guidance for the market regime, and (7) the Subsidy Advice Unit’s updated guidance for public authorities on how to make a referral. This week’s highlights also includes, from an EU perspective: (1) the General Court’s judgment largely dismissing an action against the Commission’s infringement decision regarding a cartel in the sector for suprasovereign bonds, sovereign bonds and public agency bonds denominated in US dollars, (2) the Commission’s decision to launch an Article 102 investigation into Corning, (3) the Commission’s decision to fine Tevea €462m for anti-competitive tactics against MS drug rival, (4) the General Court judgment dismissing further appeals in relation to a Madeira State aid scheme, (5) the General Court’s judgment dismissing an action against the Commission’s decision to approve aid granted by Romania to TAROM to provide compensation for the damage suffered due to COVID-19, and (6) the Commission’s announcement that Apple’s operating system must comply with all relevant obligations under the DMA.

This week's edition of Competition weekly highlights includes, from a UK perspective: (1) CMA’s decision to launch a consultation on updated version of its guidance on investigation procedures in CA 1998 cases, (2) the CMA’s announcement that it has provisionally cleared T&L Sugars/Tereos merger, and (3) a CAT judgment making a CPO relating to follow-on damages claims in respect of trucks cartel proceedings. This weeks highlights also includes, from an EU perspective, publication by the Commission of a statement on IAG’s decision to abandon its acquisition of Europa.