Kick-off – the Tondela Opinion and its Background
On 15 May 2025, AG Emiliou delivered his Opinion on the request for a preliminary ruling submitted by the Portuguese Tribunal da Concorrência,…
On June 2, 2025, the EU Commission (Commission) rendered its decision in re Case AT.40795 Delivery Hero/Glovo (Delivery Hero). This is an important new precedent, to be delivered as part of any deal…
Introduction
Competition law is a fundamental component of market regulation designed to prevent anti-competitive practices that can harm both consumers and the overall market structure…
On 3 May, the EC published a policy brief on labor markets.
The existing legal framework allows the EC and EU national competition authorities to take decisive action against anticompetitive…
On June 23, 2023, amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) took effect which now make it a per se criminal offence for unaffiliated employers to agree, conspire or arrange to:
“Fix,…
A new era of cartel enforcement
Competition authorities worldwide have historically focused on investigating classic cartel practices, such as price fixing, market sharing, and exchanging…
Competition authorities globally continue to focus attention on potential anticompetitive conduct affecting labour markets, with a particular emphasis on “wage-fixing” and “no-poaching” agreements…
The labor market has gradually increased its place on the agenda of competition law, especially in the last ten years. No-poaching agreements (agreements between competitors to not transfer employees…
In a speech on 22 October 2021, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager revealed that the European Commission was planning a series of dawn raids for the months to come. She highlighted that…
