Last week, the European Commission published on its website a revised explanatory note on how it conducts on-the-spot inspections of business premises where it suspects a company has breached…
This blog post examines the complex interaction of European Commission and national authority jurisdiction to examine different transactions involving the same parties, as well as the OFT’s reasons…
An earlier post considered the Competition Commission’s (“CC”) prohibition of Stericycle’s completed acquisition of a competitor, Ecowaste Southwest. Having found that the merger would have resulted…
Unlike in most countries, in the United Kingdom, the notification of mergers is voluntary and there is no waiting period that must expire before a merger can be completed. Therefore, many mergers are…
