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13 February 2024
The European Commission (“Commission”) has unveiled its eagerly anticipated revision of the Market Definition Notice (the “Notice”), a landmark event since its...
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09 January 2024
Just before Christmas, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered three eagerly awaited rulings that greatly affect the relationship between antitrust law and the autonomy...
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14 December 2023
The last time the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) extensively dealt with the intersection between sports and EU competition law was more than seventeen years ago. In the...
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December 2023
Esports has recently evolved from what many would call a hobby to an impressive business that attracts a lot of attention.
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28 September 2023
The European Commission has just published its current thinking on green mergers. Recognizing that competition law must play its part in achieving the European Green Deal, the Commission...
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05 July 2023
After a long legislative process, the German Whistleblower Protection Act (“the Act” or HinSchG) came into force on July 2. As Hogan Lovells reported several months ago (see...
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22 November 2022
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) focuses on several ex ante behavioural obligations on entities that have been designated as so-called gatekeepers. However, the DMA also introduces certain...
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09 June 2022
On 1 June 2022, the European Commission’s revised Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (“VBER”) and the accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints entered into force....
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31 May 2022
In its decision of May 31, 2022, the German Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") determined the unlawfulness of a non-compete clause in the distribution agreements of a German chainsaw...
