What good regulation looks like and why it matters
What good regulation looks like and why it matters
The importance of good regulation in a challenging economic environment.
Secondment opportunities for competition lawyers
We are launching a new round of secondment opportunities for competition lawyers, starting on 28 October 2019. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 18 September 2019.
Retail banking remedies: an update
In February I blogged about CMA reforms that are making personal and business banking easier. Since then, we’ve been working with government, regulators and the industry, to make sure the benefits of these reforms are fully realised and that banks …
Introducing our Remedies, Business and Financial Analysis team
I have two main functions here at the CMA. I head up our Remedies, Business and Financial Analysis professional group and I am our senior champion for Wellbeing and Mental Health. I find both roles challenging and rewarding and each …
Online Dating: what to look out for when you’re looking for love
Online dating websites are used by many people to make the path to love smoother, helping them find someone who shares their love of rom-coms, Friday nights in and long walks on the beach…
Promoting Competition Bulletin July 2018
2017/18 was another very busy and productive year for us, and you can read more about our work in markets as varied as care homes, online gambling, digital comparison tools, supermarkets and offshore engineering services in our latest Annual Report. …
Why we’re banging the drum for international fairness in the digital economy
We’ve joined forces with our international consumer protection counterparts to identify terms and conditions (T&Cs) in the digital economy that may be harming customers - which in today’s digital age equates to many millions of people across the globe. Following …
Nothing ventured, nothing gained - 10 questions to ask your lawyer when embarking on a joint venture
Joint ventures have a lot of appeal and for good reason. When businesses join forces they can pool goods, services and funds to help them innovate and achieve commercial success that they couldn’t otherwise do alone. This is especially true …
We've published our annual concurrency report
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Sharon Horwitz, Posted on:
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Competition Act 1998 and cartels, Competition law compliance, Consumer protection, Life at the CMA, Markets, Mergers
The CMA has published its latest annual report on the concurrency regime. In a nutshell, concurrency refers to the fact that both the CMA and sector regulators (such as the regulators in the communications, energy, water, aviation, rail, healthcare, financial …
Promoting Competition Bulletin March 2018
Four years on from the creation of the CMA, we face opportunities and challenges that would have been hard to predict back in 2014. High among these is the UK’s exit from the EU (Exit). It presents clear opportunities as …
Trade Associations: are you complying with competition law?
Are you a member of an industry of trade association? If so, you should check you and your association are playing by the right rules. The constitutions, decisions and recommendations of trade associations and how their members behave have …