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EU Fines Delivery Hero And Glovo €329 Million For Labour Market Cartel: Key Takeaways

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) fined Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo a combined €329 million for operating a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Goodwin Procter LLP

Delivery Hero And Glovo Fined For Minority Stake No-poach Agreements

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission ("EC") imposed fines of €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for participating in a cartel to eliminate competitive rivalry in the online food delivery sector across the EEA.

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Knights

What The UK Procurement Act 2023 Means For Investigations

The Procurement Act 2023 launches a new, post-Brexit procurement regime, with many significant changes to the predecessor regime.

United Kingdom Government

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A&O Shearman

Competition Law And/or National Security Concerns Could Lead To Exclusion From And Termination Of Public Contracts

Amongst the many changes introduced by the Procurement Act 2023 (the 2023 Act), the ability to exclude bidders and even terminate contracts early, where one of the many grounds for exclusion has been satisfied, has been attracting headlines.

United Kingdom Government

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Macfarlanes LLP

EU Penalizes RPM And Other Vertical Conduct Violations

European Union Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

Global Immunity And Leniency Activity Sees Little Uptick In 2024

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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A&O Shearman

New UK Procurement Act: Advancing Pro-Growth Agenda With Stricter Measures Against Competition Law Breaches

United Kingdom Government

TS

Travers Smith LLP

Price Fixing – Traps For The Unwary

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Lewis Silkin

Digitally Enhanced? Key Proposed Updates To The CMA's Mergers And Investigations Guidance

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Home Sweet Home? CMA Granted Domestic Search Warrant On Appeal By English High Court

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Unwelcome Visitors? UK Court Greenlights Domestic Search Warrants In Competition Cases

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Jones Day

English High Court Sets Aside Fundamental Rights To Support CMA Raids Of Private Residential Premises | Consequences For Businesses, Their Executives And Employees

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

WONKA: A Competition Lawyer's Review

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gunnercooke

Extraterritorial Reach Of CMA Information Gathering Powers: The Fight Continues?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

Understanding The Employment Rights Bill: A New Era For Employers, Employees And Workers (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Corporate Finance Soundbite: Mergerspresso - Episode 15: Moving On Up… (Podcast)

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

The NHS And AI Scribes

United Kingdom Privacy

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Spencer West

Upcoming Immigration Rule Changes From July 2025: What You Need To Know (25 June 2025)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Duncan Lewis & Co Solicitors

Employment Update July 2025 (Podcast)

United Kingdom Employment

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Travers Smith LLP

Wiretapping: A Valuable Tool For Competition Authorities

In Europe, competition authorities are making increased use of wiretap evidence to sanction anticompetitive activities such as cartels.

European Union Anti-trust

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright

High Court Rules In UK's Third-Ever Cartel Damages Judgment

Following a four-week trial in the Commercial Court and judgment on 8 February 2024, Osborne Clarke clients Granville Technology Group Ltd and OT Computers Ltd...

European Union Anti-trust

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Osborne Clarke

CMA Can Require Overseas Companies To Produce Documents In Its Competition Law Investigations

In its ruling1 of 17 January 2024 the Court of Appeal allowed the CMA's appeal against a joint judgment by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Tribunal Orders Defendants To Share Single Joint Expert In Cartel Damages Claim

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (Tribunal) has ruled that manufacturers of car passenger safety equipment accused of involvement in a cartel...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Macfarlanes LLP

Cases And Precedents

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Arnold & Porter

European Competition Law Newsletter – January 2024

European Union Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods LLP

PSA Automobiles SA v Autoliv AB [2023] CAT 66 – The Competition Appeal Tribunal Orders Three Defendant Groups To Use One Joint Expert At Trial

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Travers Smith LLP

The EU Capacitors Cartel: What Did The Court Of Justice Decide? (Video)

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

When HR Strategies Risk Infringing UK Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gowling WLG

Competition, Construction, Chemicals, Cartel?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Michelmores

The Dekagram: 16th October 2023

United Kingdom Litigation

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Deka Chambers

Private Enforcement Of EU Competition Law: Recent Developments

European Union Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

Supplier Exclusion And Debarment Under The Procurement Act

United Kingdom Government

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Fieldfisher

Open All Hours: Competition Law And The Hotel Sector (Part 2)

European Union Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The Dekagram: 16th October 2023

This week's Dekagram examines whether, and when, service of a claim form can be validly effected on an erroneous address; Lucy Lodewyke looks at an unusual case in which service under CPR Part 6.15 was authorised.

United Kingdom Litigation

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Deka Chambers

Private Enforcement Of EU Competition Law: Recent Developments

Almost 10 years after the enactment of EU Directive 2014/104 (‘Damages Directive'), the private enforcement of competition law in the European Union (‘EU') has truly taken off.

European Union Anti-trust

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WilmerHale

Supplier Exclusion And Debarment Under The Procurement Act

One of the most significant areas of change in the Act which is likely to be of particular interest to suppliers to the public and utility sectors is the question of supplier exclusion and debarment.

United Kingdom Government

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Fieldfisher

Open All Hours: Competition Law And The Hotel Sector (Part 2)

EU and UK competition law is an often underestimated and misunderstood area of law. However, it very much applies to the hotel sector which in recent years has been subject to increased scrutiny.

European Union Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

The New EU Regime For Horizontal Agreements: Competition Law And Horizontal Agreements - A Cross-jurisdictional Comparison

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

European Competition Law Newsletter – June 2023

Microsoft's high-profile proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been undergoing merger control review in numerous jurisdictions around the world.

European Union Anti-trust

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McGuireWoods

Trucks: UK Damages Claims, Economic Effects, And Passing-On (Video)

Before we get into the details of the judgment, how did the dispute arise between DAF and each of Royal Mail and BT?

United Kingdom Anti-trust

NR

Norton Rose Fulbright

Cartel Intel – Eighth Edition Now Published Giving A Consolidated View Of Key Cartel Developments Across EMEA

The opening months of 2023 have seen competition authorities across EMEA continue the trend of cracking down on cartel conduct, with dawn raids carried out by competition authorities across Europe.

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The European Commission's Cartel Enforcement Policy And Practice: Current Trends

In October 2022, the European Commission (EC) issued a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) document as guidance on its leniency programme.

European Union Anti-trust

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Norton Rose Fulbright

European Competition Review 2022

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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McDermott Will & Emery

Confirmation That Instigation And Awareness Of Cartel Activity Is Sufficient To Attract A Fine Under UK Competition Law Following The CMA's Decision In Rangers Football Club

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Leniency - European Commission Published New FAQ Guidance On The Immunity And Fine Reduction 2006 Notice

European Union Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

Developments In European Technology Regulation: Digital Markets Act And Digital Services Act

European Union Anti-trust

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Mayer Brown

Competition Damages Update

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Bird & Bird

COVID-19 Key EU Developments, Policy & Regulatory Update No. 88

European Union Coronavirus

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Jones Day

Cartel Intel: Seventh Edition Now Live

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

The Competition Regulator's Attempts To Disqualify Pharmaceutical Company Directors Is Considered By Nicola Sharp, Of Financial Crime And Regulatory Specialists Rahman Ravelli

United Kingdom Criminal

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Rahman Ravelli Solicitors

Two-minute Recap Of Competition Law Matters Around The Globe – August 2022

Worldwide Anti-trust

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Kinstellar

Anti-Competitive Cartels, Mistakes Of Law, And Unfair Credit Relationships: Deliberate Concealment And Mistakes Under The Limitation Act 1980

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Gatehouse Chambers

HSF Contributes Cartel Definition To First Edition Of Concurrences Global Dictionary Of Competition Law

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Finding The Right Forum? Samsung's LCD Cartel Contribution Claim Blocked In England

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Hausfeld & Co LLP

Cartel Intel – Updates From Our EMEA Network

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

European Commission — Trucks Cartel: Clarification On The Concept Of ‘Single And Continuous Infringement' And Its Impact On The Limitation Period Of Anticompetitive Practices

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

HSF Competition Team Launches New "CRTea" Podcast Series

European Union Anti-trust

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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The EU Capacitors Cartel: What Did The Court Of Justice Decide? (Video)

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

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