Focus Antitrust - 28 October 2020

In The News

Ofcom issues statement of objections to Motorola and Sepura

Ofcom has issued a statement of objections to Motorola and Sepura, setting out Ofcom’s provisional view that the parties infringed Chapter 1 of the Competition Act 1998 and Article 101 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union by exchanging competitively sensitive information relating to future pricing intentions in connection with a procurement exercise run by the Police ICT company in 2018. Click here.

CMA issues provisional findings in relation to the viagogo/StubHub merger

The CMA has provisionally found that the completed merger of viagogo and StubHub could raise competition concerns in the UK’s secondary ticketing market. Click here.

EU

European Courts

• The European Court of Justice has dismissed Silver Plastics' appeal against the European Commission's retail food packaging cartel decision. Click here.

UK

CMA

• The CMA has published an updated memorandum of understanding with the Serious Fraud Office. Click here.