The Court of Appeal, in TalkTalk v Ofcom [2013] EWCA Civ 1318, recently gave an important reminder to all competition practitioners that market definitions are a tool rather than an end: what matters is substance not form.
The facts of the case were relatively simple. Ofcom conducted …read more
(by Morten Hviid) Last week, Asda’s marketing chief was reported as saying: “It is strange to me that our competitors are touting how much they match prices and are working towards parity. I find it almost anti-competitive that large competitors are talking about and proud to be matching each other’s …read more
(by Andreas Stephan) The latest round of increases in energy prices has sparked an angry debate about how well competition is working in the UK market. Energy companies claim increases reflect rising wholesale prices and government levies, while politicians are making allegations of collusion. A long term view of how …read more
Quite some time ago, we asked whether the Office Depot/OfficeMax merger was going to be able to overcome the concerns that led the FTC to sue to block the Staples/Office Depot transaction back in 1997. Now we have our answer. Yup.
The FTC released a …read more