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The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has published its priorities paper for 2026, setting out its enforcement priorities and strategic initiatives for the coming year.

Representatives from antitrust enforcement agencies around the world converged in Washington, D.C. last week to attend the American Bar Association's 67th Spring Meeting of the Section of Antitrust Law.

On 12 July 2023 the general or ex officio tool of the FSR became applicable. The tool empowers the European Commission (EC) to investigate cases where foreign subsidies are suspected of having a distortive...

Almost three years since prohibiting UPS' proposed acquisition of TNT Express, the European Commission approved on 8 January 2016 under the EU Merger Regulation FedEx's own takeover proposal for the same company.

The availability of vast amounts of operational and consumer data, and advancements in artificial intelligence present opportunities...

The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has, for the first time, published an overview of its merger control enforcement activities.

On 9 January 2026, the European Commission published its first set of Guidelines on the application of the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, which requires some M&A deals involving companies that have received support from non-EU governments ...

Small and medium-sized enterprises have gained 'consumer-like protection' pursuant to the Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs.

Almost three years since prohibiting UPS' proposed acquisition of TNT Express, the European Commission approved on 8 January 2016 under the EU Merger Regulation FedEx's own takeover proposal for the same company.

On 24 April 2024, the EU Parliament adopted the EU Listing Act. The Listing Act is part of a package of measures aiming to further develop the Capital Markets Union.

The European Union's recently adopted Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has created new challenges and raised questions for companies participating in tender procedures for large infrastructure projects.

The EU General Court has upheld the European Commission's prohibition of Booking's acquisition of Etraveli, marking the first judicial endorsement of an "ecosystem" theory of harm in merger control. This landmark ruling validates the EC's use of reverse leveraging and entrenchment theories, establishing that dominant firms can be blocked from acquiring assets in adjacent markets even where they lack dominance in the target's market. The decision has far-reaching implications for digital platform acquisition

The term "damage" is now legally defined in Book 6 as the adverse effects resulting from the infringement of a legally protected personal interest.

Foreign subsidies have had an unfair and distortive impact in the European Union. State-backed foreign companies have, according to the EU, benefited from an unfair advantage when acquiring EU targets or...

Global investment in AI surged to approximately USD 252 billion in 2024, representing a thirteen-fold increase since 2014. As AI technologies become deeply embedded across key economic sectors such as finance...

On 6 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) prohibited Illumina's acquisition of Grail, bringing to an end the administrative stage of a legal saga that has attracted interest beyond competition law specialists.

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On 1 April 2024, both the European Commission (the Commission) and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined major car manufacturers and trade associations for participating in a 15-year long cartel concerning end-of-life vehicle recycling.