Following commencement of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 ("2022 Act"), the enforcement powers of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC")...

On 8 April 2019, the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") secured for the first time a criminal prosecution for "gun jumping" in a merger control case after Armalou Holdings

On 1 February, the European Commission ("Commission") announced that it had decided to prohibit the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse ("DB") and NYSE Euronext ("NYSE").

With the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) together with the accompanying Vertical Guidelines (the "Guidelines") set to

The UK Office of Fair Trading announced its decision to refer Ryanair’s acquisition of a minority shareholding in Aer Lingus to the UK Competition Commission.

On 2 June 2025, the European Commission imposed fines totalling €329 million on Delivery Hero and Glovo for their participation in a four-year cartel in the online food delivery sector.

In December 2020, the European Commission launched a much-heralded and far-reaching reform of the rules governing online commerce and activity.

Matheson has recently responded to a public consultation on certain aspects of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the "Bill").

As the Irish economy re-opens following the Covid-19 lockdown, a coalition government consisting of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party published Tuesday...

The Madrid Commercial Court has made a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) pursuant to Article 267 the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

Article 105(3) of the upcoming Council Directive 2018/1972 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code ("EECC")[1] intends to provide stronger termination rights

In this article we cover three legal developments of importance to TMT companies and legal advisers.

In the first half of 2020 ("H1 2020"), the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") received 18 merger notifications – a nominal increase on the 17 filings received ...

On 12 October 2022, the European Commission ("Commission") took the final step in enacting the Digital Markets Act ("DMA"), by publishing its text in the EU...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 (the "Act") significantly alters the Irish competition and merger control landscape.

Following the long awaited overhaul of Ireland's competition and merger control regime in 2014, the past year has proven to be the busiest year for Irish merger control in a decade.

The detection and prosecution of cartel offences is one of the Irish Competition Authority’s main priorities.

On 6 September 2017, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") handed down judgment in Intel v. Commission, one of the most important abuse of dominance cases to come before the courts in recent years.