The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets imposed a fine of EUR 12.5 million on four companies in the cold storage industry.

Dutch state owned bank ABN Amro has initiated legal proceedings at the European Union's General Court regarding the European Commission’s decision to ban the bank from making acquisitions following a state bailout earlier this year.

The European Commission has raised competition concerns about capacity allocation rules on the Dutch main railway network following the 2025 market liberalization.

To prevent antitrust skeletons from haunting you after an acquisition, it is advisable to not only perform a due diligence, but also to keep an eye on the duration of the liability provisions in the purchase agreement.

The European Commission has published a proposal for a regulation to replace the Market Abuse Directive.

Beware of the civil enforcement risks of anti-competitive clauses when in contract negotiations.

The European Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, recently announced that parties to a "handful of mergers"...

Companies should brace themselves for the extra attention that their agreements with online distributors, in particular, are likely to get.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a dawn raid conducted by the Czech Competition Authority violated the right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence, because it was not subject to prior judicial authorisation and there was no effective post-inspection court review in place.

The Netherlands Competition Authority ("NMa") has imposed fines amounting to €20 million in total on Dutch media company Koninklijke Wegener N.V. and five of its executives.

The revised Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation and accompanying guidelines entered into force on 1 May 2014.

Unlike the European Commission, the NMa is authorised to impose fines on individuals for competition law violations.<

The ACM has published new digital dawn raid guidelines specifying how it uses its powers to inspect and copy digital media.

In 2013, the NMa is scheduled to merge with the Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA) and the Consumer Authority (CA) to create a single "lean and mean" regulator, to be headed by the new NMa chairman Chris Fonteijn.

This summer, the European Commission issued a consultation paper on two proposals to reform the EU merger control system.

On 6 September 2013, the bill amending the Competition Act entered into force.

The European Commission recently published its preliminary report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry, identifying potential competition concerns in cross-border e-commerce of digital content and consumer goods.