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On 16 March 2017, the European Commission introduced a new tool which helps whistle-blowers to report antitrust concerns to the Commission and thereby to stay anonymously.

On 5 December 2013 ECHA revised two important guidance documents, which will improve their clarity and consistency.

On 23 October 2014, the European Food Safety Authority published new Guidance document which for the first time harmonizes the method for calculating the exposure to plant protection products for four major social groups – operators, workers, residents and bystanders.

Nespresso has been under investigation in France for a number of years following complaints made by competitors (Demb and Ethical Coffee Company) about the tie between the Nespresso machines and the Nespresso coffee capsules.

In 2008, at Southwark Crown Court in London, the Office of Fair Trading successfully prosecuted three former executives of Dunlop Oil who were found to have been involved in the marine hoses cartel.

In 2013, the EU's highest court, the Court of Justice of the EU, completed 701 cases (up from 595 in 2012). It had 699 new cases brought before it, which is the highest number ever.

A discussion on the issue of 'successor liability' under EU competition law.

Ed Miliband may have been grandstanding and his energy price-freezing announcement was certainly populist.

Plans by the Scottish Government to introduce a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol are likely to breach EU rules on free trade, according to one of the EU Court's Advocates General.

The big supermarkets have been restricted from demanding payments as a condition of being a supplier by the Groceries Supply Code of Practice.

The extent to which the European Commission is now seeking to bring antitrust investigations to a close via commitments or settlement is a cause for concern.

In London, the licensed black taxi cabs are permitted to drive in bus lanes whilst minicabs are not, except to pick up or set down pre-booked passengers.

It has been reported that the European Commission sent out detailed questionnaires to more than 40 airlines...

When booking a hotel, most now look to the internet to find the cheapest room available. Consumers would hope that online travel agents would be competing with each other to offer the lowest price and, if necessary, reduce the commission they earn in order to receive the business.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has, for the first time, used its power to ban a director for breaches of competition law.

One of the arguments used to justify the need for mixed partnerships was the need that some firms argue that they have to warehouse profits which cannot be paid to partners in cash as a result of regulatory requirements.

A discussion on a recent amendment to the Russian Civil Code which states that franchisors are now able to determine the prices for goods and services which their franchisees sell to consumers.