On 20 September 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) imposed interim measures on the Belgian Colombophile Federation (BCF).

The BCA acknowledges that 2021 will be a year of recovery following the negative impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Belgian economy.

On 1 July 2010, the long-awaited Social Criminal Code was published in the Belgian official journal of laws.

The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition won the dispute with FORTUNA GAME a.s., TIPSPORT a. s. and CHANCE a.s. before the Supreme Administrative Court over legality of the Office's investigation which was based on ...

A recent judgment from the General Court of the European Union has shed more light on gun jumping. Gun jumping means not notifying a merger that should have been notified or violating...

For the first time in Finnish merger control history, parties to a merger committed to an upfront-buyer provision. On 19 April 2021, the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority ("FCCA") ...

On 24 June 2021, the latest amendments of the Finnish Competition Act entered into force. The modifications were mostly based on the Directive 2019/1 ("ECN+ Directive")...

The government has issued a proposal on 19 September 2022 to amend the Finnish Act on Competition. The government proposes to decrease the jurisdictional thresholds for an obligation...

The Finnish government has recently addressed a legislative proposal to the Finnish Parliament regarding amending the Finnish Competition Act.

The Paris Court of Appeal recently ruled on a follow-on damages case further to the so-called "dairy products" cartel that was sanctioned by the French Competition Authority (FCA) in 2015.

On 25.11.2021, the FCO published its "self-cleaning" guidelines, specifying the conditions under which companies that have been found by a binding and final decision to have engaged...

The Hungarian Competition Authority ("GVH") has announced its proposal for the Hungarian Government to create a new online price monitoring database, which the Hungarian Government has supported.

Although the Proposed Guidelines mean a ‘big step in the right direction', according to Snoep, they stop short of providing sufficiently precise guidance.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") recently revised its Technology Risk Management Guidelines (the "Guidelines")...

The Motor Vehicle Block Exemption Regulation ("MVBER") (which was set to expire on 31 May 2023) has been prolonged by the European Commission for five years and will now be applicable until 31 May 2028.

Further to the UK Government's plans, announced at the end of 2020, to set up a new digital competition regime (summarised in our earlier article "Big Tech" under pressure - new Rules for Digital Platforms in the...

J was offered a job by the respondent firm of solicitors (D) in June 2008, subject to completion of a medical questionnaire. In the questionnaire, she disclosed a history of depression dating back to 2005 and the offer was withdrawn.

In the recent case of "Khatri v Cooperatieve Centrale etc." an individual was employed under a written contract which included provision for a performance-related bonus to be paid each year-end calculated on the basis of a formula.

It is sometimes unclear when a contract of employment has come to an end. In the recent case of "Heaven v Whitbread Group plc", the claimant wrote to his employer on 29 August: 'I tender my resignation... [but] this is dependent on two factors... [that I get] one month's money and a glowing reference'.

In this case the employer had implemented their 'Fair Blame Policy' against an employee.