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Published on September 18, 2025
Private Equity and Common Ownership in Professional Rugby: Applying the Delivery Hero Standard
By Dr Beverley Wilson From time to time, the Thicket blog invites guest bloggers to write about a topic that is close to their heart.... Continue
Published on September 8, 2025
Nissan Iberia (C-21/24): The Clock for Damages Actions Only Starts Ticking Once the National Competition Authority’s Decision is Final
Introduction Private damages actions are now firmly established as a key tool of EU competition law enforcement. As regularly asserted by the Court of Justice... Continue
Published on July 30, 2025
Fast but fair? interim injunctions and the fast-track procedure in the Competition Appeal Tribunal
For claimants in competition cases, timing can be everything. Access to a key supplier, data feed, or distribution channel can make or break a business—especially... Continue
Published on July 7, 2025
Applying Occam’s razor to the question of whether MIFs are by object infringements. Are we already starting to see UK diverge from Europe on what should go in the object box?
The CAT’s liability judgment in the Umbrella Interchange Fee case is not for the faint of heart. The former CAT President’s reasoning spans to around... Continue
Published on June 5, 2025
Strasbourg calling – ECHR majority CLEARS Competition Wiretap Case (But mind the dissenters)
Ships Waste Oil Collector B.V. and Others v The Netherlands, Joined cases 2799/16, 2800/16, 3124/16 and 3205/16, Judgment of the ECHR Grand Chamber of 01/04/2025... Continue
Published on May 21, 2025
FIFA vs Agents: 1-0 at halftime – AG Emiliou Defends FIFA’s Football Agent Regulations
Introduction In two significant cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Advocate General Emiliou (the AG) delivered his eagerly awaited opinions... Continue
Published on May 20, 2025
Merger Control and media plurality: fitting a Square peg into a round hole?
On 14 May 2025, the Financieel Dagblad (FD) reported that the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) plans to conditionally approve the acquisition of RTL... Continue
Published on May 1, 2025
A recap of the Geradin Partners webinar on Dutch Competition Law: a year in review and what’s ahead
On 27 March 2025, the Amsterdam Office of Geradin Partners hosted a webinar on the developments within competition law in the Netherlands. During the webinar,... Continue
Published on April 30, 2025
The EP’s proposed amendments to the FDI Regulation: towards more centralised FDI screening?
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, the International Trade Committee of European Parliament adopted a proposal to amend the EU FDI Regulation (the EP Proposal) on 8... Continue
Published on February 6, 2025
Sumal three years on: a hint of Double Dutch and the Dutch courts lead the way…?
Introduction In 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Sumal judgement promised clarification on the issue of downward liability in private enforcement... Continue