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BAA sells Edinburgh Airport with CC approval
Thursday, 26 April 2012
BAA has agreed to sell Edinburgh Airport to rival airport operator Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for £807 million, as ordered by the UK’s Competition Commission (CC) after a long-running investigation and several court challenges.
OFT confirms referral for private health-care market
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed its previous decision to refer the UK private health-care market to the Competition Commission (CC) for further investigation, saying features of the market “prevent, restrict or distort competition”.
CC considers Netflix and Lovefilm in BSkyB review
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
The UK’s Competition Commission (CC) investigating British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)’s grip on the pay-TV movie market has broadened its view of the market to take into account new film streaming services offered by Lovefilm and Netflix.
Construction markets referred to UK commission
Thursday, 19 January 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred the markets for aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete to the Competition Commission for in-depth investigation.
Princes sells Fray Bentos to avoid CC referral
Tuesday, 03 January 2012
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accepted commitments from food producer Princes to allow its merger with rival Premier Foods Group to go ahead.
CC outlines issues with in-flight catering deal
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission has announced the areas it will examine in its probe of Alpha Flight Group (AFG) and Lufthansa Service Group (LSG)’s joint venture agreement.
Cleary Gottlieb hires Freeman
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
The former chairman of the UK’s Competition Commission, Peter Freeman, has joined Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as a senior consultant.
OFT sends in-flight catering deal to CC
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred a joint venture between airline catering companies Alpha Flight Group and LSG Lufthansa Service Holding to the country’s Competition Commission.
BAA brings fresh legal challenge to airport sell-off
Friday, 16 September 2011
Airport operator BAA is again challenging the UK Competition Commission’s decision that it must sell London Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports.
Waste merger goes before UK commission
Friday, 26 August 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred medical waste service provider Stericycle’s acquisition of waste managers Ecowaste Southwest to the country’s Competition Commission.
Compass Lexecon continues global expansion
Wednesday, 03 August 2011
Compass Lexecon has hired two high-ranking antitrust agency officials to join its competition practices in Brazil and the UK.
UK commission confirms BAA sale
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
The UK’s Competition Commission today confirmed that airport operator BAA must sell London Stansted and either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports to improve competition in the sector.
UK chief economist joins FTC
Friday, 24 June 2011
Alison Oldale is joining the US Federal Trade Commission’s bureau of economics as deputy director for antitrust.
OFT refers three-to-two merger
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading has referred private equity trading platform BATS Trading’s proposed acquisition of rival Chi-X Europe to the Competition Commission for an in-depth investigation.
UK gov releases extensive competition reforms
Premium Article - Wednesday, 16 March 2011
The UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills today issued a series of wide-ranging reforms aimed at strengthening the country’s competition regime.
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Survey: Australia • Howrey: in their words • Rod Sims interview • GCR cartel roundtable • GCR Live Law Leaders Asia-Pacific
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