This week’s topics
Competition and Anti-Trust Framework
- Chapter I and Chapter II prohibitions under Competition Act 1998
- Enterprise Act 2002 merger regimes
- CMA market investigations
- Sectoral compliance analysis in regulated industries
- International Merger Control Introduction
- Consumer law compliance | Navigating the DMCC Act
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Explain legislation relating to monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practice.
- 2.2 Assess how legislation relating to monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practice affects a specific business sector.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain legislation relating to monopolies, mergers and anti-competitive practice.
Study materials
Videos
- International Merger Control Introduction · YouTube · University of London Postgraduate Laws · 7 min · for registered students
- Consumer law compliance | Navigating the DMCC Act · YouTube · Hogan Lovells Cadwalader · 52 min · for registered students
- Competition and Markets Authority v Flynn Pharma Ltd and another; CMA v Pfizer Inc and another · YouTube · UKSupremeCourt · 88 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Online Choice Architecture: how digital design can harm competition and consumers (CMA, 2022) · PDF · GOV.UK, report; 76 pages · for registered students
- Consolidated versions of the TEU and TFEU (2016/C 202/01), Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, Title VII: common rules on competition, taxation and approximation of laws · Reading · Eu, legislation; pp. 82–90 · for registered students
- UNCTAD Model Law on Competition (2010, with commentaries) · PDF · Unctad, guidance; 114 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
