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2023 Awards
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Competition Law and SustainabilitySusan Black, Marcel Nuys, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Juliana Penz-Evren, Kristien Geeurickx, Florian Huerkamp, Camille Puech, André Pretorius, Jessica Fechner, Joseph Falcone, Jonathan Cross, Christopher Boyd, Adelaide Luke, Howard Chan, Joel Rheuben, Patrick Gay, Philip Aitken and Sarah Benbow, May 2022, Practical Law
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Key Current Trends in FDI: Global OverviewGlobal Competition Review, Veronica Roberts, Ruth Allen and Ali MacGregor, December 2022, in Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Guide (ed.2)
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The EU Commission publishes the second annual report on the screening of foreign direct investment into the UnionConcurrences, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Daniel Vowden, Daniel Barrio, The EU Commission publishes the second annual report on the screening of foreign direct investment into the Union, 1 September 2022, e-Competitions September 2022, Art. N° 108807
2022 Awards
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Cross-sector merger control in Malaysia: Getting closerHerbert Smith Freehills, Adelaide Luke, Peter Godwin, Glynn Cooper and Sophie Lenox, 19 May 2021, Insights
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ESG collaboration and competition law: Change on the horizon?Herbert Smith Freehills, Adelaide Luke, Timothy Stutt, Antony Crockett, Joel Rheuben and Howard Chan, 25 March 2021, Asia Competition e-bulletin
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How can competition rules support innovation?Herbert Smith Freehills, Susan Black, Clemence Barraud and Joel Smith, 10 October 2021, Insights
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The German Competition Authority publishes new guidelines on its leniency program and the setting of fines in cartel proceedingsConcurrences Bulletin, Marcel Nuys, Florian Huerkamp and Daniel Vowden, 10 October 2021, e-Competitions
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The UK Government publishes its long-awaited Subsidy Control BillConcurrences Bulletin, Tim Briggs, Morris Schonberg, Eric White and Sean Giles, 30 June 2021, e-Competitions
2021 Awards
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ECJ rules for the first time on "pay-for-delay" agreementsHerbert Smith Freehills Competition Notes Blog, Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Dafni Katrana and Ruth Allen, February 6, 2020
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Supreme Court ruling in Merricks: Some important clarifications but a number of unresolved issuesHerbert Smith Freehills Competition Notes blog, Kim Dietzel, Stephen Wisking, Daniel Woods and Ruth Allen, December 15, 2020
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Towards a higher standard of proof and a more interventionist judicial review in antitrust cases involving complex (economic) assessments following CK Telecoms?Journal of European Competition Law and Practice, October 2020, Volume 11, Issue 8
2020 Awards
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FCA Issues First Penalties for Competition InfringementsJames Brady, Jonathan Kelly, Nicholas Levy, Paul Gilbert, Vassilena Karadakova and Sunil Gadhia, e-Competitions News Issue February 2019
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Taking Stock of the Collective Proceedings Regime in the Competition Appeal Tribunal – A Successful Compromise?Ruth Allen and Stephen Wisking, Due to be published Spring 2020: This article is based on a presentation by Stephen Wisking at ''The Civil Procedure Rules At 20' conference on 10 June 2019 at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.
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The German FCO’s decision against Facebook: a first step towards the creation of digital house rules?Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Peter Rowland, Marcel Nuys and Juliana Penz, Competition Law Journal, 2019, Vol. 18, No. 2