Overview

Nabarro’s latest EU and competition team newsletter concerns legal developments at both UK and EU level.

These include the OFT’s consultation on its investigation procedures and its probe into the conduct of one UK truck producer; the Competition Commission’s report on the UK Pay TV market; a round-up of the ECJ’s Akzo ruling over privilege for in-housers; and the EU Advocate General’s opinion on attribution of liability for cartels within group companies.

The full contents can be read below. To read on, click ‘View Briefing’.


CONTENTS

UK
• OFT launches probe into UK truck producer conduct
• Government announces establishment of a new groceries regulator
• OFT market study in aggregates sector
• Competition Commission outlines key issues in movies on Pay TV market investigation
• Oracle parallel import case tests the inter-face between competition and IP law
• OFT consults on investigation procedures

EU
• In-house legal advice on competition not covered by legal professional privilege
• Opinion on what constitutes abuse in the form of a ‘margin squeeze’
• Trioplast group appeal fine for plastic industrial bags cartel
• Advocate General opinion on attribution of liability for a cartel between group companies.