Overview

This round-up, by Hammonds, includes discussion of the European Commission initiating a phase II review of Unilever/Sara Lee Body Care; the UK Competition Commission clearing the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger for the second time; the CAT upholding the Stagecoach challenge to CC prohibition of the Preston Bus acquisition; the OFT decision that the Project Canvas joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, Talk Talk and Arqiva falls outside UK merger control jurisdiction; and the European Commission reaching its first settlement in a cartel case.

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