Competition Law

Retail giant Amazon has been charged by the European Commission over its use of sales data on independent retailers to "illegally" obtain an advantage in the European marketplace. In July last year, the Commission opened an in-depth investigation to assess Amazon's use of sensitive data. The data co

Given a number of Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accusations against key suppliers to the construction sector, Jamie Dunne from Brodies has looked into the issue in more detail. The Competition and Markets Authority has recently accused six key suppliers to the construction sector of anti-c

The UK's competition regulator has shied away from meaningful change of the accountancy industry after ignoring recommendations for a major shake-up in a move critics have described as a missed “golden opportunity”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped short of callin