by Becket McGrath Selective distribution offers brands a ready-made and well established means of ensuring that their products are sold in a consistent and high-quality …
By Becket McGrath There comes a time in one’s career where an opportunity arises that feels like a jump into the unknown. The question then …
by Becket McGrath, Sarah Long and Aakash Kumbhat On 8 September 2020, the European Commission (‘the Commission’) published the results of its evaluation of the …
Justification for a New Competition Tool Based on our experience of the operation of the UK market investigations regime, we agree that a new tool …
How Euclid Law Created The Workplace Of The Future By Oliver Bretz It’s often said that entrepreneurship is born out of frustration. For me, the …
How Euclid Law Became “The Competition Law Firm” When Euclid Law was established in 2015, we knew that to do something new, you have to …
UK competition law beyond the withdrawal – Part I & II by Becket McGrath Since the moment that the result of the UK’s referendum on …
Legility and Euclid Law teamed up for a series of articles that will guide companies and their legal and compliance teams through the challenges of …
Much has been written about most favoured nation clauses or agreements in the context of online platforms (also known as retail MFNs), and the challenges faced by competition authorities in assessing the potential anti-competitive nature of such agreements. The perceived absence of a clear legal framework, and the lack of co-ordination between competition authorities in their approach to assessing retail MFNs, has resulted in significant uncertainty for businesses and practitioners alike. This article aims to provide a practical framework for the assessment of retail MFNs under EU competition law. It considers the application of the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) to retail MFNs, an assessment of retail MFNs under Article 101 and Article 102 TFEU, and a suggested policy approach for ex-ante guidance for the assessment of retail MFNs.
Inventus (EMEA) and Euclid Law teamed up for a series of articles that will guide companies and their legal and compliance teams through the challenges of the Information …
