Archive – Competition (2025)

We present you the fifty-third instalment of the information service bringing interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time we share with you a selection of events for April and May 2025 that caught our attention.

Competition law is often associated with cartel agreements between yogurt producers or price-fixing arrangements by construction companies. However, rules of fair competition also apply to banks and financial institutions—and as recent cases show, this is certainly not just a matter of legal theory.

In mid-May, the Slovak Antimonopoly Office (AMO) introduced a new prioritisation policy. Compared to its previous prioritisation policy, the AMO has decided to make substantial changes. This shift naturally raises questions for the undertakings concerned about the future direction of competition law

We present you the fifty-second instalment of the information service bringing interesting facts from the world of competition law. This time we share with you a selection of events from January to March 2025 that caught our attention.

In a landmark move, the Czech government has, for the first time, exercised its powers under the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Screening Act to prohibit a foreign investment on national security grounds. While the government’s reasoning remains classified, the decision signals a shift toward a mor

Our three-part series on the use of agency in the sale of motor vehicle concludes with a summary of competition law risks that should be avoided in practice. While the agency model has seen an unprecedented boom in recent years, largely due to the European Commission’s loosening of the rules, it is

Internal audits of competition law compliance are no longer just a formality – they are becoming one of the key tools of corporate compliance programs. They help identify risks, ensure legal compliance, and prevent hefty fines and other negative consequences of competition law violations

In the first part of our series, we explored the business reasons driving car manufacturers and importers to gradually implement the agency sales model. However, a significant factor contributing to this shift is the updated interpretation of legal regulations by the European Commission. The agency

In October the Regional Court in Brno (Court) issued another judgment in which it reviewed the legality of an unannounced on-site inspection by the Office for the Protection of Competition (Office). This is the first time the Court has ruled on an inspection concerning a no-poach agreement between e