The year 2024, in Malta, has seen the first (ever) merger control prohibition decision, a number of ongoing antitrust investigations, and the overturning of a ‘margin squeeze’ judgement by the Competition and Consumer Affairs Appeals Tribunal (an appeals body that has since been abolished) (“Competition Appeals Tribunal”) dating back to 2014. In September 2024 the…
Introduction and summary The year 2024 brought us a lot of developments in Norwegian competition law, including the largest fine ever imposed by the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) for violations of competition law, the proposal of a new market investigation tool that will grant the NCA extensive powers to tackle competition challenges, alongside a continued…
This year, we kick off our ‘main developments in competition law and policy’ series with this special treat! Main Developments in Competition Law and Policy 2018-2024: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia (the KSA), Syria, United Arab Emirates (the UAE), and Yemen 1. Introduction and Background Antitrust regulation has…
