No legal privilege for in-house lawyers in EU competition investigations? European Commission fines for DRAM producers and new block exemption for the motor vehicle sector.

New competition law regime, fines and cartel investigations.

Welcome to Morgan Cole's second edition of our newsletter specifically addressing competition issues in the healthcare sector.

Can companies sue employees responsible for breaking the competition rules? The Kraft/Cadbury merger decision, new groceries laws, CAMRA's fight for a better deal on beer, and the investigation into local bus services by the Competition Commission.

We aim to provide specialist, practical advice, enabling businesses to pursue commercial and strategic objectives in full compliance with competition law.

The European Commission's imposing of fines on plastic producers for cartel, Competition Commission's renewal of its formal recommendation to the Government that the 'competition test' should be introduced, and the Office of Fair Trading's decision not to refer the market for ferry services to the Isle of Wight to the Competition Commission for in-depth review.

Welcome to Morgan Cole's first edition of our newsletter specifically addressing competition issues in the healthcare sector. Since the Co-operation and Competition Panel was set up in January 2009, a number of rulings have been made. We discuss the impact of the Panel.

The future competition law regime for supply and distribution agreements is announced, the OFT look to use disqualification of directors to boost competition law compliance, and commercial contracts – how much liability can we exclude?

The EU Commission's announcement of future competition law regime for motor vehicle sector, the Competition Commission's provisional decision following further analysis of the costs and benefits of the 'competition test', and the EU Commission's giant fines for E.ON and GDF Suez.