On 8 March 2021, the European Commission unconditionally cleared Microsoft’s $7.5bn acquisition of ZeniMax (publisher of video games including the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series). The Commission considered and rejected horizontal theories of harm in games publishing and non-horizontal theories of harm arising from Microsoft’s Xbox console. CRA advised the Parties.
Premier League replica kit: Relevant product markets to assess exclusivity and football club market power
Recent enforcement by the UK competition authority, with clubs fined for price-fixing and existing precedent on exclusive dealing, has not deterred clubs from...