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Ofcom tackled over broadcasting rights the British Sky Broadcasting Group (Sky) and the Football Association Premier League (the Premier League) look set to challenge an order by Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, for Sky to reduce the price at which ... Read more	The Office of Fair Trading smokes out unlawful pricing After a gruelling seven-year competition probe, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has finally imposed fines of £225m for the fixing of resale prices of tobacco products in the UK on several leading tobacco manufacturers ... Read more
UK bank faces £28m fine for breach of competition law In a salutary warning to companies not to share pricing or other competitively sensitive information with competitors, the Office of Trading (OFT) recently imposed a fine of over £28m for breaching competition law on a ... Read more	New EU safe harbour rules on vertical agreements On 23 April 2010 the EU Commission adopted a new block exemption regulation on the application of EU competition rules to vertical agreements (the Regulation). In certain circumstances, the Regulation allows suppliers in distribution and ... Read more
CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: issues for corporate lawyers The Carbon reduction commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme (the CRC) became effective on 1 April 2010. A full review of this has already been included in IHL179. However, the CRC will have important consequences that need ... Read more	All change for the new financial year With the AGM season in full swing, this article takes stock of rule changes that public companies have been dealing with when presenting their accounts and holding their AGMs. Before looking at the changes it ... Read more
Cross-border mergers The Companies (Cross-Border Mergers) Regulations 2007 (the Regulations) came into force in December 2007 and implements Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and Council on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies. The Regulations provide for ... Read more	Companies Act 2006: is your house in order? As 2009 draws to a close, the dust is now settling on what has been a very busy few years for UK company law. The Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) represented the biggest overhaul ... Read more
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