Tag Archives: competition
Le Patourel V BT Group Plc: What Does the CAT’s Judgement Mean for the Use of Behavioural Economics in Class Actions in the UK?
| Sector: | Behavioural Economics. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 30 January, 2025 |
In December 2024 the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed Justin Le Patourel’s claim which centred on allegations that BT abused its dominant market position by imposing excessive and unfair pricing for Standalone Fixed Voice Services (full judgement). For the first time in the UK, behavioural economists were engaged to provide evidence related to one of […]
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A New Era of Consumer Protection Enforcement?
| Sector: | Competition & Antitrust. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 21 November, 2024 |
The Digital Markets Competition and Consumer Act is expected to see a boom in consumer protection. Michael Grenfell, the CMA’s former executive director of enforcement told the Global Competition Review ‘consumer protection will become “as significant and as much a risk factor for businesses as antirust has been to date”‘. A key element of consumer […]
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Behavioural Insights and the CMA Google Play Case – Applying Behavioural Economics to Competition Cases
| Sector: | Competition & Antitrust. | |
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| Client: | N/A | |
| Published: | 30 September, 2024 |
In August 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority rejected commitments proposed by Google to resolve concerns around the Google Play billing system for in-app purchases. The CMA’s decision is one of a growing series of rulings in high-profile competition investigations and cases that have explicitly or implicitly drawn upon behavioural economics, including a number […]