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Jul 18, 2025

New CMA Draft Guidance on Price Transparency: What You Need to Know

On 3 July, the CMA issued its draft guidance on the price transparency provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), and launched a consultation on this draft guidance (to close on 8 September 2025).  The new guidance is a supplement to the Unfair Commercial Practices guidance (CMA207).
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Jul 16, 2025

HK Competition Commission’s first prosecution for failing to attend interview

In May 2025, for the first time since the enactment of the Competition Ordinance (Cap 619) (“Ordinance”), the Hong Kong Competition Commission (“Commission”) prosecuted a person for failing to attend an interview before the Commission[1] in the recent investigation on the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market (“Fish Market”).
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Jul 16, 2025

HK court confirms jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal in Cayman-related dispute

In PI 1 and PI 2 v MR [1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed the plaintiffs’ application to set aside an arbitral tribunal’s decision that it did have jurisdiction to hear a dispute. It is noteworthy that in this case, the Court applied a Privy Council decision on Cayman Islands law in determining whether the claims brought against a Cayman Islands company, in an arbitration seated in Hong Kong, were arbitrable. There were good reasons for this, as explained below.

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Jul 18, 2025
New CMA Draft Guidance on Price Transparency: What You Need to Know
On 3 July, the CMA issued its draft guidance on the price transparency provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA), and launched a consultation on this draft guidance (to close on 8 September 2025).  The new guidance is a supplement to the Unfair Commercial Practices guidance (CMA207).
Insights
Jul 18, 2025
What the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” means for the renewable energy industry, and how it can adapt
Insights
Jul 16, 2025
HK Competition Commission’s first prosecution for failing to attend interview
In May 2025, for the first time since the enactment of the Competition Ordinance (Cap 619) (“Ordinance”), the Hong Kong Competition Commission (“Commission”) prosecuted a person for failing to attend an interview before the Commission[1] in the recent investigation on the Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market (“Fish Market”).
Insights
Jul 16, 2025
HK court confirms jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal in Cayman-related dispute
In PI 1 and PI 2 v MR [1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed the plaintiffs’ application to set aside an arbitral tribunal’s decision that it did have jurisdiction to hear a dispute. It is noteworthy that in this case, the Court applied a Privy Council decision on Cayman Islands law in determining whether the claims brought against a Cayman Islands company, in an arbitration seated in Hong Kong, were arbitrable. There were good reasons for this, as explained below.
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Don’t Mess with Texas! How Will Texas’s Amendment to Its State Telemarketing Law Impact Litigation?
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Future of Technology Regulation - Jurisdictional comparisons and trends for now and beyond
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