Gillian Sproul

German Federal Cartel Office Published New Merger Guidelines
Kiran S. Desai,Nathalie Jalabert Doury,Jens Peter Schmidt,Gillian Sproul, April 3, 2012
On 29 March 2012, the German Federal Cartel Office ("Cartel Office") adopted new Merger Control Guidelines ("Guidelines"). The new guidelines replace the Principles on the Assessment of Market Power, that the Cartel Office had released in 2000. A first draft of the Guidelines...

The OFT/CC Reforms - Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater?
Kiran S. Desai,Gillian Sproul, March 22, 2012
One year after opening a consultation on merging the two UK competition authorities, the British Government announced on 15 March 2012 its response. The centrepiece of these reforms will be the creation of a unified Competition and Markets Authority (‘CMA’) by April 2014 on a statutory...

High Court Confirms Landmark CJEU Ruling on Premier League Copyrights, Overturns Portsmouth Landlady’s Criminal Convictions
Mark A. Prinsley,Gillian Sproul, February 28, 2012
The High Court has confirmed the recent landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and allowed the appeal of Karen Murphy, the Portsmouth landlady who was convicted of two offences under section 297(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), of...