| 1 | Agency: overview The practice note summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when contracting with a sales or marketing agent, in particular the application of the Commercial Agents Regulations 1993 and UK and EU competition law. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Distributorships: overview The overview summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when appointing a distributor, including a comparison of distributors, agents and commissionaires, and the application of UK and EU competition law. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | EU competition law: overview The overview provides a route-map guide to the EU competition law regime. It outlines the key legal, procedural and practical aspects likely to be encountered when confronting a competition law problem. You should read this at the start of any transaction or specific research, to give you a broad overview of the main points that are likely to arise. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Franchising: overview The overview summarises the key legal and commercial considerations when setting up a franchise in the UK or overseas, including issues relating to property, advertising, intellectual property rights, the regulation of franchising, the CRC Energy Efficency Scheme and the application of UK and EU competition law. The overview also considers provisions commonly found in franchise agreements dealing with such matters as the scope of the franchise, payment of fees, franchisor's and franchisee's obligations, products covered, restrictive covenants and termination. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | US Antitrust Laws: Overview This Practice Note provides an overview and introduction to the main statutory provisions in the US, the US antitrust regulatory structure, the role of private antitrust enforcement and certain key concepts relevant to the application of US antitrust law. Antitrust analysis is highly fact specific and, while providing a useful starting point, the principles outlined in this Note are necessarily general in nature and do not address any of the subject matters discussed in detail. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Analyzing Restraints of Trade under the Rule of Reason This Practice Note examines how courts apply the rule of reason when determining if a restraint of trade is unreasonable under Section 1 of the Sherman Act. This Note covers both horizontal restraints and vertical restraints. It also explores defining a relevant market, the possession of market power, and balancing procompetitive justifications against anticompetitive effects. Finally, this Note discusses a quick-look application of the rule of reason. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Customer Loyalty Programs in the US This Practice Note surveys the relevant US antitrust law and discusses current issues surrounding its application to customer loyalty programs including bundling, rebates or exclusive dealing arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | EU motor vehicles block exemption This Practice note considers the scope and application of the EU motor vehicles block exemption Regulations 1400/2002 and 461/2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | EU Vertical agreements The Vertical agreements Practice note considers the application of EU competition law to vertical agreements. Vertical agreements are the most frequently encountered commercial agreement. They are those entered into between two or more firms operating at different levels of the market, for example, between a manufacturer and distributor. This Practice note provides an essential guide to the Commission's vertical restraints policy, in particular, the vertical restraints block exemption Regulation 330/2010, together with its accompanying guidelines. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Exclusive Dealing Arrangements This Practice Note covers exclusive dealing arrangements between manufacturers or suppliers and distributors, retailers and end users. It discusses the applicability of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, Section 3 of the Clayton Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act to exclusive dealing. This Note also discusses partial exclusive dealing arrangements and offers counseling tips on exclusive dealing. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Flowchart guides: Specific observations on agency ... This guide contains an overview of the application of EU competition rules to agency agreements, with a consideration of the types of restrictions and obligations that can lawfully be imposed on an agent by his principal. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Flowchart guides: Specific observations on selective ... This guide contains an overview of the application of EU competition rules to selective distribution systems, including a flowchart analysis of the motor vehicle distribution block exemption Regulation 1400/2002. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Flowchart guides: Technology transfer block exemption This flowchart guide contains an overview of the application of EU competition rules to intellectual property licensing agreements, focusing primarily on the EU block exemption for technology transfer agreements, and the type of licence restrictions that are or are not permitted. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Flowchart guides: The old exclusive distribution block ... An overview of the scope and application of the old block exemption on exclusive distribution agreements, which remained effective until 31 December 2001. | Practice notes | 01-Jan-2002 |
| 15 | Flowchart guides: The old exclusive purchasing block ... An overview of the scope and application of the old block exemption on exclusive purchasing agreements, which remains effective until 31 December, 2001. It includes an analysis of the application of EC competition rules to agreements for the supply of beer or petrol. | Practice notes | 01-Jan-2002 |
| 16 | Flowchart guides: The old franchising block exemption This flowchart guide contains an overview of the application of the EC competition rules to franchising agreements, focusing primarily on the old EC block exemption for franchise agreements. It is designed to give the user a general understanding of the key legal and practical issues. | Practice notes | 01-Jan-2002 |
| 17 | Flowchart guides: Vertical agreements in general and the ... This flowchart guide contains an overview of the scope and application of the EU block exemption 330/2010 on restrictions in vertical agreements, which entered into force on 1 June 2010. Individual flowchart guides include analyses of the classification of vertical restraints, the application of the exemption in the intellectual property rights context and the definition of hardcore restrictions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Most Favored Nation Clauses This Practice Note surveys the relevant antitrust statutes and recent enforcement actions involving most favored nation clauses (MFNs). It also offers practical tips for counsel analyzing an MFN under the antitrust laws. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Patent and Technological Tying in the US This Practice Note provides a brief overview of the US antitrust law relating to tying practices, with a particular emphasis on patent and technological tying arrangements and recent developments in these areas. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 20 | UK Vertical agreements Vertical agreements are those entered into between two or more firms operating at different levels of the market, for example, distribution, agency and franchising agreements. This Practice note considers the UK competition law regime for vertical agreements. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | Vertical Price Restraints in the US This Practice Note discusses the application of US antitrust law to vertical price-related agreements between a supplier and its customers. It considers the law governing minimum and maximum resale price maintenance and provides practical guidance for avoiding unnecessary antitrust risks in implementing vertical price-related arrangements. | Practice notes | Maintained |