Competition and Markets Authority cases and projects

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This case finder includes cases and projects from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Office for the Internal Market (OIM) and Subsidy Advice Unit (SAU).

Investigation into Meta's (formerly Facebook) use of data
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 3 June 2021
- Closed: 3 November 2023
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by Google in ad tech
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 25 May 2022
Investigation into conduct of Education Software Solutions Limited (51427)
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 14 May 2024
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct by Google
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 10 June 2022
Investigation into Apple AppStore
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 4 March 2021
Investigation into Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser changes
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 7 January 2021
Referral of the proposed English Investment Zones Scheme by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Case type: SAU Referral
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 6 others
- Opened: 4 March 2024
- Closed: 17 April 2024
Suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to freelance labour in the production and broadcasting of sports content
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 12 July 2022
Suspected anti-competitive behaviour relating to freelance and employed labour in the production, creation and/or broadcasting of television content, excluding sport
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 11 October 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated / Autotalks Ltd merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 29 September 2023
- Closed: 25 March 2024
RedBird IMI / Telegraph Media Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 30 November 2023
Referral of the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit Programme by the UK Space Agency (UKSA)
- Case type: SAU Referral
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 5 December 2023
NEC Software Solutions UK / Capita Secure Solutions and Services merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance with remedies
- Opened: 5 January 2022
- Closed: 1 August 2023
The Key / RM merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 11 April 2023
- Closed: 18 July 2023
Viasat / Inmarsat merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 25 July 2022
Investigation into suspected anti-competitive agreement between Google and Meta and behaviour by Google in relation to header bidding
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 10 March 2022
- Closed: 10 March 2023
Investigation into conduct of Education Software Solutions Limited
- Case type: CA98 and civil cartels
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: CA98 - commitments
- Opened: 26 April 2022
- Closed: 10 January 2023
Social Media Endorsements
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 8 August 2018
Mobile ecosystems market study
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications and 2 others
- Opened: 15 June 2021
- Closed: 10 June 2022
Facebook, Inc./ Kustomer, Inc.
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 30 July 2021
- Closed: 21 September 2021
Montagu / ParentPay merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 6 May 2021
- Closed: 12 July 2021
Turnitin / Ouriginal merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 3 June 2021
- Closed: 24 August 2021
Online reviews
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 21 May 2020
Digital Markets Taskforce
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Opened: 3 April 2020
- Closed: 8 December 2020
Fake and misleading online reviews trading
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Open
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 21 June 2019
Taboola / Outbrain merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 cancellation
- Opened: 15 April 2020
- Closed: 23 September 2020
Aragorn (KKR & Co Inc)/OverDrive Holdings Inc merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 26 March 2020
- Closed: 28 July 2020
Bauer Media Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance with remedies
- Opened: 5 August 2019
- Closed: 1 June 2020
Online platforms and digital advertising market study
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 1 others
- Opened: 3 July 2019
- Closed: 1 July 2020
Future Plc / TI Media Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 20 January 2020
- Closed: 17 April 2020
DMG Media Limited / JPIMedia Publications Limited merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 6 December 2019
- Closed: 17 April 2020
Bauer Radio / UKRD Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 referral
- Opened: 14 March 2019
- Closed: 7 August 2019
Scala Radio/ Wireless Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 5 March 2019
- Closed: 7 August 2019
Bauer Radio / Celador Entertainment merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 referral
- Opened: 5 March 2019
- Closed: 7 August 2019
Bauer Radio/ Lincs FM merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 referral
- Opened: 5 March 2019
- Closed: 7 August 2019
Connect Bidco / Inmarsat merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 15 July 2019
- Closed: 29 October 2019
Minority acquisition by IMC of Lebedev Holdings Limited and Scalable LP of IDMN merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 13 June 2019
- Closed: 17 October 2019
Send For Help Limited / SoloProtect Limited and SoloProtect US LLC merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 referral
- Opened: 13 March 2019
- Closed: 12 June 2019
Nielsen / Ebiquity merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
- Opened: 16 April 2018
- Closed: 22 November 2018
Trinity Mirror / Northern & Shell Media Group merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 2 March 2018
- Closed: 20 June 2018
21st Century Fox / Sky merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 2 clearance with remedies
- Opened: 16 March 2017
- Closed: 5 June 2018
Digital comparison tools market study
- Case type: Markets
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications and 3 others
- Opened: 29 September 2016
- Closed: 26 September 2017
ZPG / Websky merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 5 May 2017
- Closed: 24 July 2017
Capita / Vodafone merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Opened: 10 March 2017
- Closed: 30 May 2017
BT Group / IP Trade merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 24 February 2017
- Closed: 11 May 2017
Hutchison 3G UK / Transvision Investments merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 10 March 2017
- Closed: 10 May 2017
Hytera / Sepura: public interest intervention notice
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 public interest intervention
- Opened: 10 April 2017
- Closed: 12 May 2017
DX Network Services / Legal Post and First Post merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance
- Opened: 5 July 2016
- Closed: 17 November 2016
Future / Miura merger inquiry
- Case type: Mergers
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Mergers - phase 1 clearance with undertakings in lieu
- Opened: 11 August 2016
- Closed: 14 November 2016
Retailer hosting reviews on its website: improvement of practices
- Case type: Consumer enforcement
- Case state: Closed
- Market sector: Communications
- Outcome type: Consumer enforcement - undertakings
- Opened: 11 August 2016
- Closed: 11 August 2016

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