Originally published on Geradin Partner's Thicket Blog . On 2 June 2025, the European Commission announced  that it had fined Delivery Hero and Glovo a total of €329 million for engaging in anticompetitive sharing of commercially sensitive labour market information, market sharing and for agreeing not to poach each other’s employees. Delivery Hero and Glovo are two of the largest food delivery companies in Europe, delivering food (prepared by a restaurant or a professional ki

Since the landmark Meca-Medina  judgment in 2006, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") and the European Commission have built a framework that continues to shape how Europe balances regulatory autonomy with competition principles. This short post provides a whistle-stop tour of some of those key decisions. Meca-Medina: setting the analytical test In Meca-Medina and Majcen v Commission  (C-519/04 P, 2006), two long-distance swimmers challenged anti-doping rule

I first became involved in sports competition law early on in my PhD (which considers regulatory dynamics of cartel enforcement in the UK, and is in no way sports related), when my husband signed for London Welsh RFU. They had just won the Championship and were hoping to take up a spot in the Premiership the following season, which is when he was due to join them. The RFU and Premier Rugby had different ideas at the time, and denied them their place in the Premiership becau