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The Competition Cast - Episode 6 - Dynamic Pricing, Google’s Market Power and a toy industry ruling

Luke Streatfeild, Daniel Hunt, Michael Zymler Season 2 Episode 6

In this episode of Hausfeld's #CompetitionCast, Michael Zymler, Luke Streatfeild and Daniel Hunt about recent competition enforcement explore how recent CMA activities and a High Court judgment could shape the future public and private enforcement landscape in the UK. 

 Key topics include:

  •  Dynamic Pricing under scrutiny - a CMA update on its investigation into the use of dynamic pricing with a consideration of when algorithmic pricing may fall foul of consumer protection law. 
  • Google’s Strategic Market Status - the CMA's proposal to designate Google as having “Strategic Market Status” under the #DigitalMarkets regime in general search and search advertising activities, including its roadmap of potential measures for Google.
  • Abuse of dominance in the toy industry - the High Court's judgment in a competition damages claim brought in the toy industry.