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Antitrust Partner Antonio Bavasso was quoted in a GCR article titled, “Lawyers Caution Against CMA Reliance on Private Litigation After Cardell Speech,” which explores some of the implications of a recent speech U.K. Chief Executive of the Competition and Markets Authority Sarah Cardell gave at the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s 20th anniversary conference. In her comments, she signaled that the agency will consider the overlap between public enforcement matters and private litigation when deciding on the cases to prioritize for investigations. Antonio noted that, while it is understandable that the CMA would want to use its resources efficiently, he cautioned that it should not come to the detriment of cases that require the CMA’s ability to investigate. Private antitrust litigation is likely to be even less suitable as a substitute in abuse of dominance cases, where corrective and remedial action that can be achieved via public enforcement is often the key to real success, he explained.

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