The Competition Appeal Tribunal has upheld the CMA's decision requiring Ecolab to divest Holchem Laboratories following the CMA's finding that the merger raised competition concerns in the UK cleaning chemicals industry. The Tribunal rejected all of Ecolab's grounds of challenge and upheld the CMA's conclusions in full. The judgment confirms that the CMA may reject an alternative remedy proposed by merging parties where it does not have a high degree of confidence that the re

DT Economics partner David Thomas has been appointed to two decision-making committees of the Payment Systems Regulator. The Enforcement Decisions Committee takes regulatory enforcement decisions when settlement cannot be reached, and members may be called upon to act as Settlement Decision Makers in enforcement cases. The Competition Decisions Committee exercises the PSR's competition law powers under the Competition Act 1998. Further details are available on the PSR's websi

DT Economics partner David Thomas has been appointed as a member of the Competition Decision Committee (CDC) at the Financial Conduct Authority. The CDC exercises certain decision-making powers in competition law investigations on behalf of the FCA, including whether there has been a competition law infringement and whether to impose a financial penalty. Further details are available on the FCA's website.