CMA News

UK Regulator Clears Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership, No Merger Concerns Found

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has concluded that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI does not qualify as a merger, after assessing Microsoft's role in investment, comp...

UK Regulator Clears Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership from Merger Scrutiny

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has determined that Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI does not qualify as a merger, concluding an inquiry that began in December ...

Microsoft Challenges UK Regulator Over Cloud Market AI Impact Claims

Microsoft has contested the UK Competition and Markets Authority's findings on the cloud computing market, emphasizing the underestimated impact of AI and warning against potential...

UK Regulatory Authority Launches Investigation into Apple and Google's Market Dominance

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Google and Apple for their compliance with the DMCC Act's Strategic Market Status, focusing on their application stores ...

UK's CMA Alerts to High Risks of Bid-Rigging in Procurement Markets

The UK's CMA warns of high risks of bid-rigging in procurement markets, testing a new AI tool to detect irregularities. A new government program aims to simplify bidding and enforc...

UK Regulator to Investigate BlackRock's $3.2 Billion Acquisition of Preqin

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority is launching an inquiry into BlackRock's acquisition of Preqin, examining whether the deal could result in a substantial lessening of com...