A group of 479 retailers have urged the UK’s specialist competition tribunal to rule against Visa and Mastercard for infringing rules that prohibit anticompetitive agreements when charging their multilateral interchange fees.
The European Commission has accepted a referral request from Austria’s Federal Competition Authority and nine other enforcers to investigate Facebook's proposed acquisition of customer service software developer Kustomer.
The EU General Court has annulled the European Commission’s finding that Luxembourg gave Amazon an unfair tax break, but upheld a separate state aid decision concerning a tax advantage that the same country granted to Engie.
Australia’s competition authority has been granted permission by the country’s Federal Court to intervene in Epic Games’ appeal against a decision staying its monopolisation lawsuit against Apple, as Google also seeks to …
A UK academic represented by Hausfeld is seeking up to £1.5 billion from Apple on behalf of 19.6 million consumers that allegedly overpaid for their applications due to Apple’s App Store rules …
Jens Steger has left Simmons & Simmons to join K&L Gates as a partner in its Frankfurt office.
Economic experts instructed by Epic Games have taken aim at the restrictions Apple imposes on app developers, including anti-steering provisions that prevent app makers from informing users of payment methods outside of Apple’s App Store.
The high and persistent profit margins Apple collects from its App Store are evidence of substantial market power over iOS app distribution and payments, an economic expert hired by Epic Games has testified.
Apple’s marketing manager has said he takes offence to Epic Games’ claim that the company’s app review process is a sham designed to protect Apple’s monopoly.
Facebook has raised “serious challenges” to the Federal Trade Commission’s monopolisation lawsuit, the presiding judge has said. In a brief order on Tuesday, Judge James Boasberg of the US District Court for the District of Columbia said the FTC’s request to start discussing discovery in the case was premature because it is not clear how much, if any, of its complaint will still be standing next month after he rules …
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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently issued a ground-breaking decision in the litigation between doormakers Jeld-Wen and Steves and Son, confirming a divestiture order in a private merger …
In an exclusive commentary for GCR, John Penrose MP discusses his review of the UK’s competition regime and explains why his report published today recommends that the country’s antitrust authority take on …
Christopher Vajda QC stepped down from his role as a judge at the European Court of Justice following the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020. He returned to …
Lawmakers in Germany have passed far-reaching reforms to the nation’s competition laws, which give its antitrust enforcer sweeping new powers to challenge the behaviour of the major digital platforms. Janith Aranze and …
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