Law: Digital Markets Act (EU)

Andrea Coscelli, the former chief executive of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, will deliver the keynote speech at GCR Live: Telecoms, Media & Technology in London on 9 March.

10 February 2023

Germany’s Federal Cartel Office has said it intends to force Google to adjust its data processing terms so users are given more choice over how the company harvests their information to leverage its market power across several digital sectors.

11 January 2023

The European Commission will issue a new regulation governing the implementation of the Digital Markets Act “in good time” before the rules kick in this May, an official has said ahead of the agency’s new directorate launching next week.

11 January 2023

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

Several key jurisdictional, procedural and substantive developments occurred in EU merger control from June 2021 to April 2022.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

The pace and intensity of competition law enforcement in the European Union continues to accelerate even as additional tools to tackle digital markets are introduced.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

Regimes allowing for class actions have emerged in various EU member states. After a slow start, the UK’s collective proceedings regime has gathered pace and the Competition Appeal Tribunal is grappling with several key issues shaping the class action landscape.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

The competitive system can only function if everyone respects competition rules. Since its foundation more than 60 years ago, the Federal Cartel Office has been a guardian of competition, enforcing the German Competition Act to keep markets open, ensure competition and prevent consumers from harm.

24 June 2022

Featured in Europe, Middle East and Africa Antitrust Review 2023

In early 2021, the German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) received a sophisticated new toolkit intended to better ensure market competition, particularly in light of growing digital players that, in the view of the FCO, are a threat to competition.

24 June 2022