10 May 2022 UK Government's plans for digital regulation feature in Queen's speech By Annalisa Tosdevin The UK Government's plans to regulate digital markets featured in today's Queen's speech, despite recent press reports that the plans...
06 May 2022 UK Government taking forward plans to regulate digital markets By Annalisa Tosdevin The Government has today confirmed that it is taking forward plans to establish a new pro-competition regime for digital markets. Amongst...
28 Apr 2022 UK's digital regulators focus on algorithms By Annalisa Tosdevin The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has today published two papers on algorithms, along with a call for comments inviting...
30 Mar 2022 Who will guard the 'gatekeepers': EU one step closer to regulating Big Tech By Kadambari Chinoy The European Union's institutions came together at the midnight bell, on 25 March 2022 and reached provisional political agreement on the...
28 Jan 2022 General Court annuls European Commission’s 2009 €1.06 billion fine on Intel By Katie Hudson Thirteen years after the European Commission imposed a EUR 1.06bn fine on US chipmaker Intel on charges of abusing its market dominance...
21 Jan 2022 European Commission expresses competition concerns with consumer Internet of Things sector By Alexander Chadd The European Commission has published its final report in its inquiry into the consumer Internet of Things (IoT) sector, confirming its...
20 Jan 2022 Meta challenges CMA's first Big Tech prohibition By Annalisa Tosdevin On 23 December 2021 Meta Platforms, Inc (formerly Facebook, Inc) challenged the CMA's decision ordering it to sell off Giphy, the...
10 Nov 2021 The beginning of the end? Google loses General Court challenge over Shopping fine By Lucy Chambers Today the General Court, the EU’s second highest court, largely dismissed Google’s challenge to the European Commission’s 2017 finding...
14 Sep 2021 An Epic judgment? The battle of Apple v Fortnite continues By Lucy Chambers On 10 September, a US federal judge issued a ruling in the case of Epic Games v Apple. The case has been a high-profile challenge by Epic...
08 Sep 2021 The tables have turned: Lords committee inquiry into digital regulation By Madalina Secareanu On 7 September 2021 the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee launched an inquiry into the work of digital regulators in...
20 Jul 2021 UK government consulting on new "world-leading" pro-competition regime for digital markets By Annalisa Tosdevin The UK government is seeking views on its proposed pro-competition regime for digital markets. This is the latest step towards...
13 Jul 2021 European Commission to update supply agreement rules for digital era By Annalisa Tosdevin The European Commission has published its draft updated rules on supply agreements, namely the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER)...
07 Jul 2021 DCMS sets out "new, ground-breaking approach" to governing tech in UK By Annalisa Tosdevin The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport yesterday published its Plan for Digital Regulation. The plan openly capitalises on...
10 Jun 2021 European Commission finds preliminary concerns in respect of Internet of Things By Annalisa Tosdevin The European Commission has found preliminary competition concerns in its sector inquiry into the rapidly-expanding Internet of Things....
21 May 2021 We can work it out – competition and data regulators agree blueprint for cooperation in digital markets By Paul Walter On 19 May 2021, the Competition and Markets Authority and the Information Commissioner's Office (the Authorities) published a joint...
06 Apr 2021 Room for improvement: Proposals to strengthen draft European digital regulation By Slaughter and May Since publication in December 2020, the European Commission’s proposed new rules for digital gatekeepers (the Digital Markets Act, or...