In February, the Japan Fair Trade Commission announced that it will hire additional staff to enforce the country's new Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software. The Act “aim[s] to foster innovation...more
4/9/2025
/ Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Technology ,
Japan ,
Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
UK ,
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
Last week, a Mayer Brown team joined over 4,000 lawyers from around the globe—including top enforcers from the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Department of Justice (“DOJ”), and the European Union (“EU”)—to discuss new...more
4/22/2024
/ Anti-Competitive ,
Anti-Monopoly ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Competition ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Merger Controls ,
Monopolization
The US Federal Trade Commission wound down 2023 by emphasizing its focus on the potential competition and consumer protection effects of companies’ efforts to limit the interoperability of their products and services. In late...more