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Staffing Up: Antitrust Regulators Around the World Step Up Digital Platform and Technology Enforcement

Mayer Brown on 4/9/2025

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

New U.K. digital markets regime

A&O Shearman on 6/3/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will introduce groundbreaking new rules to regulate digital markets in the U.K. It aims to boost competition by controlling the conduct of the largest digital firms,...more

U.K. consumer enforcement overhaul

A&O Shearman on 6/3/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will result in a landmark overhaul of the U.K. consumer protection regime. It will dramatically increase the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA's) enforcement powers...more

U.K. antitrust regime revamp

A&O Shearman on 6/3/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 will in the main start to take effect in stages later in 2024 and will bolster the powers of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to enforce U.K. antitrust rules....more

UK Enacts a New Digital Regime Regulating the Conduct of Major Tech Platforms

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/29/2024

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC or the Act), adopted on 24 May 2024, empowers the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to regulate the conduct of major tech platforms....more

The DMA and the DMCC: A Side by Side Analysis

BCLP on 8/2/2023

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“DMCC”) introduces a framework to govern ‘big tech’ in the UK, similar in aim to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). The bill is currently at report stage in the House of...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments July 2023

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/6/2023

To help organizations stay on top of the main developments in European digital compliance, Morrison Foerster’s European Digital Regulatory Compliance team reports on some of the main topical digital regulatory and compliance...more

The Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill: Key Aspects for Private Enforcement

BCLP on 7/5/2023

On 25 April 2023, the UK Government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill. In this Insight, we consider three key aspects of this draft legislation that are of particular relevance to the private...more

Changes to Competition in European Digital Markets Landscape

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/29/2023

In recent months, new proposals to change competition law in both the European Union and the United Kingdom have either been announced or enacted. The goals of both the EU Digital Markets Act (which has been fully applicable...more

Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q1 2023

Goodwin on 6/15/2023

The start of 2023 has been a busy one, with global antitrust agencies advancing investigations and challenging a number of technology acquisitions. Future antitrust enforcement could also be shaped by new digital market...more

Digital Tough Love

TransPerfect Legal on 6/5/2023

In the run-up to the TLS in-person event (The Future of EU & UK Competition Regulation), there was heightened chatter about the long-anticipated yet unreleased Digital Markets, Competition, and Consumers (DMCC) Bill. A mere...more

Report from the 2023 ABA Antitrust Section Annual Conference - UK, EU, and Canadian developments

BakerHostetler on 5/8/2023

The recent annual ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C., once again brought together enforcers and counsel from around the world to discuss the hottest topics in global antitrust enforcement. We provide some of the...more

UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill: Increased Oversight Especially for Digital Companies

WilmerHale on 5/5/2023

On 25 April 2023, the UK government published the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (“Bill”). Before the Bill becomes law, both Houses of Parliament will need to approve it and amendments are likely....more

EU Merger Control and Digital Markets

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/6/2022

On 31 May 2022, Skadden, Compass Lexecon and Concurrences convened for a fireside chat to discuss developments in merger control and digital markets, followed by a panel discussion on a range of issues, including the...more

10 Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/26/2021

For many years, the regulation of digital markets has been a key priority in Europe. In 2015, the European Commission committed the EU to the creation of a digital single market – and that commitment spawned a series of...more

Regulators Ready, Gladiators Ready – Digital Markets to Face Greater International Scrutiny

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 3/15/2021

Across the globe, an increasing number of international regulators have opened inquiries or adopted new rules and regulations to address competition law concerns about digital platforms and digital markets. Whilst the...more

UK's Digital Markets Unit and EU's Digital Markets Act: Divergence in the regulation of the largest online platforms?

Hogan Lovells on 12/14/2020

The United Kingdom and the European Union are set to take bold strides towards the regulation of digital markets in coming months. While both are broadly aligned in their intention to better regulate large tech companies, the...more

Getting The Deal Through - Cloud Computing 2020

BCLP on 11/21/2019

What kinds of cloud computing transactions take place in your jurisdiction? As a G7 economy with mature IT and related services markets, the UK is one of the most important global markets for cloud computing. According to...more

Competition in Digital Markets

BCLP on 3/21/2019

On 13 March, the Chancellor announced during his Spring Statement that the Digital Competition Expert Panel (“the Panel”), led by Barack Obama’s former Chief Economist – Professor Furman, had published its Report reviewing...more

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