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The Digital Networks Act: A New Era for EU Telecoms Regulation

DLA Piper on 3/14/2025

With the upcoming Digital Networks Act, the European Union will transform the regulatory landscape for electronic communications networks (ECN) and electronic communications services (ECS). This ambitious legislation aims to...more

Another SIEC in the wall - the ECJ’s judgment in CK Telecoms

BCLP on 8/4/2023

Save for the Commission’s decision in M.8792 (Tele2 NL/T-Mobile NL) which cleared the acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL without remedies, the Commission has historically blocked or accepted divestment/behavioural...more

ECJ confirms no higher standard for blocking mergers short of dominance

A&O Shearman on 7/24/2023

On 13 July 2023, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) gave judgment on the long-running litigation between CK Hutchison and the European Commission (EC), arising out of the EC’s 2016 decision to prohibit CK Hutchison (owner of...more

ECJ Advocate General recommends setting aside the CK Telecoms judgment and endorsing the European Commission’s established...

White & Case LLP on 10/28/2022

Advocate General Kokott has found that the General Court erred in law in requiring the European Commission to show anti-competitive effects of a merger with “strong probability” and that the scope of its judicial review was...more

European Digital Compliance: Key Digital Regulation & Compliance Developments - October 2022

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/12/2022

To help organisations 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

Belgian Competition Authority Publishes Its Notice On Enforcement Priorities For 2022

McDermott Will & Emery on 5/17/2022

On May 16, 2022, the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) published its long-awaited notice on enforcement priorities for 2022 (Notice). The BCA explains that, with a view to making the best use of its resources, it will...more

EU General Court Annuls Commission Decision to Block UK Telecoms Merger

Morgan Lewis on 6/24/2020

The European Commission’s ability to block mergers in oligopolistic markets is likely to be more restricted as it faces greater evidential hurdles in meeting the higher standard of proof imposed by the EU General Court, which...more

Financial Daily Dose 2.19.2020 | Top Story: Arguments Begin Regarding Facebook’s 2010 Tax Bill

Robins Kaplan LLP on 2/19/2020

On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more

The European Commission Launches a Public Consultation on Connected and Automated Vehicles

WilmerHale on 11/16/2018

On October 24, 2018, the European Commission (“EC”) opened a Public Consultation on a Recommendation that will identify the main challenges linked to the deployment of connected and automated vehicles. Stakeholders, including...more

Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2018

Hogan Lovells on 9/19/2018

Read the latest news on antitrust, competition, and economic regulation in this summer edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. ...more

Communications and competition: we’ve got the tools for the gigabit society

Hogan Lovells on 6/13/2018

Since the announcement on 6 June that the Council and European Parliament had reached agreement on the draft Directive establishing the Electronic Communications Code (the “Code”), the communications and competition...more

A Two-Sided Coin: Regulation and Merger Control in the EU Telecommunications Sector

Jones Day on 3/16/2018

The Ruling: The Dutch competition authority's approval of KPN's acquisition of fiber operator Reggefiber was upheld by the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal in February 2018. In assessing the merger's competitive...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: December

K&L Gates LLP on 12/8/2017

On 10 November 2017, the European Union (“EU”) General Court (“GC”) rendered a judgment partially annulling the European Commission’s (“Commission”) decision fining a broker for its involvement in the Libor Yen interest rate...more

EU Telecoms Regulation Based on Unilateral Market Power Would be Contrary to EU Law

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/22/2017

The existing EU regulatory framework for electronic communications obliges the EU Member States to provide in their national laws for certain powers and responsibilities of national regulatory authorities (“NRA”), in...more

Hogan Lovells academic all-stars debate hot tech topics

Hogan Lovells on 3/28/2017

On 17 March Hogan Lovells hosted a live webinar where several of our Global TMT thought leaders interviewed a panel of academic experts from our Law and Technology Academic Advisory Council on the key legal and tech trends...more

DSM webinar highlights tax, competition law, copyright, AVMS and data economy issues for 2017

Hogan Lovells on 2/10/2017

In a February 7, 2017 webinar, the Hogan Lovells Digital Single Market (DSM) team presented its take on new developments for 2017. Peter Watts introduced the session by warning that the loss of the UK voice in EU policy...more

A New European Electronic Communications Code… And Some Other Changes

K&L Gates LLP on 9/27/2016

On September 14 the European Commission (EC) unveiled a series of measures of different legal nature, which together represent a very important and long-term effort to review the European telecommunications policy and legal...more

The Digital Single Market Strategy: One Year On

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/15/2016

In May 2015, the European Commission announced its Digital Single Market Strategy to accelerate the creation of a digital single market (DSM) across the EU. The EU’s aim is to broaden access to e-commerce, media and...more

The Dutch Competition Agency Focuses on Anticompetitive Signaling

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/27/2013

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) – the Dutch competition agency – has indicated that public statements about future market behavior could infringe competition law. This is the first time an EU...more

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