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EU & UK Competition Law & Public Interest: Best Practices & New Challenges ahead
Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 112: How Europe is Filling Enforcement Gaps for Digital Gatekeepers with Robert Klotz and Ciara Barbu-O’Connor
Nota Bene Episode 106: The Corporate Investor Movement Toward Environmental, Social, and Governmental Policies with Allison Troianos and Ariel Yehezkel
Nota Bene Episode 102: Examining European Union State Aid in the Face of COVID and Brexit with Jacques Derenne and Robert Klotz
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Podcast: ESMA Report: Undue Pressure on Companies
Nota Bene Episode 65: European Check In: Environmental Protection, Privacy Regulations, Digital Market Definition, and Brexit with Oliver Heinisch
Nota Bene Episode 55: Updates on the European Commission and Brexit with Isabelle Rahman and Oliver Heinisch
Following the commission’s announcement in March of the first 47 Strategic Projects under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act (Act) located within the EU (discussed in our previous article, the commission has confirmed 13...more
Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Imposes First Digital Markets Act Fines on Apple and Meta - On 23 April 2025, the European Commission (Commission) has issued its first ever fines under the Digital Markets...more
On June 17, 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) published a proposal for a Regulation aimed at phasing out imports of Russian natural gas, enhancing the monitoring of energy dependencies, and amending existing EU...more
The European Union has adopted the Clean Industrial Deal, a roadmap aiming to bring together climate action and competitiveness under one overarching growth strategy for the EU industry. The European Commission released the...more
A growing divergence in sustainable investing approaches is emerging between Europe and the United States, with UK and European pension funds increasingly reinforcing their ESG commitments, while many U.S. asset managers...more
On 19 May 2025, the UK and the EU announced plans to link the EU Emissions Trading System ("ETS") with the UK ETS. Concurrently, the European Commission is preparing for a review of the EU ETS slated for 2026 by launching a...more
In accordance with the EU’s plan to achieve full energy independence from Russia, the European Commission (“Commission”) has, on May 6, 2025, unveiled the Repower Roadmap.1Under the terms of this proposal, imports of Russian...more
A recent announcement by the European Commission of 47 Strategic Projects is set to boost the bloc’s domestic supply of raw materials, strengthening its battery and defense value chains and presenting substantial potential...more
COMPETITION - Opinion of Advocate General Medina of 03 April 2025 in Case C-21/24; CP Vs. Nissan Iberia, S.A. Re: Reference for a preliminary ruling - Competition - Principle of effectiveness - Compensation for harm caused...more
Following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (Brexit), the landscape for renewable energy targets has shifted. The Ukraine-Russia War, the Russia-EU gas dispute, and the ongoing turbulence in the Middle East...more
COMPETITION - Agenda for: Working Party on Competition - 10 April 2025 Request for a preliminary ruling from the Augstākā tiesa (Senāts)... of 9 January 2025 – Jelgavas valstspilsētas pašvaldība Vs. Konkurences padome...more
COMPETITION - Judgment of the Court of 19 March 2025 in Case T-142/23, Ivo Swenters Vs. European Commission Re: Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Abuse of a dominant position - Market for the...more
COMPETITION - Action brought on 28 January 2025 - Meta Platforms and Meta Platforms Ireland Vs. Commission (Case T-66/25) Re: annulment of the European Commission decision C(2024) 8053 final pursuant to Article 102 of the...more
COMPETITION - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11835 - ABC Technologies / TI Fluid Systems) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11898 - Sonaca / Govera Inversiones / Aciturri...more
As I predicted might happen in a previous article, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped Russia from exporting oil and natural gas pumped in Russia through pipelines traversing Ukraine to Austria, Hungary and other...more
On April 28, 2023, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced their intention to jointly provide €18 billion in funding to finance projects covering climate action, clean energy and connectivity...more
On February 15, 2023, the European Commission referred Croatia, Hungary, and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to transpose the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) into national...more
The European Commission has recently launched a public consultation regarding an upcoming reform of the European electricity market. The proposal could lead to the biggest reform on the electricity market since the first...more
In Short The Situation: The European Commission ("EC") recently unveiled its dual strategy plans to transform Europe's energy system. The European Union's ("EU") Energy System Integration Strategy and Hydrogen Strategy aim at...more
The UK announces interim measures for dealing with the capacity market in the standstill period imposed by the Tempus Decision. In the meantime, Tempus Energy is pursuing national legal action against the UK as well as...more
Lo scorso 7 febbraio è stato reso noto che la Commissione europea ha sancito la compatibilità del mercato italiano della capacità (cd. capacity market) con la normativa UE in tema di aiuti di Stato....more
The Paris Agreement, adopted by 195 countries following the 21st session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21), is the first multilateral agreement on climate change that covers almost all of the world’s emissions. The Paris...more
The European Commission's Interim Report is critical of price-based mechanisms and calls for harmonized methods to determine generation adequacy levels and reliability standards. The European Commission (Commission)...more
Introduction - On 8 July 2015 the European Commission launched a public consultation on an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage. The consultation is part of the Commission's strategy to explore the...more