Technology Sector, European Commission, Big Tech

EU leads global charge as abuse of dominance cases target Big Tech

A&O Shearman on 3/21/2025

2024 saw a significant increase in the total fines imposed in abuse of dominance cases compared to 2023, reversing a trend of decline in recent years. The rise in fine volumes was spread across all regions of the world, with...more

Antitrust authorities intensify digital market regulation

A&O Shearman on 3/21/2025

Digital regulation continues to be at the forefront of regulator concerns, as authorities focus on technology companies through traditional antitrust tools and new digital markets regimes. Further legislation and guidance is...more

Global antitrust enforcement report - 2025

A&O Shearman on 3/19/2025

2024 saw a significant increase in overall global fines for antitrust enforcement, with total penalties for the jurisdictions surveyed in our report at USD6.7 billion, over double that of 2023 (USD2.9bn) and substantially...more

Digital Markets Act: Mandatory Compliance for Big Tech Companies

Goodwin on 3/15/2024

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation of September 14, 2022, along with the Digital Services Act (DSA) regulation, represents one of the major digital initiatives of the European Union. Gradually applicable since May 2,...more

Big Tech’s Growing Regulatory Burden in Europe—Failing to Prepare Is Preparing to Fail

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 5/11/2023

On 25 April 2023, the same day on which the European Commission (EC) adopted its first designation decisions under its Digital Services Act (DSA), the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament published its long-awaited Digital Markets,...more

Silicon Valley Anti-Trust Review: Scorecard and Coming Attractions

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/15/2020

Tim Wu, the bard of big tech, has written multiple books about the rise and coming fall of technology monopolies, oligopolies, and empires. In The Master Switch, Wu tells the story of how, in the 19th Century, the existing...more