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Marcel Meinhardt, Ueli Weber, Luciano Brentani (Lenz & Staehelin)

Antitrust Permissibility of Interlocking Directorates Unclear in light of Recent Case Law

July 17, 2026

IntroductionIn its decision B-1411/2022 of 5 June 2026, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court ("FAC") set out important parameters on so-called interlocking directorates between competing…

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Jay Modrall (Norton Rose Fulbright, Belgium), Claire Paoli, Josh White (Analysis Group)

Efficiencies in the Draft EU Merger Guidelines: A Glass Half Full

July 16, 2026

Before the Commission published its draft guidelines on the assessment of mergers under the EU Merger Regulation (the Draft Guidelines), Executive Vice-President (EVP) Teresa Ribera highlighted the…

Sofie Kox (University of Vienna)

The New Foreign Investment Screening Regulation: From Trilogues to the Official Journal

July 15, 2026

Past summer, June 2025, as the trilogues on the revision of the EU's FDI Screening Regulation started in Strasbourg, the question whether the reform would move the Union’s FDI Screening framework…

Alba Ribera Martínez (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

The General Court Rejects Apple’s Appeal on its Designation Decision (Cases T-1079/23, T-1080/23 and T-214/24)

July 14, 2026

The General Court issued the third ruling relating to the appeals that different gatekeepers had put forth before the EU courts (see comment on the ByteDance and Meta cases). This time, it was Apple…

Hanna Stakheyeva (ACTECON)

KNOWLEDGE CONNECT 2026: DRIVING INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE IN COMPETITION LAW - NAVIGATING CHANGE TOGETHER

July 13, 2026

IntroductionWe are living through a period of profound transformation. Technology is accelerating, artificial intelligence is reshaping how information is created, managed, and accessed, expectations…

Christoph Wernig (University of Vienna)

Google Android: How Much Economics Does Article 102 TFEU Still Require?

July 10, 2026

The ECJ's judgment in Google Android does not signal a retreat from the effects-based approach. Instead, it clarifies that effects-based enforcement does not require adherence to any particular…

Konstantin Voropaev (Gornitzky GNY)

The Missing Boundary in the Revised TTBER: AI Training Data and the Concept of Know-How

July 9, 2026

The adoption of the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) 2026/877) and the accompanying Technology Transfer Guidelines mark the first comprehensive revision of…