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…
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…
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…
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’…
IntroductionWe are living through a period of profound transformation. Technology is accelerating, artificial intelligence is reshaping how information is created, managed, and accessed, expectations…
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…
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…
On 1 July 2026, the Stockholm Patent and Market Court handed down judgment in PMT 1860-22, ordering Google to pay Klarna Technologies AB (formerly PriceRunner International AB) damages of roughly €1.…
On 30 June 2026 the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published proposed Steering conduct requirements (CRs) for Apple’s and Google’s mobile platforms under the Digital Markets, Competition and…
The relationship between EU State aid law and investment arbitration has become an increasingly important source of doctrinal uncertainty. What was once largely treated as a conflict between EU…
