The most prominent developments in recent years have taken place in the merger control field. Besides and pending the long-overdue introduction of a domestic merger control regime, the Luxembourg…
Beyond mediation: the deeper costs of the Supreme Court’s drive to standardize truck cartel damages litigation. Voluntary in form, coercive in toneThe recent non-jurisdictional agreement of the…
In response to the sharp increase in fuel prices following the military conflicts in the Middle East, Germany plans a new bill with notable implications for competition law. The new Fuel Policy…
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR, Regulation (EU) 2022/2560) is a tool adopted to address distortions in the EU internal market caused by subsidies from non-EU governments. It entered into…
The European Commission has published for public consultation proposal to revise the General Block Exemption Regulation on State aid (GBER), with its entry into force scheduled for 1 January 2027.…
The following is a selection of some important developments in German competition law and policy in the year 2025. It covers FCO enforcement cases under special rules for digital gatekeepers,…
The European Commission’s latest proposal to boost European Union (EU) competitiveness cuts across multiple regulatory areas and will add another layer to an already complex regulatory landscape.…
Significant competition law developments emerged in Chile during 2025. While this summary does not provide a detailed description of how Chile’s competition enforcement system operates (for that,…
Since the European Union’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) entered into force in 2023, the European Commission (the Commission) has only opened two in-depth ex officio investigations, both…
For the third time in a row, gatekeepers submitted their compliance reports to demonstrate that they have progressed in terms of the DMA’s enforcement, abiding by the obligation set out in Article 11…
