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…
The following was the opening speech of the Berlin action for damages advocacy summit (BADAS) and was not adapted in the following. There is a song I would like to begin with, which is…
IntroductionChile has a comprehensive development in digital markets. Between 2019 and 2026, the Chilean Competition Authority (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, or “FNE”) conducted 24 investigations into…
On May 13, 2026, the French High Court (Cour de cassation) upheld the reasoning of the Paris Court of Appeal (Dec. n° 20/08582, Oct. 6, 2022) in its entirety in a ruling dismissing the appeals (Cour…
On 4 June 2026, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy published the long-awaited draft 12th Amendment to the Act Against Restraints of Competition ("ARC" or "GWB"). The draft…
I. IntroductionThe update to the Guidelines on Compliance Programmes in relation to competition law (hereinafter, the “New Guidelines”), approved by the Spanish Competition…
The discussion around the Google search data sharing specification proceedings under Article 8(2) and Article 6(11) DMA has not cooled down after it’s (short) consultation period. The issue has…
