The European Commission has begun the process of creating implementing provisions to ensure the effective enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Implementing provisions plague the DMA’s…
Introduction
The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) of the UK has fined Germany-based Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (“BMW AG”), the ultimate parent company of the BMW Group, for…
We are happy to inform you that the latest issue of the journal is now available and includes the following contributions:
Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok, Abuse of Dominance in the Hong Kong Television…
This post will present the main competition law developments in 2022 in four Western Balkan jurisdictions – Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. Despite peculiarities in…
Exchanging information with competitors can be a minefield. On 29 November 2022, the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) fined Norway’s four largest book publishers and a database provider a total…
As part of the series of posts on the main developments in Competition Law, we are honored to present for the first time in the series an overview of the developments and trends in Brazilian…
When, why, and on what evidence can a competition regulator in one jurisdiction push for divestments in global deals? An increasingly active UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has been…
“All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” (George Orwell, ‘Animal Farm’)
On 28 November 2022, the Council of the European Union gave its final approval to the new EU Foreign…
A year of establishing crucial goals and flourishing development
The previous year was flourishing and fruitful for the development of competition law in Kazakhstan. According to the annual report of…
Factual background
Just before 2022 ended the Commission sent a statement of objections to Meta regarding the potential abusive behaviour of Facebook. According to the statement of objections,…