The European Commission’s (the Commission’s) review of its Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines (HMG and NHMG, respectively; together, the Guidelines) is well under way. While the update…
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has now been in force for over two years, and its implementation has proven to be quite challenging. As the dust settles, the question remains: is the FSR…
Section 26 (2A) of the Competition Act, 2002 (Competition Act) codifies the principle of res judicata , and states that “the Commission may not inquire into an agreement referred to in Section 3…
Given the creeping complexity of cases, expanding evidence bases, and the ever present threat (or reality) of budget cuts, competition authorities around the world are on the lookout for ways to…
The Brazilian Federal Government proposed to the Brazilian Congress on the 17th of September an amendment to its competition law regime via Bill No. 4675/2025 (the Bill). In essence, the proposed…
A year ago, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission (EC) announced they would work on joint guidance on the interplay between the DMA and the GDPR. On the 9th of October…
IntroductionIn September 2025, and after the national holidays, the Chilean competition authority (Fiscalía Nacional Económica, hereafter referred to as “FNE”) announced the dismissal of a complaint…
A year ago, the Japanese Government made the Mobile Software Competition Act (for short, MSCA) into law. The move represented the first ex ante regulation addressing market power in Asia to…
The newly published Competition Law and Policy in the Western Balkans (edited by Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, Gentjan Skara, and Alexandr Svetlicinii) is a pioneering contribution to a field that, until…
On 8 September 2025, the European Commission (“EC”) imposed a fine of €172,000 on Eurofield SAS (“Eurofield”) and its then-parent company Unanime Sport SAS (“Unanime Sport”) for providing incomplete…
