The DMA promised a single approach to digital markets throughout the EU, to enhance effectiveness and reduce regulatory burden. Three years after its entry into force, these objectives are under…
On 16 October 2025, Commercial Court No. 14 of Madrid delivered a judgment[1] of notable relevance in the well-known Spanish Dairy Cartel case. The decision, issued by Judge Ms Carmen González Suárez…
Does the European Commission’s (Commission’s) second conditional approval under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) signal a new approach to sustainability issues in EU merger cases? On…
The Stuttgart Court of Appeal has added a new chapter to German cartel damages case law with its recent bathroom fittings judgment. Relying on Courts’ statutory power to estimate damages the court…
In this decision, the French Competition Authority (“FCA”) fined Doctolib, an online platform acting as in intermediary between health care professionals and clients, €4,665,000 for abusing its…
Digital markets are increasingly being dominated by large digital platforms, with the consequent problems that this poses from the point of view of the competitive functioning of the markets, both…
With the Sustainability Omnibus of last week still keeping us in shock and the incoming Digital Omnibus already looming over us, it is important to pause, take a step back, and ask ourselves, what…
Over the hills of the City of the Renaissance, early career competition law scholars from around the world gathered from 6 – 7 November 2025 to revamp competition law within two days.In this spirit,…
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…
