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…
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…
Private enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is now a reality, and the judgment of the Regional Court of Mainz (Case 12 HK O 32/24) in the 1&1 Mail & Media/Google (Gmail) case, delivered on…
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…
After several years of investigation, the Commission finally delivered its decision in the case of Facebook Marketplace, where it found that Facebook had abused its dominant position, resulting in a…
On 23 May 2025, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne dismissed an application for an interim injunction filed by the German consumer association Verbraucherzentrale NRW against Meta’s planned use of…
