🚨🚨Breaking: Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service and thus dismisses the appeals lodged by Google and Alphabet. #eulaw #competitionlaw curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
September 10, 2024 at 8:15 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: Court of Justice upholds the fine of €2.4 billion imposed on Google for abuse of its dominant position by favouring its own comparison shopping service and thus dismisses the appeals lodged by Google and Alphabet. #eulaw #competitionlaw curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...
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Getty Images scraps $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after UK ruling
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Getty Images scraps $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after UK ruling
#gettyimages #shutterstock #merger #businessnews #stockphotography #competitionlaw
July 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
📸 24H Top Story:
Getty Images scraps $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after UK ruling
#gettyimages #shutterstock #merger #businessnews #stockphotography #competitionlaw
Getty Images scraps $3.7bn Shutterstock merger after UK ruling
#gettyimages #shutterstock #merger #businessnews #stockphotography #competitionlaw
“ #Canada was the 1st country in the world to institute a federal, industrial-era #competitionlaw in 1889, one year before the #UnitedStates enacted its national #antimonopoly #law, the Sherman Act, in 1890.” - #DeniseHearn & #VassBednar, The Big Fix: How #Companies Capture #Markets & Harm Canadians
April 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“ #Canada was the 1st country in the world to institute a federal, industrial-era #competitionlaw in 1889, one year before the #UnitedStates enacted its national #antimonopoly #law, the Sherman Act, in 1890.” - #DeniseHearn & #VassBednar, The Big Fix: How #Companies Capture #Markets & Harm Canadians
ANTITRUST
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition
cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/biog... #Antitrust #Biogen #MultipleSclerosis #MSDrug #PharmaNews #ItalianAntitrust #CompetitionLaw #HealthcareIndustry #Biotech #Natalizumab #Sandoz #DrugMarket #EUCompetition #Pharmaceuticals #MedicalNews
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition
cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/biog... #Antitrust #Biogen #MultipleSclerosis #MSDrug #PharmaNews #ItalianAntitrust #CompetitionLaw #HealthcareIndustry #Biotech #Natalizumab #Sandoz #DrugMarket #EUCompetition #Pharmaceuticals #MedicalNews
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition
Italy probes Biogen over alleged attempts to block Sandoz’s MS biosimilar and limit competition in natalizumab drugs.
cinquewnews.blogspot.com
May 27, 2026 at 7:28 AM
ANTITRUST
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition
cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/biog... #Antitrust #Biogen #MultipleSclerosis #MSDrug #PharmaNews #ItalianAntitrust #CompetitionLaw #HealthcareIndustry #Biotech #Natalizumab #Sandoz #DrugMarket #EUCompetition #Pharmaceuticals #MedicalNews
Biogen probed by Italy over MS drug competition
cinquewnews.blogspot.com/2026/05/biog... #Antitrust #Biogen #MultipleSclerosis #MSDrug #PharmaNews #ItalianAntitrust #CompetitionLaw #HealthcareIndustry #Biotech #Natalizumab #Sandoz #DrugMarket #EUCompetition #Pharmaceuticals #MedicalNews
US states have to enforce the rule of law since their federal government won't. Which means maybe those states are available partners for helping the rest of the world govern the unrecognised and unregulated #transnationalUtilities presently domiciled in the US. #antitrust #competitionLaw
More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday after negotiations this week failed to result in many states joining a tentative settlement reached by the Justice Department.
Live Nation, Ticketmaster trial to resume after 7 states join a Justice Department settlement
More than 30 states will resume their antitrust trial against Live Nation and Ticketmaster on Monday after negotiations this week failed to result in many states joining a tentative settlement reached by the Justice Department.
bit.ly
March 15, 2026 at 8:10 PM
US states have to enforce the rule of law since their federal government won't. Which means maybe those states are available partners for helping the rest of the world govern the unrecognised and unregulated #transnationalUtilities presently domiciled in the US. #antitrust #competitionLaw
Big Tech keeps being found too powerful — yet too often the remedies barely touch the business model. Antitrust only matters if rulings lead to real structural change, not fines treated as a cost of doing business. #BigTech #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechPolicy
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Is Big Tech Facing Its “Big Tobacco Moment”?
Tech giants including Meta, Google, and Apple are facing increasing popular resentment and losing more and more major court battles. Yet their profits and power look about as secure as ever.
jacobin.com
June 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Big Tech keeps being found too powerful — yet too often the remedies barely touch the business model. Antitrust only matters if rulings lead to real structural change, not fines treated as a cost of doing business. #BigTech #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechPolicy
jacobin.com/2026/06/big-...
jacobin.com/2026/06/big-...
First panels at the #ELU-S conference today are very promising: #bigtech and #eulaw, and rethinking #competitionlaw. Next: plenary on #sovereignty.
September 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
First panels at the #ELU-S conference today are very promising: #bigtech and #eulaw, and rethinking #competitionlaw. Next: plenary on #sovereignty.
I'm worried that a) Trump only likes antitrust in so far as it breaks up power he finds challenging, but GAFAM contain actually utilities that need proper, intensive regulation to replace market forces, not breaking up; & b) that the EU doesn't understand this distinction.
#Antitrust #competitionLaw
#Antitrust #competitionLaw
"EU officials are indeed trying to remain optimistic, pointing to Trump’s antitrust officials embracing the tough enforcement stance against Big Tech that was unleashed during the Biden administration" www.ft.com/content/4349...
Transatlantic antitrust ties fray as US and EU regulators squabble
After years of co-operation to check Big Tech, competition enforcers have turned to trading barbs
www.ft.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I'm worried that a) Trump only likes antitrust in so far as it breaks up power he finds challenging, but GAFAM contain actually utilities that need proper, intensive regulation to replace market forces, not breaking up; & b) that the EU doesn't understand this distinction.
#Antitrust #competitionLaw
#Antitrust #competitionLaw
A landmark judgment of EU #CompetitionLaw 🇪🇺🤝
To learn more, click here 👉 infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurispr...
#EULaw #InternalMarket
To learn more, click here 👉 infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurispr...
#EULaw #InternalMarket
RPEX
infocuria.curia.europa.eu
July 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A landmark judgment of EU #CompetitionLaw 🇪🇺🤝
To learn more, click here 👉 infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurispr...
#EULaw #InternalMarket
To learn more, click here 👉 infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurispr...
#EULaw #InternalMarket
Great to start the new year with the news that my article on the concept of #abuse in #EU #competitionlaw was the 2nd most-downloaded antitrust piece of last year on @ssrn.bsky.social. The article published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies analyses & synthesises
Here are the world’s most downloaded #antitrust and competition law articles posted on
@ssrn.bsky.social during 2024: networklawreview.org/top-2024/.
@ssrn.bsky.social during 2024: networklawreview.org/top-2024/.
The world’s most downloaded antitrust articles of 2024 - Network Law Review
As for previous years, here are the world’s most downloaded antitrust and competition law articles posted on SSRN during 2024.
networklawreview.org
January 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Great to start the new year with the news that my article on the concept of #abuse in #EU #competitionlaw was the 2nd most-downloaded antitrust piece of last year on @ssrn.bsky.social. The article published in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies analyses & synthesises
Happy to be nominated for #AntitrustWritingAwards w my article on the evolution of the case law on #abuse of #dominance & the legal requirements of #abuse under #EU #competitionlaw. It's my 6th nomination for this award, so hope to get 6th time lucky 😉 To vote for the article, see bit.ly/40yUx92
Concurrences
Antitrust Publications & Events
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January 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Happy to be nominated for #AntitrustWritingAwards w my article on the evolution of the case law on #abuse of #dominance & the legal requirements of #abuse under #EU #competitionlaw. It's my 6th nomination for this award, so hope to get 6th time lucky 😉 To vote for the article, see bit.ly/40yUx92
Follow for more on the EU tech landscape, platform power, digital rights, press freedom and the laws shaping Big Tech.
#DigitalRights #TechRegulation #CompetitionLaw #PressFreedom #SurveillanceCapitalism #CopyrightDirective #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalFairnessAct #GDPR #AIAct
#DigitalRights #TechRegulation #CompetitionLaw #PressFreedom #SurveillanceCapitalism #CopyrightDirective #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalFairnessAct #GDPR #AIAct
#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...
June 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Follow for more on the EU tech landscape, platform power, digital rights, press freedom and the laws shaping Big Tech.
#DigitalRights #TechRegulation #CompetitionLaw #PressFreedom #SurveillanceCapitalism #CopyrightDirective #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalFairnessAct #GDPR #AIAct
#DigitalRights #TechRegulation #CompetitionLaw #PressFreedom #SurveillanceCapitalism #CopyrightDirective #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #DigitalFairnessAct #GDPR #AIAct
What if the AI "data moat" isn't a moat at all?
Read the latest instalment of Carter Chim's AI and Competition Law Article Series here: https://ow.ly/iNx350ZQwZR
#CompetitionLaw #Antitrust #AIRegulation #BigTech
Read the latest instalment of Carter Chim's AI and Competition Law Article Series here: https://ow.ly/iNx350ZQwZR
#CompetitionLaw #Antitrust #AIRegulation #BigTech
September 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
What if the AI "data moat" isn't a moat at all?
Read the latest instalment of Carter Chim's AI and Competition Law Article Series here: https://ow.ly/iNx350ZQwZR
#CompetitionLaw #Antitrust #AIRegulation #BigTech
Read the latest instalment of Carter Chim's AI and Competition Law Article Series here: https://ow.ly/iNx350ZQwZR
#CompetitionLaw #Antitrust #AIRegulation #BigTech
The 10th edition of the conference 'Antitrust in Asia' took place at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Thursday. Thank you Concurrences for bringing antitrust stars to our uni once again and for inviting me to deliver the welcome address #antitrust #competitionlaw #Asia #CUHK #CUHKLaw
November 11, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The 10th edition of the conference 'Antitrust in Asia' took place at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Thursday. Thank you Concurrences for bringing antitrust stars to our uni once again and for inviting me to deliver the welcome address #antitrust #competitionlaw #Asia #CUHK #CUHKLaw
Am Montagnachmittag der Konferenz, zusammen mit Universität Wien und #Women in #CompetitionLaw Network Austria, wurden aktuelle Fragen kartellrechtlicher #Ermittlungsverfahren vertieft. Ein herzliches Dankeschön an S. Köller-Thier, S. Reiter, B. Seelos & L. Hornkohl für die spannenden Diskussionen.
January 28, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Am Montagnachmittag der Konferenz, zusammen mit Universität Wien und #Women in #CompetitionLaw Network Austria, wurden aktuelle Fragen kartellrechtlicher #Ermittlungsverfahren vertieft. Ein herzliches Dankeschön an S. Köller-Thier, S. Reiter, B. Seelos & L. Hornkohl für die spannenden Diskussionen.
Zusammen mit Universität Wien, #Women in #CompetitionLaw Network Austria haben wir gestern eine Konferenz veranstaltet. Impulse u. a. von @annasporrer.bsky.social, G. Kodek, @gfelbermayr.bsky.social sorgten am Vormittag für spannende Diskussionen zu #Fusionskontrolle, #Wettbewerb und #Kartellrecht.
January 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Zusammen mit Universität Wien, #Women in #CompetitionLaw Network Austria haben wir gestern eine Konferenz veranstaltet. Impulse u. a. von @annasporrer.bsky.social, G. Kodek, @gfelbermayr.bsky.social sorgten am Vormittag für spannende Diskussionen zu #Fusionskontrolle, #Wettbewerb und #Kartellrecht.
techebo.com/google-eu-ad... Google EU Fine: Record €2.95 Billion Adtech Penalty
#GoogleEUfine #googlefine #adtech #BigTech
#Antitrust #EURegulation #DigitalEconomy
#TechNews #CompetitionLaw #OnlineAds
#TechEbo #news
#GoogleEUfine #googlefine #adtech #BigTech
#Antitrust #EURegulation #DigitalEconomy
#TechNews #CompetitionLaw #OnlineAds
#TechEbo #news
Google EU Fine: Record €2.95 Billion Adtech Penalty - TechEbo.com
Google EU fine €2.95 billion for abusing dominance in adtech. Learn about the case, past fines, and global impact.
techebo.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
techebo.com/google-eu-ad... Google EU Fine: Record €2.95 Billion Adtech Penalty
#GoogleEUfine #googlefine #adtech #BigTech
#Antitrust #EURegulation #DigitalEconomy
#TechNews #CompetitionLaw #OnlineAds
#TechEbo #news
#GoogleEUfine #googlefine #adtech #BigTech
#Antitrust #EURegulation #DigitalEconomy
#TechNews #CompetitionLaw #OnlineAds
#TechEbo #news
I am at a rather expensive #competitionlaw conference today & was quite interested to hear #Competition Commissioner Teresa #ribera's opening speech.
But that she opens her speech calling #brussels the "Capital of the respect for human beings" just 1 day […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
But that she opens her speech calling #brussels the "Capital of the respect for human beings" just 1 day […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
June 17, 2026 at 7:57 AM
I am at a rather expensive #competitionlaw conference today & was quite interested to hear #Competition Commissioner Teresa #ribera's opening speech.
But that she opens her speech calling #brussels the "Capital of the respect for human beings" just 1 day […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
But that she opens her speech calling #brussels the "Capital of the respect for human beings" just 1 day […]
[Original post on eupolicy.social]
DMA-Bußgeld gegen Google
Die Entscheidung konkretisiert die Anforderungen an Selbstbevorzugung und Anti-Steering und zeigt, wie die Kommission den DMA künftig durchsetzen will.
Meine Einordnung:
louven.legal/google-890-m...
#DMA #CompetitionLaw
Die Entscheidung konkretisiert die Anforderungen an Selbstbevorzugung und Anti-Steering und zeigt, wie die Kommission den DMA künftig durchsetzen will.
Meine Einordnung:
louven.legal/google-890-m...
#DMA #CompetitionLaw
Google: 890 Mio. Euro DMA-Bußgeld wegen Selbstbevorzugung und Anti-Steering
Die EU-Kommission verhängt gegen Google DMA-Bußgelder von insgesamt 890 Mio. Euro wegen Selbstbevorzugung in der Suche und Anti-Steering bei Google Play.
louven.legal
July 24, 2026 at 4:34 AM
DMA-Bußgeld gegen Google
Die Entscheidung konkretisiert die Anforderungen an Selbstbevorzugung und Anti-Steering und zeigt, wie die Kommission den DMA künftig durchsetzen will.
Meine Einordnung:
louven.legal/google-890-m...
#DMA #CompetitionLaw
Die Entscheidung konkretisiert die Anforderungen an Selbstbevorzugung und Anti-Steering und zeigt, wie die Kommission den DMA künftig durchsetzen will.
Meine Einordnung:
louven.legal/google-890-m...
#DMA #CompetitionLaw
Look forward to speaking at CRA Annual Conference in Brussels on 10 December. I'll be speaking on #abuseofdominance #EU #competitionlaw #DraftGuidelinesonArticle102 & the future of this area of law. Complimentary registration and programme👇@News_CRA...
November 28, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Look forward to speaking at CRA Annual Conference in Brussels on 10 December. I'll be speaking on #abuseofdominance #EU #competitionlaw #DraftGuidelinesonArticle102 & the future of this area of law. Complimentary registration and programme👇@News_CRA...
Marcus Bokkerink published a foreword in #Concurrences 4-2025 titled “The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act : From adoption to implementation".
Read more here: shorturl.at/u7k90
#concurrence #droitdelaconcurrence #competitionlaw #antitrustlaw #europeanlaw #europeanunion #digitalmarket
Read more here: shorturl.at/u7k90
#concurrence #droitdelaconcurrence #competitionlaw #antitrustlaw #europeanlaw #europeanunion #digitalmarket
April 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Marcus Bokkerink published a foreword in #Concurrences 4-2025 titled “The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act : From adoption to implementation".
Read more here: shorturl.at/u7k90
#concurrence #droitdelaconcurrence #competitionlaw #antitrustlaw #europeanlaw #europeanunion #digitalmarket
Read more here: shorturl.at/u7k90
#concurrence #droitdelaconcurrence #competitionlaw #antitrustlaw #europeanlaw #europeanunion #digitalmarket
Our article with @vickyrobertson.bsky.social has just been published in World Competition! In it, we outline areas of competition law that could benefit from incorporating strategic foresight, while also setting out related challenges.
kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
#competitionlaw #foresight
kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
#competitionlaw #foresight
June 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Our article with @vickyrobertson.bsky.social has just been published in World Competition! In it, we outline areas of competition law that could benefit from incorporating strategic foresight, while also setting out related challenges.
kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
#competitionlaw #foresight
kluwerlawonline.com/journalartic...
#competitionlaw #foresight
techebo.com/microsoft-of... Microsoft Office Teams EU fine: Why unbundling matters
#Microsoft #Office365 #MicrosoftTeams #EU #EUfine #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechNews #BigTech #EULaw #EURegulation #Slack #Zoom #GoogleWorkspace #BusinessNews #TechEbo #news
#Microsoft #Office365 #MicrosoftTeams #EU #EUfine #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechNews #BigTech #EULaw #EURegulation #Slack #Zoom #GoogleWorkspace #BusinessNews #TechEbo #news
Microsoft Office Teams EU fine: Why unbundling matters - TechEbo.com
Microsoft avoids an EU fine by unbundling Office and Teams. Find out how this decision impacts competition, customers, and rivals in Europe.
techebo.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
techebo.com/microsoft-of... Microsoft Office Teams EU fine: Why unbundling matters
#Microsoft #Office365 #MicrosoftTeams #EU #EUfine #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechNews #BigTech #EULaw #EURegulation #Slack #Zoom #GoogleWorkspace #BusinessNews #TechEbo #news
#Microsoft #Office365 #MicrosoftTeams #EU #EUfine #Antitrust #CompetitionLaw #TechNews #BigTech #EULaw #EURegulation #Slack #Zoom #GoogleWorkspace #BusinessNews #TechEbo #news
The US FTC is set to investigate Microsoft over allegations of using market power in productivity software to lock customers into Azure. 🕵️♂️💼 #FTC #Microsoft #Azure #Antitrust #TechRegulation #MarketPower #CloudComputing #TechNews #CompetitionLaw
November 15, 2024 at 6:36 AM
The US FTC is set to investigate Microsoft over allegations of using market power in productivity software to lock customers into Azure. 🕵️♂️💼 #FTC #Microsoft #Azure #Antitrust #TechRegulation #MarketPower #CloudComputing #TechNews #CompetitionLaw