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Antitrust
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Lessons from the First Year of Enforcement
Introduction Since October 2023, the European Commission has been aggressively enforcing a revolutionary new European Union (EU) law, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR). The FSR ...
Antitrust
The Draghi Report: A Blueprint for the EU Competition Commissioner-Designate?
The Draghi report and a new Competition Commissioner On 17 September, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission announced the designation of Teresa ...
Antitrust
The Proposed Revision to the EU
Introduction Earlier in the The legislative proposal builds, as noted in the Commission’s 4th Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI), on ...
Antitrust
The ECJ’s Apple Decision: Implications of International Tax
Ireland has reported that it will now finalise the recovery of approximately EUR14.1 billion from Apple, representing unpaid taxes and interest which have been escrowed ...
Antitrust
Cartel Damages without Economic Experts? The Implications Of The German Federal Supreme Court Trucks III & 4 Decisions
Introduction Cartel damages proceedings are a highly interdisciplinary endeavour between lawyers and economists in many jurisdictions, including Germany. In such proceedings, lawyers and courts must, ...
Antitrust
The campaign promises to address rising prices at the grocery store signal stronger price gouging investigations, enforcement actions, and prohibitions to come
The Harris-Walz campaign is focusing on enacting “the first-ever federal ban on price gouging of food and groceries” . And the Trump-Vance campaign has decried ...
Antitrust
Australia Greenwashing: ASIC and ACCC Prosecutions Half-Yearly Review – and ACCC’s Position on Environmental Collaborations
The Federal Court imposed a penalty of AU$11.3 million on Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited (Mercer) for making misleading sustainability claims. It has also taken court ...
Antitrust
Freedom, Power and Contestability: Interactions between Article 5(2) DMA & GDPR
As DMA enforcement moves forward, questions about the interpretation of the DMA’s specific provisions are starting to arise. The European Commission initiated formal proceedings on ...