Month: December 2022
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Amazon settles EU allegations regarding third-party sellers on Amazon Marketplace: some progress made but much remains to be done
The European Commission has accepted a set of legally-binding commitments offered by Amazon to settle two long-running antitrust investigations into whether Amazon has abused its dominant position in e-commerce. In doing so, the Commission will not issue a formal infringement decision and will not impose a fine. This is a significant outcome for these…
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The draft Implementing Regulation of the Digital Markets Act: Initial thoughts
On Friday 9 December 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) published three documents relating to the implementation of the Digital Markets Act. Interested parties have until 6 January 2023 to comment on these documents. The purpose of this blog post is not to provide a detailed description of these documents, but some first general impressions. These…
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Ofcom’s discussion document on media plurality and online news: Lessons for future regulatory interventions in the UK and beyond
On 16 November, Ofcom published a discussion document on media plurality and online news. The discussion document sets out Ofcom’s understanding of the role that online platforms, such as social media, search engines and news aggregators, play in the UK news ecosystem. Ofcom’s discussion document focuses on hot (yet understudied) topics. Even though it is now widely acknowledged that…
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Some additional thoughts on the General Court’s judgment in Google Android
This is the second post on the General Court’s judgment in Google Android (T-604/18) delivered earlier this year (which Google has in the meantime appealed to the Court of Justice). As in the first post (available here), I would like to discuss some issues that caught my attention while reading the judgment, rather than summarize…