Author: Saimi Merenlahti
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The Amazon DSA Designation Appeal: the General Court Rejects Amazon’s Broad Fundamental-Rights Challenge
The last few months have seen a series of Digital Services Act (DSA) judgments by the General Court (GC) of the European Union, the first three of which were examined in an earlier blog post. The latest in this series of judgments, handed down on 19 November 2025, is Amazon EU v Commission (Case T-367/23),…
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The Dawn of DSA Enforcement: Lessons from the Digital Services Coordinators’ First Annual Reports
Introduction The Digital Services Act: A Paradigm Shift in Platform Regulation The European Union’s Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, the Digital Services Act (DSA), represents a landmark shift in the governance of the digital sphere. Fully applicable since 17 February 2024, the DSA establishes a harmonised legal framework intended to create a safer, more predictable, and trusted…
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Looking ahead at private enforcement of the DMA and why the DB Station judgment does not hinder standalone damages claims
As we approach the anniversary of the date the first designated gatekeepers had to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), it seems appropriate to delve deeper into the (private) enforcement aspect of the regulation. This is even more fitting given the recent rumours that the European Commission (Commission) is re-evaluating its probes into Apple, Meta and…
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The end or the beginning of an era? The Court of Justice delivers its verdict in the Google Shopping case
The long-awaited judgment from the European Court of Justice (“CJEU”) in the Google Shopping saga has finally arrived. On 10 September 2024, following a case that started with an investigation in 2010 and spanned nearly one and a half decades, the CJEU rejected Google’s appeal and delivered a huge victory for the European Commission (“Commission”). …