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CRA and Geradin Partners Conference on Ad Tech, Competition Policy and Privacy Issues
Continue reading: CRA and Geradin Partners Conference on Ad Tech, Competition Policy and Privacy IssuesDear blog readers, I would like to invite you to the above event, which will take place on 19 April 2022 in London from 1 to 6pm. It is possible to attend the event either in-person or online. Please see all details and the registration form here. Access to the conference is free. The event…
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Ne bis in idem and the DMA: the CJEU’s judgments in bpost and Nordzucker – Part II
Continue reading: Ne bis in idem and the DMA: the CJEU’s judgments in bpost and Nordzucker – Part II[This is the second blog post on the principle of ne bis in idem and the DMA. You can read here our first post setting the scene and discussing EU case-law on ne bis in idem] Yesterday’s post discussed at length the CJEU’s judgments in bpost and Nordzucker, and how they signal a shift in…
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Ne bis in idem and the DMA: the CJEU’s judgments in bpost and Nordzucker – Part I
Continue reading: Ne bis in idem and the DMA: the CJEU’s judgments in bpost and Nordzucker – Part I[This is the first of two blog posts on the principle of ne bis in idem and the DMA. This post sets the scene by discussing the CJEU’s case-law on ne bis in idem, with a focus on the Court’s recent rulings in bpost and Nordzucker. A second blog post will discuss the implications of…
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Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing: A preliminary assessment
Continue reading: Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing: A preliminary assessmentYesterday, Spotify announced on its corporate website a multiyear agreement with Google, which “represents a first-of-its-kind option in payment choice and offers opportunities for both consumers and developers.” A parallel announcement was made by Google on the same day. While the exact terms of the agreement are not known, the Spotify announcement says that: “Users…
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Apple’s constructive refusal to comply with the law: A harbinger of things to come?
Continue reading: Apple’s constructive refusal to comply with the law: A harbinger of things to come?In August 2021, the Autoriteit Consument & Markt (“ACM”), the Dutch competition authority, adopted following a two-year investigation, a decision finding that Apple’s App Store payment policies as they applied to dating app providers amounted to an abuse of a dominant position in breach of Article 102 TFEU. As explained in an earlier blog post,…
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EU and UK take on ‘Jedi Blue’ – Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?
Continue reading: EU and UK take on ‘Jedi Blue’ – Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer?A big development in European competition enforcement in digital markets occurred today as both the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced simultaneously that they are investigating the ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement. This is an agreement between Google and Meta (formerly Facebook) that may have targeted a disruptive advertising technology known as…
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The EU Data Act – the Commission’s latest legislative initiative
Continue reading: The EU Data Act – the Commission’s latest legislative initiativeImage source: Unsplash On 23 February 2022, the European Commission presented its Proposal for a Data Act, a Regulation aimed at maximizing the value of data in the European Union economy “by ensuring that a wide range of stakeholders gain control over their data and that more data is available for innovative use.” The Data…
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Google announces Privacy Sandbox on Android
Continue reading: Google announces Privacy Sandbox on AndroidGreetings to our readers – I haven’t published in a while, but Google’s latest announcement could not keep waiting. Google has just announced its plan to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with the stated aim of “introducing new, more private advertising solutions.” This comes only a couple of days after the UK Competition and…
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The Microsoft Open App Store Principles in Eight Points
Continue reading: The Microsoft Open App Store Principles in Eight PointsIt is no secret that Microsoft has charted a rather different course compared to Apple and Google when it comes to ex ante regulation – a course aiming to embrace, rather than fight, regulation (see for example, this May 2021 blog post where Microsoft in principle voiced its support for the EU Digital Markets Act).…
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An interview with Liza Gormsen regarding her class-action lawsuit against Meta at the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal
Continue reading: An interview with Liza Gormsen regarding her class-action lawsuit against Meta at the UK’s Competition Appeal TribunalI am very pleased that Dr. Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, who is Senior Research Fellow in Competition Law and Co-Director of the Competition Law Forum at BIICL, has accepted to be interviewed by this blog. Liza made the news last month when she brought a class-action lawsuit against Facebook’s parent firm Meta at the UK’s Competition…