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Competition Currents: Summer 2024 News Round Up

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Put down the lemonade and break out the pumpkin spice: summer is coming to an end. And while you were in the pool – or maybe just answering emails poolside – the antitrust agencies showed no signs of a summer slowdown. Before...more

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Antitrust & Competition Technology Quarterly Update - Q3 2022

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Two major technology companies, Meta and Microsoft, continue to defend their acquisitions against challenges from antitrust regulators. The FTC dropped one of the two claims underlying its challenge of Meta’s acquisition of...more

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Antitrust & Competition Life Sciences Quarterly Update - Q3 2022

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The third quarter in the life sciences space showed that business is generally proceeding as usual, with large pharma players successfully acquiring or licensing in clinical stage assets without running into antitrust delays....more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.9.2021 - Italian Antitrust Officials Fine Amazon $1.3 Billion Over Logistics Practices

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Competition regulators in Italy have fined Amazon $1.3 billion, accusing the company “of breaking antitrust laws by giving special perks to third-party merchants who use Amazon’s warehouse and delivery system.” The penalty,...more

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Saudi Antitrust Regulator Blocks First Acquisition Under New Merger Control Law

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Saudi Arabia competition authority blocks its first transaction under the Kingdom's 2019 Competition Law. The Saudi Arabian General Authority for Competition ("GAC") announced this week that its board had blocked Delivery...more

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How Epic V. Apple Ruling Might Play Out For Big Tech

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The U.S. antitrust laws are slow to keep up with technical innovation and changing marketplaces. Nowhere is that more evident than in the tech sector, where companies and other players in the market do not fit neatly into...more

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Antitrust Spotlight: Epic v. Apple #3

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In this third installment of the Antitrust Spotlight on the Epic v. Apple trial, we cover key issues identified by the court during closing arguments and post-trial briefing, as well as the arguments highlighted by the...more

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Summary of the United States Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights Hearing

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On April 21, 2021, the United States Senate Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights held a hearing to discuss Google and Apple’s role in the mobile app ecosystem and their effect on third-party app...more

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Antitrust Spotlight: Epic v. Apple #1

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Our Antitrust Team is keeping a close eye on the Epic v. Apple trial – a likely test case for how current antitrust law can cope with today’s highly complex markets. In this first installment of the Antitrust Spotlight, we...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: October 2020

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The General Court of The EU Squashes the Commission's Inspection Decisions to Raid the French Mass Retail Sector - The European Commission (Commission), if it has reason to suspect a company is...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: September 2020

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - The French Competition Authority Imposes a Record Fine of €444 Million on Three Pharma Companies for Collectively Exploiting Their Dominant Position - On 9 September 2020, the French Competition...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.12.2020 | Top Story: Court Rules Apple Doesn’t Have to Offer Fortnite in App Store

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Big Friday win for Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic Games, as N.D. Cal. Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Cook & Co. didn’t “need to reinstate the popular video game Fortnite in its App Store,” a blow to...more

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Epic Battles Apple: I Missed a Spot

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On Tuesday I wrote about how Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney was engaging Apple on at least three battlefronts. I missed a battlefront and I’m here today to rectify that mistake. I mentioned Epic’s groundbreaking and lucrative...more

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Tech Anti-Trust Fight is More Than a Game

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Tim Sweeney, the Colossus of Cary, is fighting even bigger foes – Apple and Google. The multibillionaire chief executive of Epic Games has opened a multi-front war on the tribute that app developers are forced to pay to reach...more

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European Competition Law Newsletter – July 2020

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EU, UK Competition, State Aid and Public Procurement Law During COVID-19 Pandemic - While not the most important concern, it should be appreciated that European Union and national antitrust/competition law, plus the state...more

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The digital war to COVID-19: possible solutions at the crossroads of competition and regulatory checkpoints

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A worldwide race. Researchers and technologists in these days are scrambling to build apps that alert users when they have come into contact with people infected by coronavirus, as governments weigh up how to safely...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.19.2020 | Top Story: Arguments Begin Regarding Facebook’s 2010 Tax Bill

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On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.16.2019 | Top Story: Boeing Execs Mull Halting 737 Max Production as FAA Clearance Stalls

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Boeing’s 737 MAX faces an uncertain future. Boeing is considering at least a temporary halt to its 737 Max production “as regulatory clearance for the grounded jet’s return looks increasingly likely to slip beyond January...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.13.2019 | Top Story: US Announces Phase One Trade Agreement With China, But No Confirmation From Chinese

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The US and China have reportedly reached an initial agreement on the “final terms of a phase one trade deal, moving both countries closer to signing a pact that” the White House originally announced in October and averting...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.19.2019 | Top Story: T-Mobile Chief John Legere to Leave Company in April

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T-Mobile chief and fan-of-magenta John Legere has announced that he’ll be stepping down in April at the end of his current contract. Legere will be succeeded by Mike Sievert, the carrier’s current president and COO....more

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In Principle: 10 Things Authorised Firms Need to Know for 2018 – The World of Financial Regulation as the UK Prepares to Exit the...

There is much for authorised firms to consider in the year ahead. Firms have been through the intensive period of the enactment of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), but must now step up their...more

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DSM webinar highlights tax, competition law, copyright, AVMS and data economy issues for 2017

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In a February 7, 2017 webinar, the Hogan Lovells Digital Single Market (DSM) team presented its take on new developments for 2017. Peter Watts introduced the session by warning that the loss of the UK voice in EU policy...more

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