Summary -
As part of the EU’s Digital Single Market initiative, the European Commission has been working to identify potential competition concerns affecting European e-commerce markets. The Commission suspects that...more
Germany's New Merger Control Regime - New Filing Requirements to Come -
..Introduction of an Upgraded Transaction Value Test
..New Local Nexus Test Requires Further Advance Analysis
Germany is about to enact a revised...more
5/1/2017
/ Acquisitions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Filing Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Investment ,
France ,
General Motors ,
Germany ,
Internet of Things ,
Italy ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Nexus ,
Startups ,
Subsidiaries
On March 9, 2017 the German Federal Parliament passed the ninth amendment to the Act against Restraints of Competition (ARC) (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen). The amendment is expected to come into force in Q2/2017...more
In December 2015, we reported about a German court that classified Google’s Gmail as a regulated telecommunications service. This court decision added to the discussion of whether and to what extent communications services...more
For the past five years, Google and the German telecommunications regulator, the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur – BNetzA), have been arguing whether Google’s email service Gmail qualifies as a telecommunications...more
On 21 May 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed that cartel victims may jointly sue cartelists for damages in an EU Member State where only one of the cartelists is domiciled. This rule applies even if the...more