The EC has published the long-awaited revised Market Definition Notice (the "Notice"), marking the first update since its initial adoption in 1997. The Notice clarifies the methodology for defining product and geographic...more
Advocate General Juliane Kokott has proposed that the EU Court of Justice should find that competition authorities have the power to apply Article 102 TFEU to corporate transactions that are not reportable, and test under...more
The DMA has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union and will enter into force on 1 November 2022. The DMA aims to address concerns regarding "contestability" and "fairness" in the digital economy and...more
10/17/2022
/ Big Tech ,
Class Action ,
Competition ,
Digital Marketplace ,
Digital Markets Strategy ,
Digital Platforms ,
Enforcement ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
There have been a number of developments in merger control in 2020 and Q1 2021. Some are related to the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others are borne out of the ambitions and changes sought by individual...more
White & Case LLP argued the last successful fully-fledged "failing firm defence" case in Aegean/Olympic II in 2013. Our lawyers Assimakis Komninos and Jan Jeram, who acted in that case, with the help of Iakovos Sarmas1,...more
4/17/2020
/ Acquisitions ,
Competition Authorities ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
European Commission ,
Failing Firm Defense ,
Financial Distress ,
Global Economy ,
Industry Consolidation ,
Insolvency ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers
Setting the scene -
The Italian Competition Authority ("ICA"), recently published a set of Guidelines and Policy recommendations relating to the Digital Sector ("Guidelines"), focusing on antitrust, privacy regulation and...more
7/11/2019
/ Acquisitions ,
Administrative Authority ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Big Data ,
Competition Authorities ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Digital Communications ,
Digital Platform Liability ,
Digital Platforms ,
Digital Services ,
Italy ,
Joint Protocols ,
Merger Controls ,
Mergers ,
New Guidance ,
Privacy Laws