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Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch
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Digital markets are a priority enforcement area for consumer and competition enforcement in Africa, but questions remain as to how best to regulate them. Around the world, competition authorities are ramping up enforcement...more
David Silberman joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Caroline Stapleton to explore how artificial intelligence — including agentic AI — could reshape consumers’ interactions with financial services providers. The...more
In the ongoing absence of comprehensive federal privacy laws, states continue to serve as the primary engines of privacy innovation, setting precedents that may influence or even outpace federal action and shaping the rules...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), in its ongoing efforts to refine its approach to data privacy enforcement, convened a workshop earlier this year titled “Measuring Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy,” a...more
INTRODUCTION: A recent dawn raid on a multinational technology company, conducted by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (“JFTC”) as part of its investigation into potential anticompetitive conduct in the cloud computing sector,...more
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) concluded that two nationwide driving school providers, AA and BSM, advertised driving lesson prices not reflective of the true cost....more
On April 21, 2026, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) agreed to a stipulated dismissal of its constitutional challenge to Utah’s App Store Accountability Act (Utah ASAA) following the amendments to the...more
On April 20, 2026, Attorney General (AG) Brian Schwalb announced that Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, will pay $9.9 million to resolve allegations of deceptive ticket pricing and hidden fees affecting District of...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic pricing tools are transforming competition law enforcement at an unprecedented pace. ...more
Global antitrust enforcement in 2025 was both tough and balanced. The headline figure tells one story: total fines in the jurisdictions surveyed in our report rose again to USD 7.7 billion, the highest since 2021. But the...more
IN BRIEF - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2026–2027 (the 2026–2027 Priorities). While many of the ACCC's 2026–2027 Priorities have...more
The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026 (Cth), released by the Federal Government this month will amend the Australian Consumer Law to prohibit a range of unfair trading practices in the...more
On 19 February 2026, Gina Cass-Gottlieb, Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), announced the ACCC's 2026-27 Compliance and Enforcement Priorities. The ACCC reaffirmed its enduring priorities to...more
Online reviews are critical to developing consumer trust, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signaled it's ready to track down anyone trying to manipulate them. Consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta breaks down...more
The German Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has, for the first time, exercised its reformed "profit skimming" power to require Amazon to disgorge approximately EUR59 million in economic benefits gained through allegedly unlawful...more
The European Commission (EC) opened on 13 November 2025 an investigation into possible abuse of dominance in breach of EU competition law by Red Bull through its activities as a category manager. This is the EC’s first formal...more
New Army acquisition process speeds the ordering cycle, and delegates purchase authority to Commanders at the user level....more
The EU Data Act (Regulation (EU) 2023/2854), applicable from September 12, 2025, introduces a comprehensive legal framework aimed at enhancing data portability, interoperability, and minimizing dependency on individual...more
Four states – California, Louisiana, Texas, and Utah – have enacted laws that purport to require mobile app stores and mobile app developers to verify the age of users and implement certain safeguards based on the user’s age....more
The battle between Google and “Fortnite” developer Epic Games is set to reshape how developers, publishers, and their financial backers approach Android as a commercial platform....more
The judicial and regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s iOS and App Store ecosystem continues, with a judgment from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) in the United Kingdom, as well as decisions from authorities in the European...more
When the EU Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) became applicable in May 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”) promised it would be a game changing set of new rules, “one of the centrepieces of the European digital strategy”...more
On October 9, 2025, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") and the European Commission issued (for public consultation) joint guidelines clarifying how the EU’s Digital Markets Act ("DMA") and General Data Protection...more
In this episode of "Clearly Conspicuous," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta provides an update on Federal Trade Commission (FTC) actions in the digital commerce space. Mr. DiResta discusses the FTC's core concerns...more
The second quarter of 2025 was marked by major transactions, high-stakes litigation, and shifting regulatory frameworks. In the United States, deals such as Salesforce/Informatica and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)/Juniper...more