29 Dec, 2020 A rose by any other name would smell as sweet By Linklaters Nice to see an overdue elevation to full Division status after 25 years for the SEC's examinations team (the artists formerly known as OCIE)
23 Dec, 2020 Survival of the fittest (fintechs) By Alex Roberts Granted, 2020 has not been an easy year. However, global lockdowns and social distancing measures have led to a rapid quickening in the...
23 Dec, 2020 A new regulatory regime for Big Tech: the CMA's Digital Taskforce Advice (Part 1) By Verity Egerton-Doyle Siobhan Magee On 8 December, the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) Digital Markets Taskforce (DMT), published its advice to the UK...
16 Dec, 2020 A single market for tech giants By Bernd Meyring Yesterday, the European Commission released its proposed Digital Markets Act. The proposal has been long awaited and fiercely debated...
15 Dec, 2020 UK Government announces final proposals for regulating online harms By Ben Packer For several years, concern has grown around the harm caused by online content: from material promoting terrorism to disinformation, from...
08 Dec, 2020 Brexit and German Foreign Investment Control By Christoph Barth As talks between the EU and the UK government are coming down to the wire and a Brexit trade deal hangs in the balance over issues such...
04 Dec, 2020 China tech goes island hopping By Alex Roberts With US-China geopolitical tensions, Covid-19 travel restrictions, etc., many “North Asia” commentators assume that big pharma, advanced...
03 Dec, 2020 It happened again… 2nd prohibition decision in German foreign investment control By Christoph Barth 2020 is and remains the hottest year in foreign investment control to date. We have seen a range of reforms over the past months and 60%...
02 Dec, 2020 Nokia to deploy 4G network on the Moon By Danny Greenland If you needed a compact and near-indestructible communications system for a high-stakes mission to an inhospitable new world, where else...
30 Nov, 2020 Fighting over cookies in the Sandbox: will competition or privacy prevail? By Verity Egerton-Doyle Olivia Hagyard Last Monday, it was announced that a coalition of technology and publishing companies has made a formal complaint to the UK Competition...
30 Nov, 2020 Competition in tech - what’s the impact of the U.S. elections? By John Eichlin As we look to 2021 and the expected inauguration of presumptive President-elect Joseph Biden on 20 January, we have been considering the...
27 Nov, 2020 Watch: the European retail payments market – where are we headed? By Sophia Le Vesconte Harry Eddis With retail payments gaining increasing strategic importance, its regulation has become a key focus for both EU and UK policymakers....
27 Nov, 2020 Exciting times for SEP/FRAND disputes: Düsseldorf District Court asks CJEU for clarification on component-level SEP licensing By Atif Bhatti Five years after the CJEU handed down its "Huawei vs. ZTE" judgement (C-170/13) to provide a framework for fair, reasonable and...
13 Nov, 2020 Online harms: Should social media platforms have a duty to be impartial? By Ben Packer The UK Government’s online harms regime looks set to be one of, if not the, most ambitious and wide-ranging regulatory regimes for...
12 Nov, 2020 Watch: Competition regulation in digital markets - five themes in five minutes By Verity Egerton-Doyle John Eichlin Jonathan Ford William Leslie +1 more... Show less The digital economy has been a key focus for antitrust authorities and governments around the world in recent years and hardly a day goes...
12 Nov, 2020 Will regulation kill the exit? Foreign investment screening in the UK tech sector By Linklaters Yesterday, the UK announced wide-reaching reforms that will give the UK Government power to review foreign investment in the UK. It will...