04 Oct, 2024 10 things to note about Indonesia's new franchise regulations By Sher Hann Chua Adrian Fisher Teguh Arwiko Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 35 of 2024 on Franchising (GR 35/2024) entered into force on 2 September 2024, replacing Government...
13 Sep, 2024 Roadblocks – when should the essential facilities doctrine apply in EU competition law? By William Leslie Eoin O'Reilly Marilena Nteve Historically, EU competition law has allowed dominant firms to refuse to deal with competitors except in very specific circumstances...
09 Sep, 2024 DMU Insights #9: Mark your calendars - a timeline to implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act By Jonathan Ford Verity Egerton-Doyle Judy Zhao The UK Government has today set out its expected timeline for implementation of the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and...
25 Jul, 2024 Performative solidarity: what it means when US, EU and UK antitrust agencies stand together on competition issues in AI By Alexandra Zachmann Verity Egerton-Doyle Jonathan Ford William Leslie John Eichlin +2 more... Show less Earlier this week the antitrust agencies of the US, EU and UK issued a joint statement on competition in generative AI foundation models...
15 Jul, 2024 Hold the phone: antitrust authorities looking closely at instant messages in dawn raids | LinkingCompetition By Bernd Meyring Thomas Elkins Liliane Gam On 24 June, the European Commission fined International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) €15.9 million for deleting WhatsApp messages during a...
26 Jun, 2024 German competition authority paves the way for joint negotiations on the acquisition of licences for standard essential patents By Nina Seydel Simon Grolig Germany has just given a boost to joint negotiations regarding Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs). It's competition regulator, the...
23 May, 2024 Parliament passes the long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers Bill: what you need to know By Verity Egerton-Doyle Jonathan Ford Natura Gracia Rachel Hetherington Bruce Kilpatrick Anna Mitchell +3 more... Show less The long-awaited Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer (DMCC) Bill has been approved by the UK Parliament today. The bill brings...
16 Apr, 2024 Oops AI did it again: chips come into sharp focus in the Competition and Market Authority's AI Foundation Models review By Verity Egerton-Doyle James Hunter Last week the UK's CMA published its Update Paper on AI foundation models (FMs), which follows its Initial Report published in September...
12 Apr, 2024 CFIUS proposes new rules tightening processes and enforcement mechanisms By Jonathan Gafni In September 2023, Paul Rosen, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security, indicated that the Committee on Foreign...
18 Mar, 2024 Tech "dominates" UK CMA’s latest Annual Plan (again) By Verity Egerton-Doyle Erasmia Petousi 2024 is an important year for the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): not only is it the regulator's 10th birthday, but 2024 is...
15 Feb, 2024 EU market definition makeover: adapting to digital realities By William Leslie Joost Dibbits Elena Baum EU market definition makeover: adapting to digital realities Last week, the European Commission (EC) published its long-awaited revised...
13 Feb, 2024 The rise of AI: Key legal issues in moving from pilot to pivot By Alex Roberts Artificial intelligence has taken the business and social world by storm since Chat GPT broke on to the scene in early 2023. One year on,...
08 Feb, 2024 Prepare for take-off: UK’s Digital Regulatory Cooperation Forum’s AI and Digital Hub to support digital innovators in 2024 By Jennifer Calver Peter Church Kim Rust The DRCF has this week provided an update on the launch of a new AI and Digital Hub, initially announced in September 2023. Now expected...
29 Jan, 2024 Reducing the UK investment screening burden for businesses: response to Government call for evidence By Mark Daniel Sofia Platzer Lucy Allinson Stephanie Coleman +1 more... Show less Last November, the Deputy Prime Minister issued a call for evidence on the National Security and Investment Act (NSIA), inviting...
15 Jan, 2024 On to the next? European Commission launches consultation on competition in virtual worlds and GenAI By Verity Egerton-Doyle Erasmia Petousi You might think that with less than two months to go until compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) becomes mandatory on 6 March,...
15 Jan, 2024 DMU Insights #8: Rubber meets the roadmap for the UK's Strategic Market Status regime By Verity Egerton-Doyle James Hunter Jonathan Ford With the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers’ Bill (DMCC) going to Committee stage in the House of Lords next week, last week’s...