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...
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...
20 Nov, 2023 DMU Insights #7: Back to school (Parliament) for the DMCC – what’s changed? By Verity Egerton-Doyle Juliane Guderian James Hunter After a summer “holiday”, the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill is now back before Parliament. The Bill gives...
01 Jun, 2023 DMU Insights #6: What does the new regime mean for investments in UK tech companies? By Nayantara Ravichandran Anna Mitchell Erasmia Petousi Last month, the UK Government introduced the long-awaited draft Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill (see our previous...
22 May, 2023 DMU Insight #5: The CMA’s Strategic Steer - a tech perspective By Tom Clare Last week the government published its draft Strategic Steer to the Competition and Markets Authority, setting out its priorities for the...
18 May, 2023 DMU Insight #4: Who will be subject to the new SMS regime? The DMU’s (expansive) designation powers By Nayantara Ravichandran Jonathan Ford DLast month, the UK Government introduced the long-awaited draft Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill. This introduces a...
11 May, 2023 DMU Insight #3: Digital economy - beware and prepare, consumer protection is growing teeth By Helen Crossley Consumer protection in the UK has historically been underweight compared to the competition regime – the CMA has not had direct...
04 May, 2023 DMU Insight #2: When is fair fair? The DMU’s final offer mechanism for determining tech price disputes By Verity Egerton-Doyle Judy Zhao A key element of the SMS regime contained in the Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill, introduced to the UK Parliament...
02 May, 2023 DMU Insight #1: The tortoise and the hare - legislation that would make UK's DMU more powerful than the DMA finally introduced to Parliament By Verity Egerton-Doyle Last week, the UK Government introduced the long-awaited draft Digital Markets, Competition & Consumers (DMCC) Bill. The Bill is a...