Tag: EU
EU’s Margrethe Vestager To Speak At SXSW
South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festivals has announced its third round of featured speakers for its upcoming conference. The 36th annual edition of...
Senators Should Avoid Making the Digital Economy More European
By Arthur Sidney, Project DisCo
With the Senate Judiciary Committee set to markup S. 2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), this week, it’s worth taking a...
EU’s Vestager Questions Gazprom Over Price Hikes
The European Union's antitrust chief said she had asked gas companies, including Gazprom, about tight supplies after accusations the Russian giant was holding back...
EU Vetoes South Korean Shipbuilder Merger
Hyundai Heavy Industries' proposed takeover of rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to create the world's biggest shipbuilder was hit with an EU veto...
EU Reportedly Will Veto South Korean Shipbuilders’ Merger
European Union regulators are set to veto Hyundai Heavy's proposed acquisition of its smaller rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., citing monopoly issues, industry...
EU Turns The Screws On Big Tech Acquisitions
Dealmakers face a reckoning as antitrust regulators across Europe scrutinize the boom in mergers that could see them extract concessions or even block acquisitions, reported...
Piercing the Corporate Veil: The German Sausage Saga
By Mareike Walter & Martin Schunke (Hogan Lovells)
The question under which circumstances an undertaking is liable for its own competition law infringement – not...
Tech Giants Firms Face New EU Regulations For 2022
As the US Department of Justice (DOJ) seeks to end Google’s alleged monopoly of the search and ad sector with a lawsuit, Germany’s antitrust watchdog...
EU Securities Regulator Sees Competitive Advantage From Blockchain
The European Securities and Markets Authority launched a consultation on January 4 seeking feedback from stakeholders about the need to amend the regulatory technical standards (RTS)...
EU Shopping Judgment: What Does Equal Access to Google’s General Results...
By Thomas Hoppner (Technical University Wildau)
With its judgment of 10th November 2021, Europe’s General Court did not just dismiss Google’s appeal against the European...
