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Antitrust

Tech and telecoms under the Trump Administration

Republican leadership in the White House and at the FCC will likely see the rollback of consumer protection measures in both the tech and telecoms sectors

The EU and UK’s cooperation on competition

Improved collaboration and dialogue is expected to have a mutual benefit for antitrust enforcement even within the bounds of a relatively limited agreement

South Korea recalibrates its approach to digital markets

The KFTC’s newly softened stance on regulating the conduct of big tech firms marks South Korea’s fourth attempt to address competition issues in the digital economy

EU: Google’s cloud complaint against Microsoft

The showdown between tech firms finds Google advocating greater openness in digital markets, despite its alleged abuse of dominance elsewhere

Ensuring Apple’s compliance with the DMA

While the EC is seeking constructive dialogue with Apple, its enforcement of digital markets rules looks unlikely to soften with the arrival of new Commissioners

Your (EU) mission, should you choose to accept it

Though digital priorities, including the Digital Networks Act, appear set to be redeemed from the role of the “forgotten twin”, the direction of telecoms regulation reform is still uncertain

Court upholds Google Shopping fine in the EU

The end of the 14-year long case provides an opportunity to reflect on the step-change in antitrust enforcement against big tech around the world

Possible remedies in the mobile browser market

It appears increasingly likely that the UK’s CMA will address anti-competitive behaviour through its implementation of the DMCC Act

Google is a monopolist

Google’s headache does not stop at American shores, as it faces active antitrust investigations in at least 10 other countries

What the joint EU, UK, US statement on AI competition leaves unanswered

Though the statement was meant to signal consistency, regulators in each of these countries face an inflection point in their approach to regulating AI