Tag: Digital Markets Act
Upping the “Ante” on Competition Regulation: Gambling with the Future of...
Policymakers, regulators, and commentators alike have criticized antitrust enforcers’ attempts at constraining “Big Tech” as excessively lenient and far too slow. This perceived failure,...
Beware Ex Ante Regulation: Introducing “Cut and Paste” Ex Ante Regulations...
This paper examines the international and Canadian debate around ex ante regulations for Big Tech platform companies. The paper explores the need for and...
Regulatory Sandboxes: Ex Ante Regulation or Competition Policy?
This paper focuses on the relationship between EU Competition Law and ex ante regulation by specifically analyzing the case of regulatory sandboxes. It also...
Antitrust Chronicle® – The Digital Markets Act
Dear Readers,
The EU Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) will impose far-reaching obligations on large technology firms operating in the European Union, and, as a consequence,...
The Digital Markets Act – Key Enforcement Principles
With remarkable speed, the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) completed the legislative process, entered into force and will become applicable as early as May 2024....
Sisyphus, The Commission, And The Digital Markets Act
This paper makes recommendations to ensure that the implementation DMA does not end up being a Sisyphean task, laborious and futile. I believe that...
You Can (Try to) Keep The Economists Out of The DMA...
The Digital Markets Act (“DMA’) will impose far-reaching obligations on some large technology firms operating in the European Union. The DMA’s definitions and obligations...
The Digital Markets Act: Challenges and Opportunities for Business
The Digital Markets Act ("DMA") was published in the Official Journal on October 12, 2022 and certain provisions are already in force. The majority...
The Digital Markets Act: Towards a Compliance Concept for Gatekeepers
The power structures in digital markets are currently the subject of the attention of legislators in various jurisdictions. This has been triggered by the...
Who Should Guard The Gatekeepers: Does The DMA Replicate The Unworkable...
The relationship between EU competition laws, national competition laws, and laws that regulate markets and market participants (e.g. unfair trading practices) has been on...