Tag: EU
Japan Joins Forces With US & EU To Legislate Big Tech
Japan is teaming up with the US and Europe to develop tough new regulations to take on big tech, according to a Reuters report on Monday,...
White & Case Promotes New Antitrust Partner In Brussels
White & Case has promoted lawyers around the world to partnership. The promotions are effective on January 1, 2021, and represent 11 of the...
France & Netherlands Unite To Back EU Big Tech Legislation
The EU’s markets regulator has been called on by French and Dutch officials to take preemptive measures against US tech giants to curb their...
EC Narrows Focus Of Amazon Probe
EU antitrust regulators may narrow the scope of their year-long investigation into Amazon to speed up the case against the US online retail giant,...
Broadcom Agrees To Scrap Exclusivity Deals In Settlement With EC
US chipmaker Broadcom will scrap its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers in a deal with EU antitrust regulators aimed at ending a...
Casino & Intermarche’s Fight Against EU Raids Scores Partial Win
French supermarket groups Casino and Intermarche on Monday, October 5, won a partial victory in their fight against an EU antitrust raid and demand for...
EU Targets Conserve Italia For Cartel Activity In Canned Goods
Food company Conserve Italia has run a cartel to distort competition in canned vegetables in the European Union, breaking EU antitrust rules, the European...
Google’s Fitbit Deal Set To Win EU OK After New Concessions
Google is set to win European Union antitrust approval for its US$2.1 billion acquisition of FitBit, a Google spokesperson confirmed Tuesday, September 29.
Google stated...
EC Fines Car Parts Suppliers In Cartel Settlement
The European Commission has fined Brose and Kiekert a total of €18 million (US$21.14 million) for taking part in two cartels concerning supplies of...
Vestager Thinks Online Cloud Services Need More Competition
Cloud services like Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google need more competitors so European businesses have more choice about where to store their data, the European Union’s tech and...