Tag: EU
COVID-19 Impacts Payments Of EU Antitrust Fines
As well as granting companies leeway on certain COVID-19 initiated collaborations, the coronavirus outbreak has also led competition authorities to take a more lenient...
Google Asks Brussels To Be Flexible In Its Forthcoming Digital Services...
Google urged the European Commission on Thursday to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to the tech industry in its forthcoming Digital Services Act, reported Yahoo...
EU Probes Ladbrokes Right In Belgium
EU antitrust authorities said on Wednesday they had begun an in-depth investigation into the right granted by Belgium to Ladbrokes to operate virtual betting...
EU Resumes Probe Into Air Canada-Transat Deal
European regulatory authorities have resumed their investigation into Air Canada's proposed purchase of Transat, giving themselves a few more months to hand down a...
EU To Open Full Probe Into Google’s Fitbit Acquisition
Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation next week. Reuters reported that the deal will face a...
Facebook Claims EU Antitrust Questions Go Beyond Scope Of Probe
Facebook has taken the EU to court for invading the privacy of its employees, according to the Financial Times.
The social media company claims EU...
Brussels Wants Major Concessions From Google In Fitbit Deal
The EU is demanding Google make major concessions relating to the acquisition of Fitbit if the deal is to be allowed to go forward,...
Slack Files Competition Complaint Against Microsoft In The EU
Slack has filed an anti-competitive complaint against Microsoft with the European Commission. “The complaint details Microsoft’s illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing its market...
Apple Wins EU Tax Battle, Court Annuls 2016 Order To Pay...
Apple won a landmark court case Wednesday, July15, against the European Commission over a dispute concerning 13 billion euros ($14.9 billion) in Irish taxes,...
EU Recommends Restricting Aid To Companies With Links To Tax Havens
The Commission has today recommended that Member States do not grant financial support to companies with links to countries that are on the EU's...
