Tag: Germany
Amazon Ordered To Produce UK, Germany Data In Antitrust Class Action
Amazon's tactics to limit competition have come under fire from the US courts this week, as the company has been ordered to produce sales...
A Brief Look at Recent Market Developments Since The Bundeskartellamt’s Sector...
In a Discussion Report published in August 2022 the Bundeskartellamt outlined the findings of its sector inquiry into non-search online advertising and presented them...
Discourse In Parliament: German Parties & Big Tech
By: Julius Renz, Fiene Kuhlmann, Nick Frenken & Darius Walter (D'Kart)On 26 May 2023, competition law was once again a topic in the German...
The 11TH Amendment To The ARC and Germany’s New Competition Tool
By: Florian Wagner-von Papp (D-Kart)
On 5 April 2023, the German government, represented by Robert Habeck (Vice Chancellor and Minister for the Economy and Climate...
Germany Monitors Apple Closly For “Anti-Competitive Practices”
The German government has officially categorized Apple as a company with a significant cross-market impact on competition, potentially leading to regulatory intervention in cases...
Data Regulator Says Germany May Block ChatGPT
The German commissioner for data protection stated to the Handelsblatt newspaper on Monday that Germany may consider blocking ChatGPT due to data security concerns, mirroring Italy's...
Germany Considers Banning China’s Huawei, ZTE From 5G Network
Germany is exploring the possibility of barring certain parts from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in its telecoms networks, according to a government source.
The...
Germany’s Antitrust Regulator Opens Probe Into PayPal
Germany's antitrust watchdog said Monday it had launched an investigation into PayPal to examine whether the US online payment giant was using its dominance...
Market Definition and Three 19a Designations Under German Antitrust Law: Alphabet,...
The Bundeskartellamt has designated Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon as 19a firms. Thus, they are potentially subject to specific competition law interventions under a special...
Germany Tells Musk It Expects Data & Information Oversight
Germany's digital minister recently met Elon Musk to clarify what Berlin expects from Twitter, especially in fighting disinformation, since the Tesla founder took over...
