Competition Law

This post examines the Court's rejection of the Commission's Article 22 referral policy in the Illumina case. The judgment restricts the Commission's power to review mergers below the thresholds, highlighting the need to reconsider its approach to closing the enforcement gap.

This post analyses the AG Opinion on the Google Shopping case. It argues that even though the AG suggests a new form of abuse, self-preferencing, in her Opinion, the application of this new form is still subjective and ambiguous.

This post argues that the Court regards the Meta Platforms case as a clear example of a competition authority legitimately intervening after coordinating with the relevant data protection authorities against behaviour that almost without a doubt violates the GDPR.

This post explores the challenges and implications of applying EU competition law to esports, with a focus on the crucial aspect of relevant market definition.

This post outlines the key features of the DMA prior to summarising its enforcement framework and addressing the problematic ‘fair trial’ elements underlying it.

This post explains some relevant jurisprudence regarding excessive pricing, before analysing more closely the Aspen case and its outcome.

This post will endeavour to make sense of the different moving pieces on the state aid chessboard, describe the current state of play and evaluate the Commissioner’s “checkmating” odds.