Competition law applies horizontally in all sectors, in addition to sector-specific regulation. The rise of the digital economy is challenging traditional competition law approaches.
Cullen International’s Competition Law service combines unbiased alerts and reports with a structured database of more than 350 English language summaries of national and EU antitrust and merger control cases, organised by country, authority, theme and sector.
Over several weeks, we have shared summaries of five intriguing pending cases from our Competition Law database. Given that our fifth highlighted must-watch case was resolved shortly after we communicated on it, here is a bonus case!
Bonus Case: Google’s Android Auto app risks an antitrust slap
The Italian competition authority, AGCM, opened an investigation against Google for a possible abuse of dominance in the market for licensable smart mobile operating systems.
Google is allegedly refusing to integrate energy company Enel’s X Charge app in Android Auto, Google’s interface and interaction app between Android smartphones and cars. Enel’s app provides a location service to users of electric vehicles that competes with Google Maps.
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28 March 24
Mobile mergers and competition law
Since 2004, 11 out of the 13 mobile mergers notified to competition authorities in the European Economic Area faced some form of intervention, with 3 of these transactions being blocked or withdrawn due to competition concerns. Our new Antitrust & Mergers Explainer looks at the assessment of mobile mergers, focusing on the European Commission’s case law over the past 20 years.
27 March 24
Regulating deepfakes in times of elections
In 2024 billions of people will be called to vote in different parts of the world. And a malicious use of deepfakes may affect citizens’ trust in their institutions and even manipulate human behaviour, including how they vote. This Global Trends report discusses recent policies and regulations on the use of deepfakes in the context of election processes.
20 March 24
[INFOGRAPHIC] Cullen cheat sheet on obligations and prohibitions under the Digital Markets Act
Cullen International has updated its cheat sheet providing an overview of the obligations of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) that the first companies designated as gatekeepers had to comply with by 7 March 2024.