Joint and several liability claims for cartel damages can generally be brought at the location of a parent company, even if the antitrust-violating subsidiary is based…
A few weeks ago, I reported (german version) on the Bundeskartellamt’s (BKartA) proceedings concerning Apple’s so-called App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATTF). Now, the French Competition Authority…
The Bundeskartellamt (BKartA) has initiated its first proceeding under Section 32f(3) of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) to investigate significant competition disruptions…
The decision of the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) dated July 7, 2020 (Case No. 8 B 59.19) addresses the issue of challenging state aid granted after…
Several weeks ago, the British competition authority concluded its investigation into Microsoft’s potential control over OpenAI, determining that Microsoft does not exert decisive influence over…
The recent regulatory proceedings at the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKartA) under Section 19a of the German Act against Restraints of Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen,…
Recently, the Commission announced that it has imposed an antitrust fine of €797.72 million on the Meta Group. The fine was issued for a violation of…
Once again, this summer term our Partner Dr. Sebastian Louven will hold his lecture on European Telecommunication Law at Freie Universität Berlin. The lecture is…
The Digital Markets Act contains regulations for a European approach to market regulation of digital platforms. First of all, this includes the identification as a relevant gatekeeper.…
In addition to the prohibitions of the blacklist, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) also contains an independent instrument of market investigation. Three occasions for the…
The draft Digital Markets Act (DMA) is intended to enable sector-specific market regulation of so-called gatekeepers. Gatekeepers are companies that operate central platform services and…
The DMA is aimed at digital platforms and is intended to subject them to a sector-specific market regulation regime. For this purpose, a blacklist of measures that…
Brogsitter Defence ReturnsSome time ago, the ECJ ruled in its Wikingerhof decision on international jurisdiction in antitrust actions if there is also a contractual relationship between…
The German-American Lawyer’s Association has invited me to speak at their Transatlantic Legal Conference this year. The event will take place on 17 March 2023.…
For some weeks now, there has been considerable media interest in so-called intelligent chatbots. Whether these are really intelligent and whether the term “artificial intelligence”…
Among the strict prohibitions in the Digital Markets Act, Article 5(2) DMA, which regulates the aggregation of personal data by the gatekeeper, stands out. The…
The prohibition of most-favoured-nation practices under Article 5(3) of the DMA is a competitive practice that restricts the freedom of action of commercial customers outside the…
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force a few months ago. It will bring numerous new obligations for so-called gatekeepers. Today, I would like to present…
The Digital Markets Act has been in force for a few months. It is therefore worth taking a first look at individual provisions that will occupy us…
Some time ago, already in 2021, there were reports about so-called shadow websites in connection with the delivery service platform Lieferando. According to the report,…
The forthcoming Art. 6(9) DMA contains rules with a reference to data portability. Here is the full text of the provision for better comprehension: The gatekeeper…
The Advocate General at the ECJ has no general objections to a competition authority incidentally examining provisions of the GDPR when applying the prohibition of abuse…
Some time ago, the draft bill of the 11th GWB amendment was published. Today, however, the focus is on the proposal for private enforcement, namely…
Guest lecture at the University of Bonn on data protection and antitrust lawOn 24 January 2023, our partner Dr Sebastian Louven was invited to give…
louven.legal has recently become a PartGmbB. Dr Verena Louven joined as a partner. She brings several years of legal experience in business and in particular complements the…
Finally, today the FCO concluded its proceedings against Facebook. According to this, the company is prohibited from certain data processing with regard to third party…
