I have contributed a new analysis to the DPOBlog on the recent judgment of the District Court of Amsterdam, which prohibits Meta from using personal data…
Several commentaries on the Data Act have now been published. I myself have contributed to the upcoming Bomhard/Schmidt-Kessel commentary, where I analyse Articles 8, 9 and 12 of…
Week after week, our field sees new developments — proposals, proceedings, discussions, decisions. Many of these are covered across various media. Our newsletter offers a curated selection of…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently ruled on Google’s denial of access in the Enel/Google case, concerning third-party app integration in…
In its some months ago judgment in Enel v. Google, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held that Google is, in principle,…
Some weeks ago, the Higher Regional Court of Cologne (OLG Köln) rejected an application for an interim injunction seeking to prohibit Meta from using Facebook…
The European Commission has issued its first decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), imposing fines on Apple and Meta for non-compliance. You can read…
A key question in the context of private enforcement under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) is: Where can I bring a claim? The first step is to…
Article 39 of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) contains specific provisions on the cooperation between the European Commission and national courts in the context of…
Last week, the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt, BKartA) published a press release outlining its preliminary legal assessment of Amazon’s current price control practices. According to…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down its judgment in the case Enel Italia v Google (C‑233/23) some weeks ago. The…
As of 12 September 2025, the Data Act will apply across the EU. As a regulation, it is directly applicable in all Member States and thus…
I was recently a guest on the Data Navigator podcast, which takes a closer look at the Data Act from a variety of competition law perspectives. The episode…
A few weeks ago, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Cologne rejected an application for preliminary injunctive relief filed by the Consumer Protection Association of…
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung recently published a thought-provoking article on AI browsers and their growing competition with conventional web browsers. The piece speaks of an emerging…
Google has amicably resolved competition concerns with the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt – BKartA). This emerges from a press release issued by the BKartA. According…
In early March, I reported on the ongoing antitrust investigation by the French Competition Authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) into Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Framework (ATTF).…
The German business daily Handelsblatt has just published its 2025 ranking of “Germany’s Best Lawyers.” I am honoured to be included in the category “Ones to…
The article examines how European competition law, specifically the Essential Facilities Doctrine, could apply to so-called uncontaminated datasets in the field of AI. This conclusion…
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…
