The Second Round of DMA Compliance Workshops – Compliance Progress or Slowdown? 

During the last days, we witnessed the second round of the most public aspect of DMA enforcement: the DMA Compliance Workshops. Now in their second year, these events are shaping up to be an annual tradition in which the Commission convenes gatekeepers, their business users, competitors, and other stakeholders. The contrast between last year’s buzz […]

Bye-Bye Behavioral Ads: How the DMA is breaking Meta’s Business Model

Pay or consent: Meta got slapped with a € 200 non-compliance fine—but the real story is what comes next. The Commission’s Article 5(2) decision could rewrite the future of behavioral advertising. Curious how this will reshape Meta’s business model? Dive into our latest blog for the full story. By Team SCiDA Meta’s “pay or consent” […]

Apple’s Anti-Steering Aches: Key Takeaways from the first DMA Non-Compliance Decision

The European Commission has published its first-ever DMA non-compliance decision—and Apple is the unlucky (or lucky, depending on how you look at it) first subject. In a 68-page takedown, the Commission unpacks Apple’s creative approach to steering restrictions: multiple business terms, multiple hoops for developers to jump through, and a web of conditions that, in […]

SCiDA BULLETIN: OPPORTUNITIES & UPDATES

As we move through an eventful 2025 full of developments in digital markets, we’re pleased to share some exciting news from the Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA) project—ranging from open positions, a team promotion, the launch of the SCiDA Database and some latest publications. SCiDA is a joint UK-German research initiative, funded by […]

Towards effective remedies in EU competition law: Recalibrating Reg. 1/2003 to match digital market realities

European competition law has a remedy problem. As digitisation changes how markets work, it becomes harder to find effective remedies. In this week’s blog, Jasper van den Boom discusses the papers [1][2] he has written together with Fiona Scott Morton, in which the authors theorise on how the EU remedy design can be recalibrated to […]

Decision Day: The German Federal Court of Justice confirms Apple’s paramount significance for competition across markets under Sec. 19a para. 1 GWB

Another victory for the Bundeskartellamt! The German Supreme Court (BGH) confirmed that Apple is an undertaking of paramount significance for competition across markets (UPSCAM) pursuant to Sec. 19a para. 1 GWB. Although the full decision is not out yet, today’s press release already gives us an idea of what the BGH has been thinking about […]

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