The Digital Markets Act (DMA) gives the European Commission the central role in policing big tech gatekeepers. The Italian competition authority, the AGCM, however, shows that national authorities may be more than supporting actors. In June 2026, it became the first national competition authority to open a DMA investigation, examining whether Apple grants rival cloud […]
Reflections from the 3rd Annual TL4 UK Competition Law Summit 2026
The third annual TL4 UK Competition Law Summit, held on 18 June 2026 at Carpenters’ Hall in London, offered a useful stocktake of where UK competition policy now sits, eighteen months into the operation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) and at a moment when the CMA’s institutional posture has shifted markedly. […]
Measuring the Digital World and the Phantoms Within It
The EU General Court’s Ruling on Meta’s Gatekeeper Designation (T-1078/23) The General Court has handed down its judgment in Meta v Commission (T-1078/23), ruling on Meta’s challenge to its DMA gatekeeper designation. Two services were at stake: Facebook Messenger and Facebook Marketplace. Messenger stays designated and the decision on Marketplace is annulled though this service […]
SCiDA Conference 2026 Day 2
The second and final day of the SCiDA Conference 2026 at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf opened with a frank interview with the former Chair of the CMA and closed with a reflection from AG Kokott that gave the assembled scholars, enforcers, and practitioners much to carry home. Where Day 1 had asked what digital competition […]
SCiDA Conference 2026 Day 1: Shaping Competition in the Digital Age
The first day of the SCiDA Conference at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf brought together competition law scholars, enforcers, and practitioners for a packed programme spanning digital regulation, AI, enforcement effectiveness, and the political dimensions of platform power. What follows is a summary of the key discussions across the day with some photos (more photos at the end). […]
The CMA’s Response to Stakeholder Views on Apple and Google’s Mobile Platform Commitments: Process Pragmatism or Regulatory Retreat?
On 1 April 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority published its response to the 50+ submissions received during the call for evidence on proposed commitments from Apple and Google concerning app review, app ranking, use of developer data, and (for Apple) interoperable access to functionality within iOS and iPadOS. The CMA’s decision to proceed with […]
DMA Compliance Reports in Year Three: Reading Between the (Many) Lines
The DMA gatekeepers have submitted their third cycle of compliance reports to the European Commission. While the surface-level documentation suggests a steady march toward alignment, a deeper dive reveals a more complex reality. Our SCiDA Team has carefully reviewed this year’s submissions to identify substantive progress and mere procedural posturing (see our analysis on 2025 compliance reports here). […]
The CMA’s Conduct Requirements for Google Search: What Stakeholders Said and What It Means
by Anush Ganesh* and Megan Kirkwood** Introduction On 28 January 2026, the CMA published four proposed conduct requirements (CRs) for Google Search in its capacity as the designated strategic market status (SMS) holder under the DMCCA. These CRs address fair ranking, publisher controls, user choice, and data portability. The consultation attracted 60+ published responses from […]
Conference Debrief: Highlights from the Concurrences Innovation Ecosystem Conference
The Concurrences Innovation Ecosystem: Legal and Economic Perspectives Conference was held on 16 March 2026 at Kings College, London. The conference brought together senior competition practitioners, regulators, judges, and academics to discuss pressing issues in UK and EU competition law across panels on merger control reform, digital markets regulation, cartel enforcement, EU-UK cooperation, and class […]
The SCiDA Database and the DMA Explorer – Start your comparative research on digital competition now!
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