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 […]