More than a decade after the Commission first opened its investigation into Google Android, the Court of Justice (CoJ) has finally brought the curtain down. On 2 July 2026, the CJEU handed down its judgment (C-738/22 P, Google and Alphabet v Commission), upholding the General Court’s ruling (Case T-604/18, Google and Alphabet v Commission) which imposed a €4.1 billion fine on Google and largely […]
Navigating the Digital Competition Frontier: The SCiDA Team at ASCOLA 2026
The world of competition law is moving faster than ever, and there is no better place to track that momentum than the annual ASCOLA (Academic Society for Competition Law) conference. Held in London and hosted jointly by University College London (UCL) and Kings College London, this year’s event was the largest in the organization’s history with 160 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Highlights from The Economist’s Antitrust Summit 2026
The Economist’s Antitrust Summit 2026, held on 26 February 2026 in City Hall, Westminster, brought together a formidable gathering of competition authority heads, senior regulators, practitioners, and industry representatives to take stock of the evolving global competition landscape. Co-chaired by Tamzin Booth, Editorial Director (B2B) at The Economist Group, and Jan Piotrowski, Finance and Economics […]
Investigating the UK’s mobile ecosystems’ commitments
The UK has taken its next steps in enforcing the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA), the relatively new ex ante law brought in to impose rules in the digital sector. The law gives the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) the power to designate dominant firms as having Strategic Market Status (SMS) in […]
AI made in Europe? For sure!
AI innovation does not arise from political reunions, but from incubators, co-working spaces and research labs. So, what better place to visit than the AI Day by Europe’s largest tech startup association, to understand where Europe’s AI innovation is headed. On 10 February 2026, France Digitale brought together over 2.500 tech and AI leaders in […]
Japan’s Smartphone Act (MSCA)in the Shadow of Competition Law Under-Enforcement
Following the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Japan has enacted a digital competition regulation (a form of sector-specific regulation that blends competition principles with prescriptive provisions, as Lazar Radic et al. 2024 describe) with a more targeted scope in the smartphone software ecosystem: the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA). This blog throws some light […]