Antitrust Scrutiny Of Digital Platforms Continues Globally

While the COVID-19 pandemic has increased our dependence on digital platforms more than ever, dominant platforms with significant market power continue to draw the focus of antitrust regulators around the world. Eva Cole, Co-Chair of Winston's Antitrust Practice, recently participated in a panel discussion on Antitrust Issues in Digital Platforms, sponsored by the Competition Committee of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA). The panel was moderated by Janet Hui, of JunHe LLP in Hong Kong and Atsushi Yamada of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune in Japan. The panelists presented global perspectives on the rapidly developing law surrounding digital platforms and highlighted the different approaches taken by the United States and key jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region to competition issues raised by digital platforms.