In February 2025, the European Court of Justice clarified the application of the essential facilities doctrine in the context of digital platforms in its "Android Auto" judgment (ECJ, judgment of February 25, 2025, C-233/23).

The Administrative Court of Appeal Munster asked the ECJ for a preliminary ruling on the question whether Over-the-Top (OTT) services shall be caught by the European regulatory framework on telecommunications services.

Data protection deficits are becoming extremely expensive, especially for small holdings of global corporations in Germany.

On 26 March 2015, the EU Commissioner in charge of competition policy, Margrethe Vestager, announced plans to inquiry into the e-commerce sector.

The Constitutional Court did not accept the complaints by several companies that were found to have committed a cartel offence.

Die Vergabekammer Südbayern hat dem EuGH aufgrund eines Beschlusses vom 7.3.2017 Fragen zu den Anforderungen an die vergaberechtliche Selbstreinigung vorgelegt, die auch Auswirkungen auf die...

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Haftung im Unternehmen (ZWH) 10/2018

Im Jahr 2022 und im 1. Quartal 2023 gab es zahlreiche Entscheidungen zum EU Kartellrecht, die für Praxis und Wissenschaft von großer Bedeutung sind. Dazu gehören insbesondere neue Wege...

Big news for Big Tech and Small M&A in Germany: Today, the German parliament has adopted an important amendment of the German Antitrust Act.

Digitale Plattformen sind zentraler Bestandteil der Digitalwirtschaft. Ihre rasante Entwicklung und besondere Eigenschaften veranlassten intensive Diskussionen in Wissenschaft und Praxis...

In its decision from February 7, 2019, the Bundeskartellamt prohibited Facebook from the further processing of user data which it has generated from so-called third party sources.

In a joint publication released in November 2019, the competition authorities of France (Autorité de la Concurrence) and Germany (Bundeskartellamt) present the results ...

On 14 June 2011 the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") gave its ruling in the Pfleiderer case (C-360/09).

The primary aim of antitrust enforcement in the United States since the 1980s has been the maximization of consumer welfare.

On 3 April 2023, the Federal Cartel Office ("FCO") issued a decision finding that Apple Inc. (including its subsidiaries) holds a position of "paramount significance...

Das Bundekartellamt (BKartA) hat am 29. Mai 2018 angekündigt, den Preisüberhöhungsmissbrauch der Lufthansa zunächst nicht weiter zu untersuchen.

As of 15 September 2010, four of the 12 divisions of the German Federal Cartel Office (BKartA) are under new directorship.