2023 will be the year that global antitrust authorities implement and apply new tools designed to allow them to better support consumers in hard times. We expect to see authorities continuing to push the boundaries of established competition law and enforcement. Their top priority? Clamping down on anti-competitive practices by businesses under economic pressures, including in new areas like HR.

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The EU’s Digital Markets Act creates multiple digital rights (and obligations). Who is or will be affected by this next frontier of digital platform regulation in Europe? You will find all you need to know on our one-stop-shop dedicated to the DMA.

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (DMCC Bill) hands the UK’s CMA’s Digital Markets Unit unprecedented discretion in how it administers the forthcoming Strategic Market Status (SMS) regime – the UK’s long awaited answer to the EU’s DMA, which will regulate the largest tech platforms.

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill hands the UK’s CMA’s Digital Markets Unit unprecedented discretion in how it administers the forthcoming digital markets regime. DMU decisions can be appealed to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal only on judicial review grounds. This will make DMU decisions subject to a lower standard of judicial scrutiny than decisions taken by the CMA with its competition enforcement powers, which are subject to “merits review”. We examine whether judicial review is, in fact, faster and more effective than a merits review. 

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