02 October 2019
Audiovisual Media Services
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/audiovisual-media-services

Tracking the 'slow' progress of implementing new audiovisual rules

23 December 2020
European Commission publishes sweeping new rulebook for online platforms offering services in Europe
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/european-commission-publishes-sweeping-new-rulebook-for-online-platforms-offering-services-in-europe

In a bid to achieve "technological sovereignty", the European Commission has unveiled a wide-ranging package of proposals that will provide a new rulebook for online platforms offering goods and services in Europe.

01 October 2019
Digital Commissioner candidates prepare for the Parliament's 'grill'
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/digital-commissioner-candidates-prepare-for-the-parliaments-grill

'Technological sovereignty' is set to be an over-arching theme, as Commissioner nominees with responsibility for the digital economy prepare to be grilled by Members of the European Parliament over the next week.

09 April 2020
'Infodemic' puts social media platforms under heightened regulatory scrutiny
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/infodemic-puts-social-media-platforms-under-heightened-regulatory-scrutiny

Hoaxes about the supposed benefits of anti-inflammatory drugs, drinking chloroquine, taking vitamin C or eating garlic soup: these are just a few examples of the type of online misinformation that has been circulating ...

06 April 2020
Tightening the enforcement belt – the Special Advisors, Self preferencing, Google Shopping and the General Court
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/tightening-the-enforcement-belt

The Commission is testing the fitness of the competition regime, we assess the merits of its approach by reference to Google Shopping and the appeal which will be determinative.

20 January 2021
“Big Tech” under pressure - new Rules for Digital Platforms in the EU and UK
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2021/global/big-tech-under-pressure

The EU and UK have published ground-breaking proposals which threaten to revolutionise the governance of digital platforms. The regime will apply to “Big Tech” and will establish new rules of the game and be backed up ...

12 June 2019
EU Regulatory Initiatives and Competition Policy in the Digital Era: What has been completed and what to expect in the next mandate
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/eu-regulatory-initiatives-and-competition-policy-in-the-digital-era

This International Bar Association paper prepared under the leadership of Bird & Bird experts Hein Hobbelen, Francine Cunningham & Baptist Vleeshouwers, takes stock of EU Digital Single Market initiatives and ...

08 January 2021
Bird & Bird ranked as the leading firm globally for Data in 2021 by Who's Who Legal
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2021/global/bird-and-bird-ranked-as-the-leading-firm-globally-for-data-in-2021-by-whos-who-legal

Bird & Bird’s marketing leading reputation for “Data” has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal’s annual analysis of Data Privacy & Protection, Data Security, Information Technology and Telecoms & Media with more ...

16 April 2020
COVID-19 emergency measures: the expansion of 'golden power' review on foreign direct investments
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/covid19-decreto-liquidita---golden-power

Law Decree No. 23 of 8 April 2020 - published in the Official Gazette on 8 April 2020 and entered into force on 9 April 2020 (the "Decreto Liquidità") - introduced, among other measures, a series of provisions that ...

18 December 2019
Large tech merger provides an early opportunity to test the fitness of the competition regime in 2020
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/large-tech-merger-provides-an-early-opportunity-to-test-the-fitness-of-the-competition

Google's proposed acquisition of Fitbit provides an opportunity to test the fitness of the competition regime and reflect upon the ongoing global scrutiny of Big Tech.