17 November 2020
The Nordic competition authorities in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden release a joint memorandum on digital platforms and the future of European policy on issues of competition in digital markets
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-nordic-competition-authorities-in-denmark-finland

In order to contribute to the ongoing policy discussion on the challenges following the rise of digital technologies, the Nordic competition authorities have published a memorandum entitled “Digital platforms and the ...

26 November 2020
New judgement regarding the Swedish alcohol monopoly
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/sweden/new-judgement-regarding-the-swedish-alcohol-monopoly

The Swedish Patent and Market Court has recently issued a judgment concerning Systembolaget’s alcohol retail monopoly. The background to the case is that the Swedish Alcohol Act (2010:1622) only allows the state ...

27 May 2016
EU Commission calls time on geo-blocking in new regulation proposal
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2016/global/commission-calls-time-on-geo-blocking-in-new-regulation-proposal

29 August 2018
Blockchain technology and competition law - issues to be considered
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/global/blockchain-technology-and-competition-law-issues-to-be-considered

Blockchain has been labelled the single most important innovation since the advent of the internet and many foresee that this information technology has the ability to change the way business is carried out in the ...

07 May 2019
The EC puts an end to decades of competition law enforcement against interchange fees: What's next for interchange fees?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/ec-puts-an-end-to-decades-of-competition-law-enforcement-against-interchange-fees

We provide below a brief recap on the many-many years of competition law enforcement by the European Commission (EC) against interchange fees, a summary of the EC decision of 29 April 2019 related to Visa's and ...