13 February 2020
Apple Pay under Competition Law scrutiny
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/apple-pay-under-competition-law-scrutiny

DG COMP is investigating Apple Pay. In this article, we discuss some of the issues that, we believe, must be discussed at part of that investigation.

16 December 2020
2021 - Tougher merger control is on the horizon
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/2021---tougher-merger-control-is-on-the-horizon

Merger control is a critical part of the competition law tool kit. However, the rapid evolution of many sectors in recent years and the emergence of new market players, especially companies with a high technological ...

15 December 2020
State aid – Green Deal and Digitalisation in a challenging year 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/state-aid-green-deal-and-digitalisation-in-a-challenging-year-2021

Several new developments can be expected to unfold in 2021, in particular, in view of the European Green Deal and the ambitious digitalisation plans of the European Commission.

16 December 2020
More robust procedures can be expected in Commission investigations
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/more-robust-procedures-can-be-expected-in-commission-investigations

In October 2020, the General Court of the European Union (GC) issued an important decision in the joined Casino cases which promises to ensure that competition investigations will be more robust and afford greater ...

22 April 2020
The PSR sets a revised deadline of 1 May 2020 for responses to a Call for Input on its "Competition and Innovation in the UK’s New Payments Architecture" briefing paper
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/the-psr-sets-a-revised-deadline-of-1-may-2020-for-responses-to-a-call-for-input

The UK's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set a new deadline of 1 May 2020 for interested parties to respond to its briefing paper

15 September 2020
Will Google receive a go from the Commission this time around?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/will-google-receive-a-go-from-the-commission-this-time-around

In August the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the acquisition of Fitbit by Google. Google proposed commitments to address the Commission's preliminary concerns, but it did not manage to ...

16 December 2020
Developments in innovation, data sharing and pricing algorithms – Outlook for 2021
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/developments-in-innovation-data-sharing-and-pricing-algorithms-outlook-for-2021

The restrictions and possibilities under competition law for undertakings to exchange information and cooperate on innovation can be expected to receive a lot of interest from regulators in 2021, since all the currently ...

28 May 2020
European Commission imposes provisional anti-dumping measures on Korean thermal paper producers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/european-commission-imposes-provisional-anti-dumping-measures-on-korean-thermal-paper-producers

On 26 May, the European Commission imposed provisional anti-dumping measures of more than 22% on imports of heavyweight thermal paper (HWTP) from South Korea. The decision follows a complaint filed by the European ...

17 November 2020
European industrial policy vs. European competition law: state of play 18 months after the Siemens-Alstom decision
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/european-industrial-policy-vs-european-competition-law-state

The European Commission's decision to block the Siemens-Alstom mega-merger in February 2019 provoked the anger of the French and German governments that had backed the deal. Eighteen months after this decision and an ...

16 November 2020
A competitive approach to achieving Green Deal goals
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/a-competitive-approach-to-achieving-green-deal-goals

With climate change near the top of the international political agenda, the European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen has made the Green Deal plan, together with the transition to a truly Digital Europe, into a ...