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Epic v Google: a major turning point in Big Tech regulation

This article analyses the Ninth Circuit’s July 31 2025 decision in Epic v Google and the Ninth Circuit’s willingness to bless forward-looking remedies in the regulation of Big Tech.

Google establishes fund for news outlets as publisher-tech relationship grows frostier

In early October, tech giant Google announced it had set aside over $1bn to pay media outlets to display curated content on its news apps, initially as part of a three-year programme. Google will pay publishers it chooses on a market-by-market basis to provide blurbs for the company’s Google News Showcase app (‘Showcase’) and to give readers free access to certain paywalled articles.

Film screening: War and Justice

On 18 September 2024 in Mexico City, on the occasion of the Annual Conference of the International Bar Association (IBA), the IBA Human Rights Law Committee, in partnership with the IBA War Crimes Committee, the Mexico Bar Association (Ilustre y Nacional Colegio de Abogados de México) and the IBA Foundation, hosted a screening of War and Justice, a documentary about the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Five critical remarks about Hungary’s FDI screening regime

This article outlines five peculiarities of Hungary’s widely discussed FDI screening regimes as experienced in Hungarian M&A practice.

Covid-19 and FDI screening mechanisms in India

This article aims to provide readers an overview of, and update on, the foreign direct investment screening mechanisms introduced by the Indian government in April 2020 vis-à-vis foreign direct investments from India’s bordering nations, as a reaction to the ongoing geopolitical tensions between India and China at the Indo-China border.

Spain: new screening regime for direct foreign investments

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the global trend towards increased national protectionism and stricter screening of foreign direct investments. As part of this general approach taken by European countries, on 17 March 2020 Spain enacted a Royal Decree-law that, among other things, introduced a new screening mechanism for certain investments made by non-EU and non-EFTA residents, for public order, public health and public security reasons.

Abuse of dominance in the digital sector: recent developments in Brazil

The article describes and assesses the abuse of dominance investigations carried out by the Brazilian competition authorities in the digital sector. With nine cases already decided and six ongoing probes as of July 2019, there is a clear concern about false positives and avoidance of severe intervention, and no precise guidance on how companies should behave. The research also reveals interesting findings such as the importance of third parties, areas of concern and the inexistence of convictions.

Big Tech: sector’s ever-increasing dominance leads to tough regulatory questions

search and advertising – ‘Big Tech’ – the Covid-19 pandemic has brought a significant increase in profits and power. This in turn has consequences for society and the regulation of Big Tech.

Global food trade: new merger prompts warnings of market dominance

A mega-merger between two of the world’s largest agrochemical companies has been given the go ahead by the European Commission and the United States Department of Justice, prompting fresh warnings over lack of competition in global agricultural markets and the impact on food production.

Corporate Counsel Forum explores sanctions screening with new podcast

Europe’s current energy crisis is set to worsen as winter approaches, according to most analyses. Energy shortages combined with severe price hikes for gas and electricity threaten industrial slowdowns and factory shutdowns. Recession in Europe’s top economies –Germany, in particular – appears likely.

BRICS expansion into payment systems poses threat to dominance of US dollar

Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen convicted at the International Criminal Court

At the end of a complicated trial that had seen several ‘firsts’, on 4 February 2021, Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down a guilty verdict for Dominic Ongwen, former child soldier and commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. In a 1077-page judgment, Mr Ongwen was convicted on 61...

Climate crisis: ICJ opinion and finance set to dominate COP30 talks

November’s COP30 climate talks are expected to place further pressure on countries to increase their ambition following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion in July.

Czech Republic FDI screening rules: their implementation and evolving practice

The Foreign Direct Investment Act, passed by the Czech Parliament in January 2021 and effective from 1 May 2021, has been introduced in response to Regulation (EU) 2019/452, which establishes a framework of screening of foreign direct investments throughout the European Union. This article sets forth a brief introduction to the main elements of screening applicable to foreign investors arising from the FDI Act.

International rule of law: historic firsts in ICC’s conviction of Dominic Ongwen

In early February, the International Criminal Court (ICC or the ‘Court’) convicted former child soldier and Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Dominic Ongwen of 61 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Uganda between July 2002 and December 2005.

Romania’s FDI screening regime - from security filter to strategic deal consideration

Romania’s FDI screening regime has evolved from a narrow national security safeguard into a central strategic consideration in transaction planning, due to its broad scope, low thresholds and assertive enforcement. With applicability extending to EU and domestic investors, and significant sanctions for non-compliance, FDI analysis has become a critical component of deal structuring and risk management.

Trade: BRICS expansion into payment systems poses threat to dominance of US dollar

BRICS met for its 16th summit in Kazan, Russia, in October

March 2026 updates to Romania’s FDI screening regime: more clarity and simplification

Romania’s foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regime has been further refined through Emergency Government Ordinance No 17/2026, introducing measures aimed at enhancing legal clarity, strengthening national security safeguards and aligning the national framework with the EU cooperation mechanism established under Regulation (EU) 2019/452. The amendments expand the scope of review to include asset acquisitions in sensitive sectors, increase the notification threshold and introduce procedural simplifications such as shorter review timelines and full digitalisation of the filing process. By clarifying the interaction between FDI screening and merger control, and introducing targeted exemptions for certain intra-group restructurings, the revised framework seeks to reduce administrative burden while improving predictability for investors and authorities alike.

Switzerland’s first FDI screening framework: what M&A practitioners need to know

In December 2025, the Swiss Parliament adopted the Federal Act on the Screening of Foreign Investments (ISA), introducing a targeted approval requirement for certain acquisitions by foreign state-controlled investors in sensitive sectors. While deliberately narrow in scope, the ISA adds a distinct regulatory consideration for cross-border M&A transactions involving Swiss targets.

The IBA Human Rights Law Committee presents The Veto: Film screening and dialogue

On the occasion of the 2025 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference, taking place 2-7 November in Toronto, Canada, the IBA Human Rights Law Committee will host a screening of The Veto, a documentary produced by Tim Slade about the use of veto power within the UN Security Council.

Where does EU law stand on abuse of dominance: lessons from key high-tech cases of the 21st century

This article provides a historical perspective on some of the main European Union abuse of dominance cases in the hi-tech sector from this century. It then seeks to draw lessons from those cases about where the law in the EU stands on abuse of dominance on a number of key issues, as well as what unanswered questions remain for the future, both as regards case enforcement itself and the interplay between that and regulation. The next section sets the scene by outlining the policy context and some of the key issues at stake, both in terms of antitrust’s analytical framework, and its role and very purpose. Then, the article provides an overview of a number of the main EU abuse of dominance cases in the hi-tech sector from this century, and in light of those, a description of where we stand and where more clarification may come in the future. The article concludes by placing the debate in the broader policy context of the role and effectiveness of antitrust and its interplay with regulation.

Demystifying Protectionist Regimes in the Age of Globalisation: A Brief Comparative Analysis of the Indian and Other FDI Screening Regimes

The world is experiencing the effects of increased globalisation at a transcendental speed. One of the key factors behind such globalisation is foreign direct investment (FDI). FDIs often outperform government aids and portfolio investments, as one of the largest sources of non-debt external financing. In addition to the direct benefit of capital inflows that FDIs bring, certain indirect benefits follow suit. Access to diversified international markets, an increase in domestic supply chains, reforms in domestic laws and regulation to keep pace with modernisation are key indirect benefits, which have made FDIs an attractive option for domestic markets. However, while modern governments are well informed about the lucrativeness of FDIs coming from resource-rich destinations, many countries have begun to implement rigid screening mechanisms before permitting FDI inflows. The rise of opportunistic takeovers and foreign investments made with undesirable motives has propelled an increase in FDI screening mechanisms across countries. The first part of this article aims to understand the general rise of protectionism in the formulation of FDI policies and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the same. The second part involves an analysis of Indian FDI regimes with a protectionist character. Finally, in the third part, the authors compare the Indian FDI regime with other FDI regimes around the world, to identify protectionism in FDI laws.

The Canadian Competition Bureau and Big Data

Like in many jurisdictions, the digital economy has become one of the most prominent enforcement priorities of the Canadian Competition Bureau. However, to date, the Bureau has advocated for a more measured approach to the application of competition law to the digital economy than some of its counterparts in other countries. In particular, the Bureau and its officials have consistently maintained that the current Canadian antitrust framework is sufficiently robust to address the unique issues presented by

Recent developments in EU antitrust enforcement against big tech

The approach currently adopted by competition authorities around the world against so-called big tech hides two main risks, namely the delay in respect of innovation processes that may cause the actions undertaken turn out to be vain and the antitrust over-enforcement. This second feature, particularly, is strictly related to the position that enforcers are prone to adopt on competition law goals, which debate has massively re-emerged in the present context

China’s design for human rights

President Xi’s China is now a major player at the United Nations, supporting peacekeeping operations and emphasising global cooperation to protect human rights. But there are fears that China’s more active role could erode multilateral intervention and even lead to the demise of international human rights laws.

Antitrust and the internet: is China different?

The article explains the differences in the Chinese antitrust regulator’s approach to regulating antitrust concerns in the digital market from the approach adopted by regulators in other jurisdictions, including the European Union

Competition Law International - June 2025

The challenge of Covid-19 for competition authorities

IBA Global Insight, Oct/Nov 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic has forced competition regulators to find new ways of working and thinking as they react to numerous challenges. Global Insight assesses how they’ve coped so far and how the competition landscape is shifting.

Innovating arbitration through technology

By Arie C Eernisse. Innovating arbitration through technology - Arbitration Committee newsletter article, March 2020

The UK’s competition regime – facing a different future

In 2021, the United Kingdom’s CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) – like other competition agencies worldwide – faces a future where competition law enforcement and policy are very different from what we have been used to for decades. Quite apart from its new post-Brexit functions (taking on cross-border merger and cartel cases that would previously have been reserved to the European Commission), the CMA is having to deal with a panoply of new challenges. First, the Covid-19 pandemic, which has touched every aspect of people’s lives, has inevitably had an impact – changing external priorities, and changing the way the authorities deal with them. Second, there are the effects of digitalisation of the economy which, unlike the worst of the pandemic, are likely to be long-lasting: immense benefits for competition and consumers, but also major new issues in competition enforcement, which seem different in scale, and perhaps different in kind, from those thrown up by earlier waves of technological change. Third, and less visible but perhaps most fundamental, there are questions about the ability to command public legitimacy and support in a world where market competition is increasingly questioned as a solution to economic problems. This article discusses ways of dealing with these challenges.