Nicholas Hirst

Security scanner manufacturer Nuctech will have to face off against France in its fight to overturn European Commission dawn raids probing the existence of distortive Chinese subsidies, MLex has learned.

Voluntary changes by Russian energy giant Gazprom in 2018 to settle an EU antitrust probe have been upheld by judges at the EU's top court, who rejected an appeal by Poland's largest oil and gas company.

The EU prohibition on companies abusing their dominance suffers from “serious underenforcement” in the Netherlands with Dutch consumers being the main victims, according to the head of the national competition authority.

Microsoft could face heavier antitrust interventions against its software and tech offerings in Germany, with the national competition authority

The time-lag for Apple to approve interoperability requests prompted an EU move to provide binding guidance to the company on how to comply with certain provisions of the EU's "gatekeeper" tech legislation.

European browser-makers have complained to EU tech enforcers that Microsoft is self-preferencing its Edge browser on Windows, in breach of its obligations under the bloc's Digital Markets Act, MLex has learned.

Football rules restricting the ability of players to leave their clubs mid-contract break EU principles on competition and free movement, the bloc's highest court said today.

The leniency program of the US Department of Justice's antitrust division is thriving, and investigators have noticed that leniency applicants in

Microsoft has informed EU tech law-enforcers of its hiring of Inflection AI staff including its co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, according to an update to the European Commission website.

Apple will appear at a hearing with the French competition authority tomorrow to defend its “privacy prompt” for mobile apps, MLex has learned.