Europe

In response to the European Commission announcing a nearly $1 billion fine for Google under the EU’s Digital Markets Act, the following can be attributed to Daniel Friedlaender, Senior Vice Presiden...

Brussels, BELGIUM – Today, the European Commission adopted secondary legislation clarifying that only qualified professionals may remove and replace batteries in wearable electronic devices, ensurin...

Brussels, BELGIUM – A new independent study launched today warns that the European Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) already opens two legal pathways to network fees.  The warni...

Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS – Almost four in five EU tech entrepreneurs say Europe’s maze of overlapping rules had a major impact on their businesses in the past 12 months, according to new researc...

Brussels, BELGIUM – The European Commission today presented its Energy-Efficient Products Omnibus, proposing to digitalise energy labelling for many products, including consumer electronics; simplif...

Brussels, BELGIUM – The EU should address potential competition concerns in generative-AI markets through existing ex-post competition law, rather than forcing AI into the Digital Markets Act’s (D...

Brussels, BELGIUM – As the football World Cup kicks off, EU and national policymakers should rein in automated web-blocking systems that allow private parties to restrict access to online services w...

Brussels, BELGIUM – The European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act (CADA), presented today as part of a wider tech sovereignty package, introduces discriminatory measures that directly und...

Brussels, BELGIUM – Restricting the EU’s current text-and-data-mining (TDM) framework – the copyright rules that allow AI models to be trained in Europe today – could cost the EU economy up to...

Brussels, BELGIUM – Early this morning, EU negotiators agreed on the final text of the AI Omnibus. The deal sets out measures to simplify the AI Act, including delays to compliance deadlines.  S...

Brussels, BELGIUM – The European Commission’s first statutory evaluation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), published today, presents an unbalanced picture of enforcement to date.  The Comp...

Brussels, BELGIUM – With the European Commission’s first formal review of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) expected in the coming days, the tech sector is calling for a rigorous, evidence-based asses...