Google has been ordered by Australia’s Federal Court to pay $36.3 million (AUD $55 million) after admitting that revenue-sharing deals with Telstra and Optus unfairly restricted competition in the mobile search market.
Apple has officially landed two more of its services on the EU’s regulatory radar. On Thursday, the European Commission confirmed that the tech giant notified Brussels that both Apple Ads and Apple Maps meet the size and scale thresholds set under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), Europe’s sweeping effort to rein in the dominance of major digital players.
Europe’s top administrative watchdog has issued a reminder to the European Commission that urgency is no justification for abandoning its own standards. In a recent decision, European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho concluded that the Commission strayed from its Better Regulation framework while rushing forward proposals on sustainability due diligence, migrant smuggling, and agricultural policy. Those rules exist to safeguard transparency, evidence, and public participation in EU lawmaking, even when timelines tighten.
The UK has recently published a series of consultation papers pertaining to its Employment Rights Bill, originally introduced in October 2024 as a sweeping reshaping of UK employment law. These papers aim to clarify the goals and practicalities set out by the original, as yet codified, legislation. While the Bill is being pushed through as a cornerstone reformation effort towards employment laws in the UK. However, Many of its most consequential changes, such as protections against unfair dismissal, particularly regarding new mothers, are not totally defined in the legislation itself. These papers are designed to facilitate feedback to, and to clarify the intent behind these provisions.
Italian consumers have been hearing a familiar story lately of ordering one thing online, receiving another or receive nothing at all. This week, Italy’s competition regulator decided enough was enough.
Europe’s lawmakers say they’ve seen enough. After a disturbing scandal in France involving child-like sex dolls and weapons sold on Shein’s marketplace, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are demanding the European Commission stop negotiating and start enforcing the rules.
Apple has taken its dispute with India’s competition watchdog to the Delhi High Court, a move first reported by Reuters, arguing that the country’s tougher penalty rules could expose the iPhone maker to fines as high as $38 billion.