by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRTrade associations are competition law’s most productive risk channel: they gather competitors, in a room, with an agenda — and a large share of cartel decisions begin in a legitimate industry forum that drifted. The controls are simple and...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRA dawn raid is an unannounced inspection: competition officials arrive with an authorisation decision, seize documents and devices, image data, seal rooms and interview staff. The first hour decides the outcome — verify the scope, notify counsel, escort every...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Competition Compliance
⚡ TL;DRAn effective competition compliance program has six components: a documented risk assessment, board-level commitment and clear ownership, policies written for the actual risk points, role-targeted training, monitoring and audit that tests reality rather than...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Digital Markets Regulation
⚡ TL;DRAI competition policy is being written now, before the market tips: authorities are probing the compute-and-cloud bottleneck (Nvidia’s chip dominance, hyperscaler dependencies), the partnership web binding frontier labs to Big Tech, data and talent...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Digital Markets Regulation
⚡ TL;DR”Killer acquisitions” — incumbents buying nascent rivals before they can threaten — reshaped merger policy: below-threshold deals now face UK share-of-supply review, deal-value thresholds (Germany, Austria, India), Türkiye’s tech-target...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Competition & Antitrust, Digital Markets Regulation
⚡ TL;DRThe UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCC), in force since January 2025, gives the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit power to designate firms with Strategic Market Status (SMS) — substantial and entrenched market power in a digital...
