This is the March edition of the Competition Law in the Digital Age newsletter. Our quarterly publication provides insights on modern-day competition law developments in a bite-sized format.

This edition focuses on:

1. The European Commission's Digital Omnibus Proposal and its first effectiveness review of the Digital Markets Act;
2. The Court of Justice of the European Union's Dutch App Store ruling on jurisdictional issues when purchases are made in a virtual space;
3. The French Competition Authority's first fine for a killer acquisition under the abuse of dominance prohibition;
4. The Spanish Competition Authority's acceptance of Google's commitments and termination of its investigation into Google's agreements with newspaper publishers and news agencies;
5. The Italian Competition Authority's fine on Ryanair for abusing its dominance by restricting travel agencies’ ability to intermediate the sale of Ryanair flights;
6. The German Competition Authority's market testing of remedies proposed by Apple in connection with the investigation into Apple's App Tracking Transparency Framework.

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The newsletter is produced jointly by the Best Friends group: BonelliErede, Bredin Prat, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Hengeler Mueller, Slaughter and May and Uría Menéndez. In addition to sharing a joint office in Brussels, we cooperate in the area of competition law by working together on cases, exchanging lawyers and pooling our know-how and expertise. We also jointly develop trainings for clients and products, like the Best Friends dawn raid site (available at www.europeandawnraids.com - you can download the link to your smartphone). We believe that together our cross-border capabilities in Europe are second to none.

We hope that you find the publication of interest and welcome any feedback or suggestions of topics for future editions.