Clifford Chance
Competition and Markets Authority closes investigations into Apple and Google
14 November 2024
In this article, Jordan Bernstein discusses the CMA’s recent decisions to close investigations into Apple and Google. The CMA had been considering whether these companies abused dominant positions in relation to their respective app stores, and particularly the terms they imposed on developers. The decisions provide businesses with a good indication of the type of cases which the CMA is likely to prioritise once the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Act 2024 comes into force.
This article was first published by Thomson Reuters, trading as Sweet & Maxwell, 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ in the European Competition Law Review as "Competition and Markets Authority closes investigations into Apple and Google" in (2024) 45 E.C.L.R., Issue 11 pages N-260-N261 and is reproduced by agreement with the publishers.
