On 4 November 2021, an antitrust lawsuit was filed against Facebook’s parent, Meta, in the Southern District of New York. Facebook has been accused of having excluded rival photo app, Phhhoto, from access to its platform, and for replicating its product with a ‘Boomerang’ function. Facebook allegedly took interest in Phhhoto shortly after it launched…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co Senior Partner, Daniel Preiskel, will be speaking at the FCS Comms Provider Virtual Conference, which takes place on 25th November 2021, 1.00pm – 4.00pm. Danny will be discussing Regulation and Legal environment in the new All-IP world. Find out more about the event here. For more information,…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co’s competition team, led by Tim Cowen, has been named Competition and Regulatory Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2021. The award was announced in a virtual ceremony hosted by Huw Edwards on 2 November 2021. You can find our more on The Lawyer’s website.…
On 25 October 2021 the UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) announced the opening of a Market Investigation into Motorola’s Airwave Network. This is a mobile radio network used by emergency services across the UK to communicate. The announcement follows a CMA consultation which was published in July 2021. The CMA listed a number of…
We are delighted to announce that Preiskel & Co has again been ranked in Chambers and Partners UK 2022 guide for telecommunications. In addition to the firm ranking, Senior Partner, Daniel Preiskel, Managing Partner, Ronnie Preiskel, and Chair of the Antitrust Department, Tim Cowen, have also been individually ranked. Moreover, Senior Associate, Karthyaeni Vittala, has…
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has today announced a £50.5 million fine against Facebook. The fine is in relation to breach of an interim enforcement order (“IEO”) imposed on the company at the start of the CMA’s merger investigation into its purchase of Giphy, in June 2020. The IEO required Facebook to give…
Tim Cowen, Chair of Preiskel & Co’s antitrust practice has been named by Insider as one of 14 “power players” who are determining the future of digital advertising for his role in advising Movement for an Open Web (“MOW”) in relation to its CMA complaint about Google’s Privacy Sandbox proposals. MOW argues that many of…
On 6 October 2021, Ofcom issued guidance for providers on measures to protect users from harmful material. Ofcom has been given new powers to regulate UK-based video-sharing platforms (VSPs), such as TikTok, Snapchat and Twitch. VSP regulation sets out to protect users from specific types of harmful material in videos, such as material likely to…
Four Preiskel & Co teams have been listed in the latest edition of the Legal 500 2022. The firm has been ranked for IT and Telecoms, led by Senior Partner, Danny Preiskel, and for EU and Competition, led by Tim Cowen. Moreover, we are delighted to see both the Commercial Dispute Resolution team, led by…
On 27 September, the week-long EU General Court hearings began in order to hear Google’s appeal against the European Commission’s 2018 decision which found that Google had abused its dominant position in respect of its Android mobile operating system, and associated fine. Reports from the hearing indicate that lawyers for both the European Commission and…
