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United Kingdom: Issued ruling upholding CMA's decision to launch a market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming

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Issued ruling upholding CMA's decision to launch a market investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming

On 30 November 2023, the Court of Appeal issued a verdict supporting the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) choice to initiate an investigation into mobile browsers and cloud gaming. This decision reversed a prior ruling that had annulled the…

Scope

Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2022-06-10
in consultation

On 10 June 2022, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation o…

2022-07-22
processing consultation

On 22 July 2022, the United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation…

2022-11-22
under deliberation

On 22 November 2022, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced the launch of a marke…

2023-03-31
under investigation

On 31 March 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) released a judgement ruling in favour of…

2023-05-03
in force

On 3 May 2023, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) denied the Competition and Markets Authorit…

2023-05-17
under appeal

On 17 May 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) applied to the Court of Appeal for perm…

2023-06-09
under investigation

On 9 June 2023, the UK's Court of Appeal granted the Competition and Market Authority's (CMA) reque…

2023-11-30
in force

On 30 November 2023, the Court of Appeal issued a verdict supporting the Competition and Markets Au…

2024-11-22
in consultation

On 22 November 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued its provisional findings…

2024-12-13
processing consultation

On 13 December 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) closed the consultation on its …

2025-02-19
under investigation

On 19 February 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a report summarising the…

2025-03-12
in force

On 12 March 2025, the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) independent inquiry group published…