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Comment: EU's gatekeeper law weaponizes merger control to cement grip on Big Tech acquisitions

By Natalie McNelis and Andrew Boyce ( March 25, 2022, 17:14 GMT | Comment) -- The EU's Digital Markets Act, sealed last night, makes explicit the link between an obligation on gatekeepers to provide “information” on their merger plans and new EU guidance for member states to seek reviews of deals ordinarily outside their jurisdiction. This new piece of kit in the European Commission's toolbox has great power, especially coupled with the DMA's threat to ban merger activity for companies found to be "systematically" flouting the law — which could be through as few as three non-compliance decisions over eight years.In the hoopla around EU negotiators' finalization of the Digital Markets Act to police online "gatekeepers," one particular aspect may give acquisitive tech giants particular pause for thought....

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