UK's Digital Markets and Consumers Act podcast series

Episode 9

The EU's Digital Markets Act and the UK's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act both aim to make the digital sector fairer and more competitive, and identify gatekeepers. In this podcast, Marjolein De Backer, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Annabel Borg compare the two regimes, their impact on M&A, and the implications for international businesses.

Episode 8

The UK's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act means that, for the first time, the Competition and Markets Authority will be able to take action against businesses that breach consumer law, including imposing fines. In this podcast, Matthew Gough, Joanna Hooper and Julia Woodward-Carlton discuss the CMA's new enforcement powers and how businesses can prepare.  

Episode 7

The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act introduces broad changes to the merger control regime. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Peter Harper, Claire Morgan and Laura Wright discuss the crackdown on killer acquisitions, changes to jurisdictional thresholds and merger investigation procedures, as well as new mandatory merger reporting requirements that businesses need to be aware of.

Episode 6

Dive into the UK’s new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act and its implications for subscription contracts with consumers. The Act introduces a specific regime to prevent “subscription traps” and ensure fair treatment for customers. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Eve England and Zoe Haden discuss the key operational changes businesses need to implement to comply with the Act’s new requirements.

Episode 5

Having first been introduced in the House of Commons 13 months ago, the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act received Royal Assent today. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Annabel Borg explain how the new regime will proceed and what businesses need to do to comply.

Episode 4

The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill places greater responsibility and risk on individuals, including company directors, within digital businesses. They will be held personally accountable for ensuring compliance with the bill’s provisions. In this podcast, find out the specific responsibilities senior managers and the board need to be aware of and how they differ from similar regimes, such as UK financial services regulations.

Episode 3

Given the increase in dawn raids and competition law investigations, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the UK Competition and Market Authority's new and extended powers of investigation that are being introduced by the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Bill. This includes the power to access premises, conduct interviews and impose new civil penalties against both individuals and companies. In this podcast episode, Elizabeth Coleman, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Emily Beighton explain the changes to investigations and how companies can prepare.

Episode 2

In this episode, we focus on how the Bill will impact the consumer law regime, including greater enforcement powers for the CMA and changes to subscription contracts. Eve England, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Zoe Haden discuss what these changes look like in practice for businesses engaging with individual consumers and what you can do to prepare.

Episode 1 

The UK's new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will introduce a wide-ranging new competition regime for digital markets that will put the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) at the heart of the UK Government’s policy to regulate large digital platforms. It also aims to update and strengthen the UK consumer law regime, making it the biggest shake-up of UK consumer law in almost a decade. In this episode, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Elizabeth Coleman and Eve England introduce the competition and consumer law changes that businesses should be aware of, when it will come into force, and what you can do to prepare.