The President of the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) recently announced formal charges against Samsung Electronics Polska, alleging that the company’s approach to publishing and labeling online reviews may mislead consumers. If the allegations are confirmed, the company could face a fine of up to 10 percent of its turnover.
Europe’s long-planned reshuffle of its anti-money laundering architecture quietly became reality at the start of the year. The European Banking Authority (EBA) formally handed over all of its AML and counter-terrorist financing responsibilities to the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AMLA), marking the end of the EBA’s stand-alone AML/CFT mandate and the beginning of a new supervisory era for the European Union.
The federal government collected more than $6.8 billion in settlements and judgments under the False Claims Act (FCA) in fiscal year 2025, marking the largest single-year total in the law’s history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Italy’s competition and consumer authority has opened two formal investigations into Activision Blizzard, part of the Microsoft group, putting the spotlight on how some of the world’s most popular mobile games nudge players toward spending money.
Finland’s Supreme Administrative Court has clarified the limits of cooperation between competitors in public procurement, ruling that a group of bus companies unlawfully restricted competition by submitting joint offers in public transport tenders in the Turku region.
Dun & Bradstreet has agreed to pay more than $5.7 million to resolve allegations that it violated a prior order issued by the Federal Trade Commission, according to a statement released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Italy’s competition watchdog has opened a broad market investigation into how large-scale grocery retailers shape pricing and value distribution across the agri-food supply chain, as food prices continue to rise faster than inflation and farmers report mounting pressure on margins.