AI & EU/UK Antitrust Law - Recent Developments Explored

Introduction

AI is continuing to reshape digital markets, business models and the way competition authorities assess market power, access to key inputs, platform conduct and regulatory risk.

This webinar provides a practical overview of recent developments at the intersection of AI, antitrust, merger control and digital regulation in the EU and the UK.

This webinar will examine the rapidly evolving enforcement and regulatory landscape, including the approach being taken by the European Commission, the Competition and Markets Authority and other authorities to AI-related conduct, platform ecosystems and digital regulation.

It is designed for competition, regulatory and digital markets/TMT lawyers, litigators, in-house legal and compliance teams and other professionals advising on AI and digital markets.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Key legal and regulatory developments affecting AI and digital markets in the EU and UK
• Emerging competition concerns relating to data, compute, interoperability, ecosystems and platform power
• Recent merger control, antitrust and conduct developments involving AI and digital platforms
• The growing importance of ex ante digital regulation, including the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the Digital Markets Act, Digital Security Act and the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act strategic market status regime
• Regulatory scrutiny of AI partnerships, AI-enabled services and integrated platform ecosystems
• International regulatory coordination and broader trends shaping AI competition policy
• Recent high-profile developments involving Google AI Overviews and Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Meta’s WhatsApp AI policies, Apple interoperability obligations and the evolving treatment of AI ecosystems under EU and UK digital markets regulation

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 15th December 2026

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