Sennheiser & Sonova Hit with Antitrust Fines for Headphones

Sennheiser Fined for Headphone Price Fixing Scheme bucharest — May 15, 2024 — Sennheiser, along with Sonova and several employees, faced a EUR 6 million fine due to a 7-year long price-fixing scheme. Beginning in 2015, the illegal practices involved monitoring distributor prices and influencing the cost of headphones. The actions by Sennheiser, revealed through … Read more

Rottweiler in the EU Parliament: Penalties against Apple and Meta – that’s what Andreas Schwab – Rottweil & surroundings says

A penalty of 500 million euros was imposed against Apple. Photo: Kappeler/dpa “Even the most powerful digital groups are not above the law,” emphasizes EU MP Andreas Schwab from Rottweil. The Rottweiler Andreas Schwab (CDU), internal market policy spokesman for the EPP parliamentary group and rapporteur for the Digital Markets Act (DMA), comments on the … Read more

Slovakia to Punish Ukraine Over Halted Russian Gas Transit

Slovakia Weighs Retaliation⁢ After Ukraine Halts Russian Gas Transit Tensions are escalating between Slovakia‍ and Ukraine following Ukraine’s⁢ decision to end the transit of⁢ Russian natural ⁤gas across its territory,effective January 1,2025. Slovak Prime Minister⁤ Robert⁢ Fico has announced that his government ‍will consider retaliatory actions against Ukraine, raising concerns ⁢about regional stability and energy … Read more