Antitrust Code by Concurrences

The value of data: Are we approaching data in the right way? with Cristina Alaimo

In this new episode, Cristina Alaimo (Assistant Professor at Luiss Guido Carli University) is interviewed by Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) on the value of data: Are we approaching data in the right way? How important is it to categorize data? How valuable is open data? Should data be considered as a resource in terms of mergers and acquisitions?

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- Interview with Rima Alaily (Microsoft by Maureen Ohlhausen (Baker Botts) for Webinar #3 - Data: Innovation, Level Playing Field & Access, 25 June 2021

- Concurrences Webinar, IP & Antitrust - #3 Data: Innovation, level playing field & access, 17 June 2021

- Geert Goeteyn, Christian D’Cunha, Luca Manigrassi, Ariel Ezrachi, Andrea Cilea, Maurice Stucke, Big Data and competition law, November 2017, Concurrences N° 4-2017, Art. N° 84938

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Foreign Direct Investment - France with Marie-Anne Lavergne

Concurrences has launched a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.

In this new episode of the series, Marie-Anne Lavergne (Head of Unit - Foreign Direct Investment, DG Trésor) and Guillaume Nataf (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) are interviewed by Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) on Foreign Investment Screening in France.

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- Claire Vannini, Dimitri Guarneri, Foreign investment control: Analysis and practical views on the scope of the French and European mechanisms, August 2021, Concurrences N° 3-2021, Art. N° 101303

- Concurrences Webinar - 12th New Frontiers of Antitrust Conference #1 Opening keynote speech by Bruno Le Maire & Foreign Direct Investment Control, 8 June 2021

- Peter D. Camesasca, Horst Henschen, Martin Juhasz, Foreign direct investment screening in Europe : A comparative perspective on differences and commonalities within Europe, November 2020, Concurrences N° 4-2020, Art. N° 96871, pp. 268-272

- Al Mangan, Bruce Kilpatrick, Rona Bar-Isaac, Helge Heinrich, The OECD reports on foreign direct investment flow regulation in EU member states during the COVID-19 pandemic, 4 mai 2020, e-Competitions May 2020, Art. N° 95949

This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Baker MacKenzie. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of their institution/company.

Foreign Direct Investment - The United Kingdom with Sarah Mackintosh

Concurrences has launched a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.

In this episode, Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) is interviewing Sarah Mackintosh (Deputy Director National Security
& Investment, BEIS) and Sunny Mann (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) on Foreign Investments Screening in The United Kingdom.

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- UK Parliament, National Security and Investment Act 2021, Act, 29 April 2021

- Joanna Christoforou, Omar Shah, Savas Manoussakis, The UK Parliament’s Act on foreign direct investment receives royal assent, 29 April 2021, e-Competitions April 2021, Art. N° 101011

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The DMA objectives, architecture & implications for value creation in the EU with Carmelo Cennamo

In December 2020, the European Commission submitted its proposal for a Digital Markets Act. The DMA aims to ensure that these digital platforms are operating fairly in Europe, but: Are current antitrust laws sufficient to cope with the development velocity of these platforms? Is it still possible to ensure fair competition on digital markets when there is an unequal understanding of the law (such as GDPR)?…

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Carmelo Cennamo (Professor at Copenhagen Business School) on the Digital Markets Act objectives, overarching architecture & its implications for value creation in the EU. 

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- Heike Schweitzer, Frederik Gutmann, Unilateral Practices in the digital market: An overview of EU and national case law, 15 July 2021, e-Competitions Unilateral practices in the digital market, Art. N° 101045

- Concurrences Webinar - Will a one-size-fits-all digital markets act deliver for consumers?, 11 May 2021

- Daniel Fasquelle, Olivier Guersent, Christiane Féral-Schuhl, Marie Even, Laure de La Raudière, Jean-Luc Sauron, Linda Arcelin, Jean-Louis Fourgoux, Leyla Djavadi, Colette Bouckaert, Geoffroy Didier, Valéria Faure-Muntian, Emmanuelle Inacio, DMA/DSA: Has Europe really given itself the means to achieve its ambitions?, May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100023

- Alexandre de Streel, Pierre Larouche, The European Digital Markets Act proposal: How to improve a regulatory revolution, May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100432, pp. 46-63

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Can data accumulation lead to monopolization? with Gregor Langus

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Gregor Langus (Director at E.CA) on the Can data accumulation lead to monopolization? What can be problematic? Is it possible for startups to compete against tech giants? What to expect in the next 20 years?...

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- Heike Schweitzer, Frederik Gutmann, Unilateral Practices in the digital market: An overview of EU and national case law, 15 July 2021, e-Competitions Unilateral practices in the digital market, Art. N° 101045

- Giuseppe Colangelo, Viktoria Robertson, Kayvan Hazemi Jebelli, Antonio Manganelli, Antonio Nicita, Despoina Mantzari, Pedro Caro de Sousa, Virginia Pavel Dobre, Friso Bostoen, Daniel Mândrescu, Vikas Kathuria, Competition policy in the digital economy, May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100010

- Omar Vásquez Duque, Jörg Hoffmann, Can data exploitation be properly addressed by competition law ? A note of caution , February 2021, Concurrences N° 1-2021, Art. N° 98791, pp. 75-82

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Platform expansion and Innovation with Julian Wright

The rise of new types of platforms considerably changed digital markets, revealing new ways to enable interactions, transactions, and data collection.

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Julian Wright (Lim Chong Yah Professor of Economics, National University of Singapore) on the effects of regulation that might prevent natural platform expansions. What should we think of platforms leveraging their core capabilities to expand from their original core business? Is this an (antitrust) problem?

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- Alain Ronzano, Competition policy : Dutch, German and French governments adopt a common position calling for tightening of the Digital Markets Act on the largest platforms and for better coordination with competition rules, 27 May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 101002

- Ania Thiemann, Antonio Neto, Barriers to entry in the digital market: An overview of EU and national case law, 12 May 2021, e-Competitions Barriers to entry in the digital market, Art. N° 100184

- Concurrences Webinar - Innovation Economics Conference for Antitrust Lawyers #4 "Platforms: The Envelopment Strategy" & Closing speech, 6 July 2020

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Foreign Direct Investment - Germany with Angelika Milger

Concurrences is launching a special series dedicated to foreign direct investment, as part of the "Antitrust Code" Podcast. The podcast series aims to decode antitrust law and policy. Our guests discuss the latest news and topical issues in competition law and economics around the world.

In the first episode of this series, Samantha Mobley (Partner, Baker McKenzie) is interviewing Angelika Milger (Counsel - Division VB1, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) and Anahita Thoms (Partner, Baker Mckenzie) on Foreign Investments Screening in Germany.

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- Peter D. Camesasca, Horst Henschen, Martin Juhasz, Foreign direct investment screening in Europe: A comparative perspective on differences and commonalities within Europe, November 2020, Concurrences N° 4-2020, Art. N° 96871, pp. 268-272

- Michael Masling, Christian Leeder, The German Government further aligns its foreign direct investment screening regime with the EU regulation, 28 October 2020, e-Competitions November 2020, Art. N° 98039

- Michael Masling, Christian Leeder, The German Government further tightens its national foreign direct investment screening regime and introduces sanction mechanisms for non-compliance (AWG), 17 July 2020, e-Competitions July 2020, Art. N° 95842

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Assessing the Strength of Network Effects in Social Network Platforms with Marco Iansiti

Network effects (vectors, volume, velocity…) have risen to the forefront in recent years because of the online presence and now more than ever need to be taken into account In the new digital age.

In this episode of the Podcast Series "Antitrust Code by Concurrences", Marco Iansiti (David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration and Co-director of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard Business School) is being interviewed on assessing the strength of network effects in social network platforms.

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- US Federal Trade Commission, The US FTC sues the world’s dominant social network company for illegal monopolization, requires divesting its acquisitions of up-and-coming rivals, and prohibiting the imposition of anti-competitive conditions on software developers (Facebook), 9 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 98311

- Concurrences Webinar - Tipping in digital platform markets, 21 September 2020

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Cartels d‘entreprise avec Emmanuel Combe

Dans cet épisode francophone du podcast "Antitrust Code" par Concurrences, Emmanuel Combe, Vice-président de l’Autorité de la concurrence et Professeur à Skema Business School, parle des cartels d'entreprise.

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Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur ce sujet, vous pouvez accéder aux documents Concurrences suivants. Si vous n'avez pas accès à ces documents, veuillez souscrire à un Abonnement.

- Robbert Snelders, Conor Opdebeeck-Wilson, Cartel settlements : An overview of EU and national case law, 17 juin 2021, e-Competitions Cartel settlements, Art. N° 99701

- Fatma El-Zahraa Adel, EU Cartel Law and Economics, Cédric ARGENTON, Damien GERADIN and Andreas STEPHAN, Mai 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100235, pp. 263-264

- Wébinaire Concurrences : 2nd Cartels workshop #1 Opening speech & substantive issues, 20 Janvier 2021

The European Commission‘s Digital Markets Act with Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi

At the forefront of Big Tech regulation, the European Commission introduced in December 2020 the Digital Markets Act. The act proposes a set of ex ante rules empowering EU authorities to better prevent anticompetitive practices from "gatekeepers".

In this episode of the Podcast Series "Antitrust Code by Concurrences", Fayrouze Masmi-Dazi (Partner, Frieh Associés) discusses the Commission's proposal, the role of gatekeeper and the recent developments in France, UK and Germany.

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- Heike Schweitzer, Frederik Gutmann, Unilateral Practices in the digital market: An overview of EU and national case law, 15 July 2021, e-Competitions Unilateral practices in the digital market, Art. N° 101045

- Concurrences Webinar - Will a one-size-fits-all digital markets act deliver for consumers?, 11 May 2021

- Daniel Fasquelle, Olivier Guersent, Christiane Féral-Schuhl, Marie Even, Laure de La Raudière, Jean-Luc Sauron, Linda Arcelin, Jean-Louis Fourgoux, Leyla Djavadi, Colette Bouckaert, Geoffroy Didier, Valéria Faure-Muntian, Emmanuelle Inacio, DMA/DSA: Has Europe really given itself the means to achieve its ambitions?, May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100023

- Alexandre de Streel, Pierre Larouche, The European Digital Markets Act proposal: How to improve a regulatory revolution, May 2021, Concurrences N° 2-2021, Art. N° 100432, pp. 46-63