Antitrust Code by Concurrences

In this new episode, Margrethe Vestager (European Commission) speaks on Foreign Subsidies: Towards enforcement of the EU regulation conference organised by Concurrences in partnership with King & Spalding, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Avisa Partners

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1. Lise Damelet, EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation, Global Dictionary of Competition Law, Concurrences, 1st February 2023 

2. Carole Maczkovics, Johan Ysewyn, Peter D. Camesasca, Sophie Bertin, Christian Ahlborn, Sibel Yilmaz, The EU Parliament and Council Foreign Subsidies Regulation designed to prevent the distortion of the internal market enter into force, 12 January 2023

3. European Commission, The EU Commission sees the Foreign Subsidies Regulation enter into force, 12 January 2023 

4. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Lode Van Den Hende, Morris Schonberg, The EU Council adopts the Foreign Subsidies Regulation and the EU Commission schedules publication of the draft implementing regulation for the start of 2023, 28 November 2022

5. Alain Ronzano, Competition policy: The European Parliament adopts by a large majority the regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, 10 November 2022

6. Kyriakos Fountoukakos, Lode Van Den Hende, Morris Schonberg, The EU Commission reaches agreement on foreign subsidies regulation with the new regime scheduled to enter into force in 2023, 30 June 2022

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Michael Jacobides (London Business school) on Mobile ecosystems.

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1. Japanese Competition Authority, The Japanese Competition Authority publishes a market study report on mobile OS and mobile app distribution, 9 February 2023

2. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority opens an investigation into cloud gaming and browsers (Apple / Google), 22 November 2022

3. Kathryn McMahon, USA: Monopolization of mobile ecosystems - The decision in Epic v. Apple, September 2022

4. Marie Cartapanis, Frédéric Marty, Relevant market: The General Court of the European Union upholds the Commission’s decision imposing a record fine on the dominant operator for strengthening its dominant position in the markets for general internet search services and intelligent mobile operating systems (Google / Android), 14 September 2022

5. UK Competition Authority, The UK Competition Authority probes a Big Tech company over potential abuse of dominance in ad tech (Google), 26 May 20226. Frédéric Jenny, Competition law enforcement and regulation for digital ecosystems: Understanding the issues, facing the challenges and moving forward, September 2021

 

In this new episode, John Davies (Compass Lexecon) is interviewing Inge Bernaerts (DG COMP) on where we are and what is to come for tech antitrust.

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1. German Competition Authority, The German Competition Authority issues statement of objections against a Big Tech company’s data processing terms (Google), 11 January 2023

2. Assimakis Komninos, Jérémie Jourdan, Preti Giulio, The EU Commission publishes its draft DMA Implementing Regulation for consultation, together with the proposed notification form for "gatekeepers", 9 December 2022

3. Ann-Christin Richter, The EU Commission see its Digital Markets Act enter into force and therefore increased antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech firms, 1 November 2022

4. Konstantina Bania, Sean-Paul Brankin, Jean Cattan, Francis Donnat, Damien Geradin, Martin d'Halluin, Pierre Larouche, Theano Karanikioti, Alexandre de Streel, Joëlle Toledano, Pat Treacy, Daniel Zimmer, The Digital Market Act, September 2022

5. Laurence Idot, David Bosco, Martine Behar-Touchais, Michel Debroux, Anne-Sophie Choné-Grimaldi, Benoît De Nayer, Pierre Petillault, Digital market Act: Competition law and digital giants (Nanterre, April 1, 2022), September 2022

6. Laurence Bary, Marion Lecole, Antitrust in the digital sector: An overview of EU and national case law, 30 June 2022

In this new episode, Joeri Klein, Giacomo Lorenzo, and Felix Von Zwehl from Deminor discuss funding for private enforcement.

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1. European Court of Justice, The EU Court of Justice finds that a national court may order the disclosure of evidence during the course of competition law proceedings for damages, even if the proceedings have been stayed owing to the Commission’s initiation of an investigation concerning the same infringement (Regiojet), 12 January 2023

2. Margot Vogels, Charlotte Nassogne, The EU Court of Justice rules that ‘relevant evidence’ under the Damages Directive is not limited to pre-existing documents (PACCAR / DAF Trucks / AD and others), 10 November 2022

3. Lesley Hannah, Anna Stellardi, Sofie Edwards, The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal issues opt-out certification decision in a class action brought against a Big Tech by a consumer advocate (Liz Coll / Google), 31 August 2022 

4. Alain Ronzano, Sanction: The General Court of the European Union essentially upholds the fines imposed on the airlines in the air cargo cartel case (Airfreight cartel), 30 March 2022

5. Lochy Macpherson, Marc Barennes, Lochy Macpherson: Funding competition claims – What are the main trends?, February 2022

6. Agustin Reyna, Class action & damages claims: have we finally found the "Courage" two decades since the EU’s top Court landmark judgment? 20 January 2022

In this new episode, Lorenzo Coppi (Compass Lexecon) is interviewing Andreas Mundt (Bundeskartellamt) on where we are and what is to come for global antitrust.

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1. German Competition Authority, The German Competition Authority extends its ongoing proceedings against an e-commerce giant to include the application of new powers which will allow the Authority to review the degree to which the firm may set market rules (Amazon), 14 November 2022

2. Christoph Arhold, Mark D. Powell, Genevra Forwood, Irina Trichkovska, The EU Commission adopts a second amendment to the Temporary Crisis Framework to support businesses affected by Russia’s actions in Ukraine and the unfolding energy crisis, 28 October 2022

3. German Competition Authority, The German Competition Authority clears unconditionally but "with unease" the acquisition of a CRM platform by a social media company (Meta / Kustomer), 11 February 2022

4. Falk Schöning, Johanna Brock-Wenzek, Florian von Schreitter, The German Parliament passes amendments of antitrust law affecting the merger control regime, 19 January 2021

5. Miranda Cole, Peter D. Camesasca, The German Competition Authority publishes a draft on a new merger control notification threshold based on transaction value, 30 October 2017

In this new episode, Ashwin van Rooijen (Clifford Chance) is interviewing Olivier Guersent (DG COMP) on where we are and what is to come for global antitrust.

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1. Workshop, Antitrust Horizon - Meet The Enforcers: Olivier Guersent & Andreas Mundt, November 2022

2. European Commission, The EU Commission sees the DMA enter into force, ensuring open and fair digital markets, 1 November 2022

3. Alain Ronzano, Publication: The European Commission publishes the DMA in the Official Journal of the European Union, 12 October 2022

4. European Commission, The EU Commission welcomes the adoption by the EU Parliament of new rules for digital services, 5 July 2022

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Alden Abbott (George Mason University) on Merger Control in the Digital Sector.

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1. Lesli C. Esposito, Amy Pimentel, David Saunders, The US FTC institutes court action against a mobile app company for selling consumer location information (Kochava), 29 August 2022

2. US Federal Trade Commission, The US FTC seeks to block a Big Tech company’s acquisition of a popular virtual reality fitness app (Meta / Within), 27 July 2022

3. Pierre Larouche, Legislation on digital platform giants: The future of competition law?, February 2022

4. Frédéric Jenny, Competition law enforcement and regulation for digital ecosystems: Understanding the issues, facing the challenges and moving forward, September 2021

This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

In this new episode, Jennifer Baker (EU Policy and Tech Reporter) is interviewing Giuseppe Colangelo (University of Basilicata - Potenza, Stanford Law School) on the definition of fairness.

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1. Konstantina Bania, Sean-Paul Brankin, Jean Cattan, Francis Donnat, Damien Geradin, Martin d'Halluin, Pierre Larouche, Theano Karanikioti, Alexandre de Streel, Joëlle Toledano, Pat Treacy, Daniel Zimmer, The Digital Market Act, September 2022

2. Oles Andriychuk, Diane Coyle, David J. Gerber, Pier Luigi Parcu, Amelia Fletcher, Jorge Padilla, Salvatore Piccolo, Philip Lowe, Maurits J. F. M. Dolmans, Daniel Zimmer, Juliane Kokott, Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice Stucke, Svend Albæk, Hanna Schröder, Competition Overdose: Exploring the Limitations, searching for the treatment, February 2022

3. Eleanor M. Fox, Liber Amicorum, Antitrust Ambassador to the World, Fairness as a Counterpoint to Efficiency in Competition Policy?, p.308, October 2021

4. Fatma El-Zahraa Adel, Fairness in EU Competition Policy: Significance and Implications. An Inquiry into the Soul and Spirit of Competition Enforcement in Europe, Damien GERARD, Assimakis KOMNINOS et Denis WAELBROECK (dir.), February 2021

This podcast series has received unrestricted financial support from Meta. The opinions and judgments expressed by the speakers are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Meta, Inc.

In this new episode, Aurelien Portuese (Director of Antitrust and Public Policy, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation) is interviewing Gregor Langus (Expert & Founder, Competitionsphere) on the topic of Value of Ad-funded Businesses.

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1. Laurence Bary, Marion Lecole, Antitrust in the digital sector: an overview of EU and national case law, 30 June 2022

2. Laurent de Muyter, Jörg Hladjk, Holger Neumann, Undine Von Diemar, Olivier Haas, Andreas Holzwarth-Rochford, The EU Commission proposes a Data Act to enhance data access and sharing within the Union, 23 February 2022

3. Frédéric Jenny, Competition law enforcement and regulation for digital ecosystems: Understanding the issues, facing the challenges and moving forward, September 2021

4. Harry First, Digital platforms and competition policy in developing countries, May 2021

5. Cristina Caffarra, “Follow the Money” - Mapping issues with digital platforms into actionable theories of harm, 29 August 2019

In this new episode, Eleanor M. Fox (Professor, NYU School of Law) discusses with Frédéric Jenny (Chairman, OECD Competition Committee) Cross-border cooperation.

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1. Eleanor M. Fox Liber Amicorum - Antitrust Ambassador To The World, PART III - Emerging Economies: Challenges and Opportunities

2. Teresa Moreira, International cooperation in competition law enforcement: Is regional cooperation the best option for developing countries?, September 2021, Concurrences N° 3-2021, Art. N° 101384, www.concurrences.com

3. Paula Farani de Azevedo Silveira and Paula de Andrade Baqueiro CADE, Rekindling Convergence: The Digital Economy and the Need for a Coherent and Convergent Global Competition Law Enforcement, Frédéric Jenny Liber Amicorum Volume II - Standing Up for Convergence and Relevance in Antitrust

4. Harry First, Digital platforms and competition policy in developing countries

5. European Competition Network Brief, The French Competition Authority accepts the commitments made by an online travel agency (Booking.com), 10 December 2019, e-Competitions December 2019, Art. N° 96208