Parental antitrust liability and the pressing issue of the legitimacy of EU competition law

The EU-level doctrine of parental antitrust liability presents a number of challenges in terms of securing the legitimacy of EU competition law enforcement. Professor Whelan’s new monograph examines this issue from a positive and normative perspective, ultimately arguing that as currently formulated the EU-level doctrine of parental antitrust liability indeed suffers from a distinct and problematic lack of legitimacy and that the required legal reform should focus on the introduction of a due diligence defence for the parent company