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The duration of appellate court proceedings is an important determinant of the efficiency of a court system. We use data of 234 firm groups that participated in 63 cartels convicted by the European Commission between 2000 and 2012 to investigate the determinants of the duration of the subsequent...

The present paper reexamines the premises set forth in the Trinko decision, which casts the doubt on whether Courts are suited to effectively force monopolists in regulated industries to share its resources with competitors. The paper examines the capability of Courts in effectively planning the...

The Polish Supreme Court delivered on 3 October 2013 an important ruling (Ref. No. III SK 67/12) concerning the case of PKP Cargo S.A. (hereafter, PKP Cargo) against the Polish Competition Authority – the President of the Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (hereafter, UOKiK). The...

A principled and well-functioning regime of judicial review is a fundamental part of the European Union's commitment to the rule of law, and of particular relevance in the field of EU competition law: The EU Commission has become one of the most powerful competition authorities worldwide,...

This dissertation first discusses industry standards, defined as any set of technical specifications providing for products’ interoperability. Standards are adopted by standard-setting organizations (i.e. SSOs), gathering market players, competitors included. To respect Article 101 TFEU, the...