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,...

A frequent starting point of the ongoing debates on a future platform regulation – in the EU in the form of a “Digital Markets Act” (DMA) – is the alleged ineffectiveness of competition law enforcement in the digital realm, and in particular when it comes to “abuse of domi-nance” or...

Die Kommission Wettbewerbsrecht 4.0 ist im September 2018 vom Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Energie eingesetzt und beauftragt worden, Handlungsempfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung des europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts im Lichte der digitalen Wirtschaft zu erarbeiten. Die neue Datenökonomie,...

The EU is currently re-conceptualizing the goals of competition law and their place within the EC Treaty. Whereas the Draft Reform Treaty is emphasizing the weight of public policy goals vis-à-vis the goal of undistorted competition, the EU Commission has made an effort to remove...