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The digitalisation of markets and the economy has brought new challenges to public enforcement since the same company behaviour can fall within the competence of different authorities (e.g. competition, data protection and consumer authorities). When different authorities intervene...
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Antitrust jurisdictions all over the world are looking at new rules for digital markets to manage possible forms of … proposes a different solution by exploring a blockchain system and blockchain-based smart contracts to enforce antitrust … remedies enshrined in an antitrust consent solution and make the antitrust enforcement more efficient through a technologically …
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On December 15, 2020, the European Commission released a proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA targets so-called 'gatekeepers': large digital platforms that have become important gateways for business users and end users. The DMA imposes on gatekeepers a set of obligations amounting...
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In 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust suit against Google alleging that Google has unlawfully …
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The question under which circumstances an undertaking is liable for its own competition law infringement – not to mention the liability for infringements committed by an affiliated undertaking – is of invaluable practical importance. From the early days of European competition law, there has...
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been subject to an increasing number of antitrust investigations attempting to ensure equal treatment and to avoid self …-preferencing at the expense of rivals’ services. Against this background, the article investigates whether antitrust provisions are …
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algorithms to facilitate explicit and tacit collusion. This Article argues that the policy challenges pricing algorithms pose are … competitive markets and even in the absence of collusion. This consumer harm can be initiated by a single firm employing a … from consumers. Because this consumer harm arises even when firms do not collude, antitrust law can-not solve the problem …
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The triumph of the self-preferencing doctrine is not confined to Europe but is found in many other jurisdictions as well. Korea is a case in point. On December 14, 2022, the Seoul High Court decided that the Korean competition authority (i.e., Korea Fair Trade Commission, ‘KFTC’) was right...
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A reform movement is underway in antitrust. Citing prior enforcement failures, deviations from the original intent of … the antitrust laws, and overall rising levels of sector concentration, some are seeking to fundamentally alter or … sparked an intense debate on the best approach to antitrust law enforcement. In this Article, we examine a previously …
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The newly enacted Digital Markets Act (DMA) finds itself at a crossroads. The DMA can develop into a specialist field of competition law for digital platforms or it can evolve into a new field of EU law, detached from competition law. The DMA’s ultimate trajectory will depend on the legal...
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