Pleasure to record a conversation with Erik Hovenkamp @ErikHovenkamp (Professor of Law, Cornell Law School), We discussed developments in U.S. antitrust law and policy, the importance and impact of major antitrust cases and many other matters.
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21.10.2025 09:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Some very sharp, honest and indeed alarming observations by three leading journalists in the area of European digital markets. This 2-min blurb gives a flavour of the entire discussion.
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10.10.2025 08:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Our traditional annual conversation with three leading voices in EU journalism on digital competition policy: Samuel Stolton, Lewis Crofts and Javier Espinoza. Really honest, easygoing, and insightful answers, occasionally provocative, addressing Europeβs digital markets.
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07.10.2025 16:27 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
A couple of really remarkable messages by Stavros Makris made in his latest interview for the Digital markets research hub on the relationship between EU Competition Law (& the DMA with Legal Theory.
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03.10.2025 10:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It is always a pleasure to discuss legal-theoretical aspects of competition law, and this time also record an in-depth conversation with one of the leading thinkers bridging competition law and jurisprudence, Stavros Makris from UCL Faculty of Laws
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30.09.2025 07:17 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
This short video presents key theses on the systemic shortcomings of antitrust private damages actions in Europe and on the ways to repair these issues, convincingly identified and explained by Miguel Sousa Ferro in his latest interview
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19.09.2025 08:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New interview with Prof. Miguel Sousa Ferro (School of Law, University of Lisbon) on private enforcement of competition law.
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Next conversation: Dr Stavros Makris on legal theoretical aspects of competition law
16.09.2025 08:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the first DMA cases concerns Meta non-compliance with its obligations. We had a fruitful discussion about this case with three leading academics adhering to rather different normative positions.
Video-summary of key messages
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05.09.2025 09:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The significance of the first DMA decisions cannot be overstated. They play a pivotal role in framing the legal parameters of the emerging sui generis system. It was a great opportunity to bring together a panel (π video: lnkd.in/eS4i_8cX) examining this case.
02.09.2025 09:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A short video-summary highlighting the key ideas on the development of EU Competition Law, presented by Ian Forrester earlier this week.
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29.08.2025 08:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I am very glad to share a new interview π¬ www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI0C... with Ian Forrester KC a person who needs no introduction in the narrow antitrust and, more broadly, EU law circles; a former judge of the General Court (CJEU) and one of the leading practitioners in the field.
26.08.2025 15:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
2-min summary of an interview with Jorge Padilla, Chair of International practice, Compass Lexecon International
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndR...
16.08.2025 08:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New interview βΆοΈ www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndR... with Jorge Padilla. We had an engaging, and sincere exchange. It was one of those conversations where, despite disagreeing on various normative matters, we found ourselves in full agreement on most of the positive aspects of the discussion
13.08.2025 09:06 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Summary of a conversation with Wolfgang Oels the COO of Ecosia, Europe's largest horizontal search service provider.
Full conversation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Q3...
08.08.2025 09:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New Interview with Wolfgang Oels, COO of a European search provider Ecosia on how to stimulate competition in online search.
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05.08.2025 08:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It was a great pleasure to record a conversation with three Presidents of ASCOLA. The full conversation was published earlier this week (available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRu...).
This video offers a 10-minute summary of the key points made by Profs. Podszun, Gal and Drexl.
31.07.2025 12:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In June 2025 ASCOLA held its 20th annual conference.
To understand better the inner nature of the ASCOLA, the periods of its evolution & current plans I've invited three Presidents of the ASCOLA to share their views
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29.07.2025 07:56 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
On Tuesday our hub has published a conversation with Martijn Snoep, the Chairman of The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (available in full here: youtube.com/watch?v=xRSy...)
This video is a a blurb, summarising some of the key messages.
25.07.2025 07:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In this βΆοΈ lnkd.in/eAapztfB new conversation the Chairman of the Dutch competition authority Martijn Snoep offers a deep, sincere and original exposition on how the relationship between competition and industrial policies should be shaped.
22.07.2025 08:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It was a great pleasure to record an interview with the Deputy Director-General for Mergers Guillaume Loriot. So many things become clear after Guillaume's explanation.
This blurbs is a summary of the DDG's points.
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18.07.2025 11:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It is with great pleasure that I share the news that, following a very competitive process, Dr. Anush Ganesh is joining our SCiDA (Shaping Competition in the Digital Age scidaproject.com) research team as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Anush will be based at Exeter Law School.
18.07.2025 08:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New interviewπ½οΈ lnkd.in/eyYEcxhg with Guillaume Loriot, Deputy Director-General for Mergers in the Directorate-General for Competition, DG COMP
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Next week β Martijn Snoep, the Chairman of the Dutch competition authority.
15.07.2025 07:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In a conversation with Gordon Christian (Siemens Energy) published earlier this week he reflected upon many pressing issues faced by European industries in competition for global markets.
This blurb highlights some
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11.07.2025 09:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In this new interview π½οΈ youtu.be/WeW8TbL9LIg?... Gordon Christian a Principal Counsel Competition at Siemens Energy offers an impressive perspective on how EU competition policy should be pursued in a way that aligns with the EUβs broader strategic industrial interests.
08.07.2025 09:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
On Tuesday Iβve published a detailed interview with Damien Geradin, where he had reflected upon a host of pivotal issues on the effective functioning of competition in digital markets.
This blurb highlights some of them
Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_W...
04.07.2025 07:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Pleasure to speak with Damien Geradin. He is one of those figures in competition law who combines a deep theoretical understanding of the disciplineβs conceptual foundations with a strong practical influence on its real-world development.
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01.07.2025 06:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One of the main differences between the EU and India is that the latter nurtures domestic alternatives to the global BigTech. This may soon lead to a situation where there will be meaningful competition between global and local gatekeepers.
Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bV1...
27.06.2025 07:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
India's digital markets demonstrate astonishing growth, increasingly penetrating various spheres of public and private life. In this conversation with Raveena Kumari Sethia I attempted to understand both the mechanics and the ingredients of this growth
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25.06.2025 09:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A recently published manifesto on Europe's strategic autonomy has triggered many discussions on how to shape the European way. In this π¬ youtu.be/o6jk5_m2Ils?... interview Kai Zenner β the driving force of this document offers his views on what and how should be done.
17.06.2025 09:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
On Tuesday, we published a detailed 100-minute interview with Tim Cowen, in which he masterfully outlined many critical areas of intersection between competition law and telecommunications.
This blurb offers a 2-minute summary of it.
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13.06.2025 08:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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John Paul Stevens Chair in Competition Law
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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