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CeCo | Sección 19a alemana vs. LMD UE: ¿fragmentación o fortalecimiento regulatorio? La sección 19aGWB y LMD UE tienen por objetivo abordar preocupaciones respecto del crecimiento acelerado de grandes compañías tecnológicas y su impacto en la competencia en diferentes mercados.

▶️ In the latest column, I explored whether German Section 19a and the EU DMA lean toward fragmentation or regulatory strengthening.

👉 They complement each other, but overlaps may arise, especially post-designation.

centrocompetencia.com/seccion-19a-...

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CeCo | Confirmación del Tribunal Federal alemán sobre la importancia de Amazon En el contexto competitivo actual, tener poder de mercado es significativo para la competencia, incluso cuando éste no constituya dominancia.

▶️ Since the last quarter of 2024, I have been writing short pieces for @CeCo_UAI about Section 19a German Comp. Act. The 1st column discusses the decision by the German Federal Court of Justice, confirming Amazon's designation as a company of ‘paramount significance for competition across markets.’

18.01.2025 10:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ASCOLA - Latin American Chapter on LinkedIn: 📢 Boletín Digital – Novedades y Actualizaciones (septiembre-diciembre… 📢 Boletín Digital – Novedades y Actualizaciones (septiembre-diciembre 2024) En el Capítulo Latinoamericano de ASCOLA (región hispanohablante) queremos…

▶️ In July 2024, I joined @juandgut.bsky.social in continuing to further the Latin American Chapter of ASCOLA @ascola.bsky.social (Spanish-speaking region). You can follow the chapter's updates on LinkedIn (and perhaps we should create an account on Bluesky too). www.linkedin.com/posts/ascola...

18.01.2025 10:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

▶️ In June 2024, I presented part of my PhD project on market definition in digital ecosystems at the DPE Forum-Uni Passau.

👉 I shared my perspective on why the aftermarket approach is not entirely suitable for digital e-sys., and I received invaluable feedback to continue developing my arguments.

18.01.2025 09:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Defining relevant markets in digital ecosystems – challenges under the current framework and a path forward The legal and economic literature has recently argued that the market definition concept is no longer suitable as a theoretical framework for competition analysis concerning digital ecosystems. The is...

➡️ In July 2023, I presented my master's thesis on market definition at #ASCOLA2023 in Athens. The published version is available in Issue 4 of the Competition Law Journal
@ElgarPublishing
doi.org/10.4337/clj....

18.01.2025 09:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Plattformen

➡️ In June 2023, I presented some ideas on the capture of user attention through deceptive online choice architecture as a market failure at the #JungeGRUR. The contribution is available in "Plattformen" nomos-shop.de/nomos/titel/...
@NomosVerlag

18.01.2025 09:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nudging Competition Authorities to Work Under the Gender Lens - Kluwer Competition Law Blog In 2018, the OECD and the Canadian Competition Bureau launched the Gender Inclusive Competition Policy project, which aimed to explore the interdependence between the gender perspective and competitio...

➡️ In March 2023, I published a brief post on the
@Wolters_Kluwer Competition Law Blog about feminism and competition, this time adding some insights from nudging theory competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/2023/04/21/n...

18.01.2025 09:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Some Thoughts on the Relevance of Including a Gender Perspective in Competition Law The article explores the scope and relevance of adopting a gender perspective in competition law, motivated by the 'Gender Inclusive Competition Policy' project

👉 A rough translation of this piece into English is available at
@SSRN
(papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....)

18.01.2025 09:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Investigación | Perspectiva de género en el derecho de la competencia

I was not an avid X user, but I'll reshare some posts about my research interests since I decided to delve 100% into the academic path (although there are a couple of pieces I wrote when working as an antitrust associate) 🤓📚.

➡️ In 2022, I wrote some thoughts on gender and competition at
@CeCo_UAI.

18.01.2025 09:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

ASCOLA CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 20TH CONFERENCE, TO TAKE PLACE IN CHICAGO IN JUNE 2025. The submission deadline is 27 January.

We have joined Bluesky!

And as our first order of business, we want to share the call for papers for the next conference.

Submit by 27 January - and join us in wonderful Chicago (26-28 June), at Loyola Law with our wonderful host @sweberwaller.bsky.social.

29.11.2024 11:34 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 1