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Private Antitrust Enforcement: taking stock and looking ahead – CLaSF Workshop – Call For Papers

Call for Papers

XLII Competition Law Scholars Forum Workshop

Friday, 4th October 2024

Private Antitrust Enforcement: taking stock and looking ahead

IE University/ IE Law School, Madrid (Spain)

In recent years, antitrust institutions and rules have undergone significant changes to adapt to the reality of the markets and to the new values and social objectives pursued. At the enforcement level, the focus has been on the reform and expansion of administrative/public enforcement tools in the digital environment, while in many cases not much attention has been paid to private/judicial enforcement. Nevertheless, the EU is experiencing a growth in antitrust litigation because of several follow-on actions after decisions by the European Commission and National Competition Authorities, in the heat of the changes introduced by the 2014 Directive on damages actions. It is pertinent to look at the past to reflect on the paths taken and the experiences in different jurisdictions, and the future of private claims and the eventual changes needed to improve the effectiveness of the antitrust rules.

Against this background, the Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) 42nd workshop invites contributions (abstract paper proposals from researchers, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers) in relation to any issue within this wide subject. We welcome theoretical, economics-driven, practice-based, or policy-focused papers, and we are interested in receiving abstracts for papers which may be focused on perspectives or experience at national, regional (e.g., EU), or international levels, or a combination. In addition, we would like the seminar to combine the sharing of research findings obtained by researchers in the early stages of their careers with those of more senior researchers.
The workshop is organized under the direction of Prof. Francisco Marcos (IE University/IE Law School) and Barry J. Rodger (Strathclyde University, Glasgow). It will be hosted in the Madrid Campus by IE University, IE Law School. We are planning a live, in-person event only. The workshop is sponsored by CCS Abogados.

The Workshop will consist of a mix of invited speakers and contributions chosen following this call for papers. Any person interested in being considered on the basis of the call for papers at the workshop is asked to contact Prof Francisco Marcos <Francisco.marcos@ie.edu> and Prof. Barry Rodger <barry.j.rodger@strath.ac.uk>

An abstract is required of approximately 500-1,000 words, to be submitted by no later than 28th June 2024, and decisions on successful submissions will be taken by Friday 12th July 2024.

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Postponed – CLaSF Workshop: The Fundamentals of Competition Law

Draft Programme

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) and Centre for European Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

Present a Workshop on

The Fundamentals of Competition Law

at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Keynote Speaker

Prof Ariel Ezrachi, University of Oxford, ‘Competition Overdose’

Competition Policy Fundamental Debates

Stavros Makris, EUI Florence,  ‘Openness and Integrity in Antitrust’

Prof Vinicius Marques De Carvalho & Anna Binotto, University of Sao Paulo, ‘Towards a Political ‘Goals of Antitrust’ Debate’

Dr Adriano Camargo Gomes, University of Sao Paulo, ‘A Weberian Approach To The Fundamentals Of Competition Law’

Dr Beverley Williamson, ‘Doughnut Competition and the Consumer Welfare Standard’

Fundamental Issues in Context

Dr. Mary Catherine Lucey, UCD, ‘Vulnerable Consumers: A Gender Critique Of Competition Law Enforcement’

Dr Damjan Kukovec, Middlesex University, London, ‘Theorizing Inequality And The Role Of Competition Law’

Dr Thibault Schrepel, Utrecht University, ‘Blockchain and the theory of the firm in competition law’

Dr Magali Eben, Glasgow University Law School and Dr Or Brook, Leeds Law School, ‘Article 3 of Regulation 1/2003: Between Eu And National Competition Laws And Laws Pursuing A ‘Predominantly Different Objective’’

Market Power

Richard Tepper, Edinburgh Law School, ‘The Unholy Grail: The Systemic Role Of Market Power In Competition Law And Its Weaknesses’

Jan Kupčík, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, ‘Market Shares Presumptions In Eu Competition Law: A Need For A Rethink?’

Stephen Dnes, NCH, London, ‘Efficiency Modelling In Competition Law: Whether To Do It And If So How?’

Xingyu Yan, Zhejiang University, China, ‘Economies Of Scale: Towards A More Coherent Understanding Of Special Responsibility And Competition On The Merits Under Article 102 TFEU’

Anti-Competitive Agreements

Dr Francisco Costa-Cabral, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), ‘Collusion’

Dr Elias Deutscher, UEA Law School, ‘Revisiting The Political Economy Of Vertical Restraints’

Fundamental Concepts; ‘By Object’

Angus Macculloch (Lancaster University) ‘The ‘Public’ Wrong Of Cartels And The Article 101 TFEU ‘Object Box’’

Csongor István Nagy (University of Szeged) ‘EU Competition Law Devours Its Children: The Proliferation Of Anticompetitive Object And The Problem Of False Positives’

Andriani Kalintiri, (Dickson Poon School of Law) ‘Sense And Sensibility: The ‘Legal And Economic Context’ In EU Antitrust Analysis’

Heidi Sander Løjmand, (University of South Denmark) and Albert Sanchez-Graells (University of Bristol Law School) ‘Joint Tendering For Public Contracts As A ‘By Object’ Anticompetitive Practice: Revisiting The Fundamentals of a Very Fishy Analysis’

CLaSF Workshop ‘Antitrust at the Intersection of Law and Economics’

Programme

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) and
the Institute of Corporate and International Commercial Law of the University of Graz

“Antitrust at the Intersection of Law and Economics”

at the University of Graz (Austria) on Thursday, 19 April 2018.

Venue: Graz Law Faculty, Universitätsstraße 15, Building Part A, 2nd Floor

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Workshop: Competition Law and Enforcement Priorities

UCD Sutherland School of Law - Business, Law and Regulation Research Group (BLREG) Seminar
UCD Sutherland School of Law – CLaSF Workshop

The Competition Law Scholars Forum (CLaSF) and UCD Sutherland School of Law (BLREG)

 

At UCD Sutherland School of Law (Belfield, Dublin 4) on Friday, 16 September 2016

 

PROGRAMME

 

09:30 – 10.00: Registration

10.00: Introduction – Prof Barry Rodger (CLaSF), Mary Catherine Lucey (UCD BLREG)

10.10-10.45

Keynote Speaker – Professor William E. Kovacic, George Washington University Law School
‘Prioritization, Project Selection and Agency Effectiveness’

 

10.45-11.15 Coffee

 

11.15-12.15

Prioritisation and Article 102 – Chair: Patrick Kenny, Member CCPC

‘Enforcement priorities Paper on Article 102 TFEU: Is a Title Enough to Overtake Constitutional Rules and Fundamental Rule-Of-Law Principles?’,
Konstantinos Sidiropoulos, DPhil Candidate, Oxford University;

‘Far Beyond Meaningless: the non-enforcement of exploitative excessive prices’,
Carmen Rodilla Marti, PhD Candidate, University of Valencia

 

12.15-13:15

Prioritising Enforcement: Commitments and State aid complaints – Chair: Professor Barry Rodger

‘Commitments: Guidance for a New Enforcement Style’,
Stavros Makis, PhD Candidate, Department of Law, EUI, Florence;

‘Prioritisation in state aid control: Filtering out “unwanted” complaints’
Oskar Van Maren, The Asser Institute, the Hague

 

13:15-14:30 LUNCH

 

14:30- 15.45

Priorities in Enforcement: A Global and EU Perspective – Chair: Judge John Cooke

‘Goals, Values and Priorities of Competition Agencies: A View from Practice Around the World’
Dr Julian Nowag, Lund University, Sweden, and CCLP, & Dr Maria Ioannidou, QMU London and CCLP.

‘The Actual Role of Boosting the EU Competition Law Enforcement powers of NCAs: In Need of a Reframed Formula’
Catalin S. Rusu, Associate Professor of European law, Radboud University, Nijmegen

‘Implications Of Competition Law Enforcement In The Electricity Sector: Comparative Analysis Of The UK And US’
Francisca Kusi-Appiah, PhD Candidate – CEPMLP University of Dundee

 

15.45-16:00 Coffee Break

 

16:00-17:10

Enforcement priorities in Scotland and Ireland – Chair: Angus MacCulloch,

‘Is There a case for a Scottish Competition Authority? Contrasting Old, New and Regional Competition Enforcement Priorities in large, small and regional EU Economies’
Aiste Slezeviciute, PhD candidate, Edinburgh Law School, and Solicitor, S and W, Edinburgh and Zeno Frediani, Solicitor, S and W

‘An Analytical Review of the Choices/priorities made by Ireland’s Competition Authority/Competition and Consumer Protection Commission 1991-2016’
Dr Vincent Power, Partner, A & L Goodbody, Dublin

 

17:10-17:30 Closing Address: Dr John Temple Lang

17:30 Closing remarks
Professor Imelda Maher MRIA, Sutherland Professor of European Law UCD Sutherland School of Law, &  Prof Barry Rodger (ClaSF)

17.45Taxis to Central Dublin for bar/restaurant for speakers and participants