Publications
Fairness and Contestability in The Provision of Software Application Store Services
Authored by: Padilla, Jorge
On 4 March 2024, the European Commission (‘Commission’) fined Apple 1.8 billion euros for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad...
Authored by: Tshabalala, Mpumi
South Africa is currently experiencing a new surge of interim relief applications that has followed the 2019 Amendment to the Competition Act.
Dynamic Competition As a Double-Edged Sword: A Primer on Antitrust
Authored by: Portuese, Aurelien
Dynamically evaluating competition requires integrating a time dimension into antitrust analysis.
Authored by: Marinova, Miroslava
The application of the principle of proportionality in competition law enforcement is of utmost importance. However, there are concerns regarding its effective implementation under the DMCC Bill,...
The EU’s Investigation Into Microsoft Teams: A Preliminary Assessment
Authored by: Bergqvist, Christian
EU has opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft's policy of including the communication software Teams in its Office 365 packages. Very little is known about the case and the alleged...
Two Neglected Effects of Loper Bright
Authored by: Richard J. Pierce, Jr.
The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Chevron may have two salutary effects on administrative law.
Rethinking the Legal Test for Excessive Pricing
Authored by: Miroslava Marinova
The legal treatment of excessive pricing in the pharmaceutical sector has been a topic of intense debate.
Draft for an FTC Policy Statement on the Prohibitions Against 'Unfair' Business Conduct
Authored by: Neil Averitt
Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair conduct in commercial practices. The core prohibitions are the bans on “unfair methods of competition” and on “unfair or deceptive acts...
Hayekian Competition Policy - A Historical Perspective
Authored by: Cento Veljanovski
Friedrich A. Hayek's (1899–1992) work on competition policy has been neglected.
While antitrust agencies regulate competition dynamics there is ample evidence that they also engaging in competition amongst their peer agencies to determine which agency is considered the most...
Talks on the DMA's Brussels Effect
Authored by: Mónika Mercz
Blogpost on Talks on the DMA's Brussels Effect
