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Wolfgang Kirchhoff: Vom Brüsseler Großkanzleipartner zum Vorsitzenden des BGH-Kartellsenats

Wolfgang Kirchhoff: Vom Brüsseler Großkanzleipartner zum Vorsitzenden des BGH-Kartellsenats

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Am Bundesgerichtshof kommt es zu einer bedeutsamen Personalie: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kirchhoff tritt in den Ruhestand. Als Vorsitzender des Kartellsenats in Karlsruhe darf er als ranghöchster deutscher Kartellrichter gelten. Eine Würdigung von Prof. Dr. Daniel Zimmer. Das Adjektiv einzigartig wird zu Recht nur selten verwendet – denn was ist schon das Einzige seiner Art? Mit Blick auf die Berufstätigkeit von Professor Wolfgang Kirchhoff ist es aber berechtigt, von einer einzigartigen Karriere zu sprechen. Nach einem in Bonn, Lausanne und Freiburg…

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The Stakeholder Workshop on the Article 102 TFEU Guidelines Project – some personal reflections

The Stakeholder Workshop on the Article 102 TFEU Guidelines Project – some personal reflections

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The world (or at least a substantial part of it, the Brussels antitrust bubble) is waiting for the EU Commission’s guidelines on Article 102 TFEU. How will the Commission enforce the abuse provision in the future? Giorgio Monti, Professor at Tilburg University, attended a stakeholder workshop in Brussels and shares his thoughts here with the readers of D’Kart. On a cold and grey 13 February, some 120 economists, lawyers, civil society representatives, and academics assembled in Brussels to discuss the Draft…

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Conference Debriefing (45): Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht 2024

Conference Debriefing (45): Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht 2024

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PDF-Version: Hier klicken Zitiervorschlag: Lübbig, DKartJ 2024, 63-67 Wenn die Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, der Verein der deutschsprachigen Kartellrechtsanwältinnen und -anwälte Anfang Dezember nach Bonn ruft, ist das wie eine vorgezogene Silvesterfeier: Alle sind aufgeräumter Stimmung, man lässt das Jahr Revue passieren und orakelt ein bisschen Richtung Zukunft. Für den D’Kart-Blog zu Gast in diesem Jahr: Thomas Lübbig. Der Berliner Rechtsanwalt war auch dabei, als die Studienvereinigung einen neuen Vorstand gewählt hat. || Der Präsident spricht Auch diejenigen Mitglieder der Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht…

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Does Competition Law disappoint football fans? 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) – 30.05. – 01.06.2024

Does Competition Law disappoint football fans? 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) – 30.05. – 01.06.2024

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Eckel, DKartJ 2024, 35-37 The Association of European Competition Law Judges (AECLJ) met in Berlin just two weeks before the kickoff of the UEFA European Championships. The topic: “Sports, Arbitration and Competition Law”. Wolfgang Kirchhoff, the President of the AECLJ and also the president of the Cartel Chamber of Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH), raised a key question: „Does Competition Law disappoint football fans?“ Philipp Eckel reports from the 22nd Annual Meeting of the…

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Conference Debriefing (41): 50 Years of the German Monopolies Commission

Conference Debriefing (41): 50 Years of the German Monopolies Commission

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Steinert, DKartJ 2024, 25-30 Happy Birthday, Monopolies Commission! The “Monopolkommission” has been advising the German government on competition matters for 50 years now. The competition community came together in Berlin to party. And what better way to celebrate the “defender of competition” than with what makes it special: Intense debate and “critical discourse”. Unfortunately, the birthday presents did not include political promises of implementation, but the party offered high-ranking recognition and surprising insights. Sebastian Steinert…

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Much More Than a Market?

Much More Than a Market?

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Monti, DKartJ 2024, 14-18 Europe is preparing for the next Parliament, the next Commission – and all the challenges coming up these days. So, what is the European Union supposed to do, once the successors of Margrethe Vestager & Co. are sworn in? To be prepared, the institutions asked two Italian bigwigs for reports – the Council turned to Enrico Letta, the Commission to Mario Draghi. The Letta Report is now out, and D’Kart turned…

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Don’t You (Forget About Me)

Don’t You (Forget About Me)

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Klumpe, DKartJ 2024, 4-6 Dr. Gerhard Klumpe, one of Germany’s best-known antitrust judges, discussed private antitrust enforcement in leading jurisdictions in Brussels. For our blog D’Kart, the presiding judge at Dortmund Regional Court describes his impressions of international trends in private enforcement. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – not only is this Simple Minds anthem familiar to anyone who grew up in the 1980s, it is also the defining music of the film The Breakfast…

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Conference Debriefing (40): Studienvereinigung Working Session 2023

Conference Debriefing (40): Studienvereinigung Working Session 2023

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PDF Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Weichbrodt, DKartJ 2023, 116-120 The annual conference of the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht took place in Bonn on 7 December 2023. Once again this year, the focus was on the major and minor problems of competition law, on looking back and looking forward, but also on the love of the local press – and very specific tastes in the Bundeskartellamt. Johannes Weichbrodt reports. Traditions are as much a part of Christmas as the star on the fir tree….

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If I had a broadaxe….

If I had a broadaxe….

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Klumpe, DKartJ 2023, 89-91 In Düsseldorf, the association of competition lawyers called “Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht” held a meeting to discuss litigation on cartel damages. Dr. Gerhard Klumpe, one of the most prolific German antitrust judges, was on the panel. Here he gives his impressions of the evening. Say, a lawyer, a competition economist and a judge meet at a bar table… when a story begins like this, we are either in for a good laugh or –…

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Conference Debriefing (36): ASCOLA 2023

Conference Debriefing (36): ASCOLA 2023

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PDF version: Click here Suggested Citation: Bostoen/Karg/Thepot, DKartJ 2023, 61 ASCOLA is the Academic Society for Competition Law, the global organization that brings together scholars from all over the world once a year. This year, antitrust professors and their future successors met in Athens (Greece) for the three days Olympics of Competition Law Scholarship. Herbert Hovenkamp was there – and so were Friso Bostoen (Tilburg), Madlen Karg (TU Munich) and Florence Thepot (Strasbourg). The three youngish scholars share their insights and photos here in this…

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