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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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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 AECLJ. The participants and the venue More than 120…

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Heike Schweitzer – in memoriam

Heike Schweitzer – in memoriam

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In the early hours of June 11, 2024, Heike Schweitzer died far too early at the age of just 56. It is a shock for the German and European antitrust community. Justus Haucap remembers an important colleague and good friend. Heike Schweitzer was something like the German voice in European competition law. With her death, we have lost a thinker of great intellect and, for many, a friend. Heike will be greatly missed. Werner Mussler writes today in the German…

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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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DMA AI IKK

DMA AI IKK

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Podszun, DKartJ 2024, 7-13 The Digital Markets Act shows its teeth: The European Commission opened the first investigations for non-compliance against Apple, Alphabet and Meta. Rupprecht Podszun reports on the first 20 days of DMA razzle-dazzle. He also looks back at the Bundeskartellamt’s Berlin IKK conference and he has some news from his Chair that he wishes to share. Breathtaking If DMA enforcement keeps up its March-marching pace I voluntarily switch my interest to a…

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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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Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023

Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023

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This is the D’Kart Antitrust Advent Calendar 2023!  Every day in the run-up to Christmas we will open a new door for you with a question to answer. This is competition, you know, you have to perform! To help you with the answers, we generated pictures illustrating 24 key moments of the year. Since we are really cutting-edge here at Düsseldorf (and you do not expect anything less, we know) we used Artificial Intelligence to create the pictures. The magics of AI…

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Anticipation!

Anticipation!

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I was recently at the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf and followed a hearing – you may have read about it here. As we were still standing in the corridors afterwards, an employee of the Bundeskartellamt asked me whether it would be back this year… And when I recorded our podcast “Bei Anruf Wettbewerb” with Justus Haucap yesterday, he asked me on air whether it would be back this year… and both of them had anticipating eyes. And of course!…

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In court: Pharmacy customer magazines

In court: Pharmacy customer magazines

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Podszun, DKartJ 2023, 107-112 It’s about elderly ladies, an arrow diagram and has somethig to do with media: the German Bundeskartellamt defended a merger clearance decision before the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court – a competitor would have preferred a prohibition. Rupprecht Podszun was at the oral hearing of the 1st Cartel Senate and reports. Wednesday mornings at the OLG When lawyer Till Steinvorth is given the floor, it is 11:27 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 November…

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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 (39): International Competition Network 2023

Conference Debriefing (39): International Competition Network 2023

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PDF-Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Podszun, DKartJ 2023, 81-86 What do competition law enforcers actually talk about when they meet? We sent Rupprecht Podszun to listen in at the International Competition Network’s Annual Conference, this year in Barcelona. Here is his conference debriefing in the form of an interview, revealing – inter alia – missing film titles, a funny misunderstanding and a new topic for antitrust enforcement. Name of the event: Annual Meeting of the International Competition Network (ICN) Place &…

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