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Conference Debriefing (37): 6. Offenes Doktorandenseminar

Conference Debriefing (37): 6. Offenes Doktorandenseminar

PDF-Version: Hier klicken Zitiervorschlag: Bukpiev/Zwilling, DKartJ 2023, 67-70 Auch dieses Jahr lud das Institut für Kartellrecht (IKartR) der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf zum kartellrechtlichen Doktorandenseminar. Am 11. und 12. September versammelten sich zahlreiche Namen aus der Kartellrechts-Community für einen fachlichen Austausch. Doktorandinnen und Doktoranden aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz schwärmten voller Vorfreude nach Düsseldorf, wo sie ein spannendes Programm erwartete. Karl Bukpiev und Moritz Zwilling berichten. Der erste der beiden Tage begann dabei direkt mit einem Highlight: Nach einigen (bei dem Wetter vielleicht zu) warmen Begrüßungsworten…

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Conference Debriefing (36): ASCOLA 2023

Conference Debriefing (36): ASCOLA 2023

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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Conference Debriefing (36): EU Competition Conference

Conference Debriefing (36): EU Competition Conference

PDF Version: Click here Suggested citation: Kirk/Bongartz, DKartJ 2023, 36 There are two types of visitors to Brussels: some spend Thursday evening on the Plux, marvelling at the view of the spectacularly illuminated Grand-Place and return home sleep-deprived with Belgian chocolates in their trunks. The others spend their time at conferences, absorbing the thoughts of the stars of the antitrust community and dreaming of the more economic approach on the way back in the red cushions of the Hogwarts Express Thalys. The…

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Conference Debriefing (35): FIW Symposium Innsbruck

Conference Debriefing (35): FIW Symposium Innsbruck

 PDF Version: Click here Suggested Citation: Haucap, DKartJ 2023, 11-13 Those who are not part of the antitrust family in the DACH region will certainly associate the Tyrolean capital Innsbruck primarily with the Alps and winter sports and perhaps also think of the fantastic adventures of the spaceship Orion, whose protagonist, Major Cliff Allister McLane, was impersonated by actor Dietmar Schönherr, one of the prominent sons of the city of Innsbruck. Friends of antitrust law and competition economics, on the…

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Conference Debriefing (34): Working (!) Session of the Studienvereinigung

Conference Debriefing (34): Working (!) Session of the Studienvereinigung

On 8 December, the Studienvereinigung Kartellrecht, the legendary group of German-speaking competition lawyers, met for its working session in Bonn. This year, the traditional meet-and-greet with prominent figures from the nearby Federal Cartel Office and also from far away Berlin was dominated by the German reform projects. Dr. Sascha Dethof reports. “Working session”, “there is work to be done today”, “this will be a real working session” – Chairman Ingo Brinker (Gleiss Lutz) made it clear in his introduction that he expected…

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Conference Debriefing (33): Das C-L-F in Düsseldorf

Conference Debriefing (33): Das C-L-F in Düsseldorf

Stehen öffentliche und private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung zueinander in einem Spannungsverhältnis und falls ja, wie lässt sich dieses auflösen? Das war die Fragestellung, zu der das Competition Litigation Forum e.V. gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Kartellrecht unter dem Rubrum „Kronzeugenprogramm ./. Private Enforcement“ in die Hauptstadt des Kartellrechts nach Düsseldorf ins Haus der Universität einlud. Severin Stratmann berichtet. Zwei Protagonisten Als Protagonisten traten in dem, mit über 80 Personen gut gefüllten, großen Saal der Präsident des Bundeskartellamts Andreas Mundt und Prof. Dr. Christian Kersting von der Universität Düsseldorf auf…

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Conference Debriefing (32): 5. Offenes Doktorandenseminar

Conference Debriefing (32): 5. Offenes Doktorandenseminar

Das Institut für Kartellrecht der HHU Düsseldorf (IKartR) lud am 5. und 6. September zum mittlerweile fünften Mal zum Doktorandenseminar im Kartellrecht ein und setzte damit eine Reihe fort, die als Tradition bezeichnet werden kann. In diesem Jahr konnte das Seminar nach zwei Corona-Jahren erstmals wieder traditionsgemäß im Haus der Universität in der Düsseldorfer Innenstadt abgehalten werden. Philipp Offergeld, Nils Overhoff und Severin Stratmann berichten. Ein Wochenanfang in Düsseldorf mit Kartellrecht fühlt sich an wie ein Wochenende Mit diesem Motto begannen Rupprecht Podszun und Christian…

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Conference Debriefing (31): ASCOLA2022

Conference Debriefing (31): ASCOLA2022

It is this time of the year when antitrust folks from around the world flood the airports and cause major disruptions in air travel. The reason is: They are all on the move to the next most exciting conference. Rupprecht Podszun attended #ASCOLA2022, the Annual Conference of the Academic Society for Competition Law that took place as an in-person event in Porto, Portugal. He answers the main questions in this Conference Debriefing! Name of event: 17th Annual Conference of ASCOLA (Academic Society for…

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Conference Debriefing (30): IKK & ICN

Conference Debriefing (30): IKK & ICN

It was the World Festival of Competition Law: Representatives of competition agencies came together in Berlin to celebrate two consecutive conferences: The traditional Bundeskartellamt’s International Cartel Conference (IKK) and the Annual Meeting of the International Competition Network (ICN). Most everyone was there, and so was Rupprecht Podszun who gives his Conference Debriefing here. Name of Event: XXI. Internationale Kartellkonferenz & 21st ICN Annual Conference Topic: “We are family!” – Okay, that was not the official topic, but it had a…

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Conference Debriefing (29): The DMA, Inside and Beyond

Conference Debriefing (29): The DMA, Inside and Beyond

  Trilogue negotiations at Brussels on the Digital Markets Act are coming to an end, or so we believe – a final compromise is expected at the end of this month. While waiting for words to dissect, scholars from France and Germany met in Aix-en-Provence to discuss “The DMA, Inside and Beyond”. Rupprecht Podszun, who currently serves as a Visiting Professor at the largest law faculty of the French speaking world (that is l’Université Aix-Marseille) gives us the details in…

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