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Detecting RPM with Unsupervised Machine Learning

February 12, 2025

The data-driven investigation of potential antitrust violations has found more and more applications in recent years, including…

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Fine for Gun-Jumping

February 7, 2025

Following the Austrian Supreme Court’s ruling to impose a fine  of € 70 million on supermarket chain…

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Highest Ever Antitrust Fine in Austria

February 6, 2025

The Austrian Supreme Court recently imposed the highest ever antitrust fine in Austrian proceedings: supermarket giant Rewe…

Events

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Insights into the Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

February 4, 2025
In the current issue of the Austrian Competition Journal (Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht), David Führer takes a look back at the Vienna...
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Workshop on Market Definition

November 20, 2024
On 8 February 2024, the European Commission published its new Market Definition Notice 2024. This Notice consolidates knowledge and Commission practice...
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Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

September 13, 2024
On 12 and 13 September 2024, The Competition Law Hub once again hosted the Vienna Competition Law Days at the...
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Publications

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Market Power in the Digital Age

August 31, 2022
Digital platforms are shaping the digital age. Recently, the so-called GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) as well as...
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Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Acquisition

August 29, 2022
In a recent working paper, Fabian Ziermann discusses the market definition and potential competitive concerns of Microsoft/Activision. He analyzes the...
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Austria’s Sustainability Exemption

August 23, 2022
In a recent contribution on Austria’s sustainability exemption, Vicky Robertson discusses what led the Austrian legislator to adopt this exemption,...
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Talks

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DMA and Collective Redress

February 3, 2025
At the annual seminar of the Institute of Business Law, which took place at Neusiedl/See on 30 and 31 January...
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Competition & Democracy at the OECD

December 9, 2024
On 6 December 2024, Vicky Robertson was invited to join the OECD Competition Committee Roundtable in Paris to discuss the...
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Enforcement of the DMA

November 27, 2024
On 21 and 22 November 2024, ARTICLE 19, Università di Trento, Université de Namur, Hertie School’s Centre for Digital Governance...
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News & Media

Rewe

Fine for Gun-Jumping

February 7, 2025
Following the Austrian Supreme Court’s ruling to impose a fine  of € 70 million on supermarket chain Rewe for gun-jumping,...
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Highest Ever Antitrust Fine in Austria

February 6, 2025
The Austrian Supreme Court recently imposed the highest ever antitrust fine in Austrian proceedings: supermarket giant Rewe was fined €...
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Antitrust Writing Awards 2025

January 16, 2025
The nominations are out – and Fabian Ziermann’s article on ‘Dark patterns: Can criminal law remedy the shortcomings of antitrust...
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