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Law Hub

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Workshop on Market Definition

On 8 February 2024, the European Commission published its new Market Definition Notice 2024. This Notice consolidates knowledge…

Dark Patterns: Antitrust or Criminal Law?

Fabian Ziermann‘s recent article, entitled ‘Dark patterns: Can criminal law remedy the shortcomings of antitrust law?’ was published…

International Competition Law?

In the new and expanded edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, edited by Krista…

Events

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Workshop on Market Definition

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

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

In February 2024, the European Commission published its revised Market Definition Notice. For the first time, this new instrument contains...

Projects

ChartingGreenerFutureforEUCompLaw

Charting a Greener Future for EU Competition Law

The project sets out to harness the transformative power of environmental sustainability by charting new ways for a greener future...
DataComp

DataComp

Antitrust violations in their various forms result in considerable costs and disadvantages for competitors, customers and the public at large. Yet...
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Graz Law Working Paper Series

Vicky Robertson is the initiator of the Graz Law Working Paper Series, hosted on SSRN. During her professorship at the...

Publications

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Austrian Construction Cartel and Damages Actions

The bid-rigging cases concerning the Austrian construction sector are about to kick off a string of damages actions. In Austrian...
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Market Power in the Digital Age

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

In a recent working paper, Fabian Ziermann discusses the market definition and potential competitive concerns of Microsoft/Activision. He analyzes the...

Talks

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Digital Resilience

On 15 October 2024, the WU Department of Information Systems and Operations Management invited to a Roundtable to discuss “Digital...
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Strategic Foresight and Competition Law at ASCOLA

At this year’s 19th ASCOLA conference, which took place in Würzburg (Germany) from 4 to 6 July 2024, Vicky Robertson...
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Competition Law and Democracy

At the DACH Forum on Competition Policy hosted by Compass Lexecon in Vienna, Vicky Robertson held a keynote asking “Can...