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Detecting RPM with Unsupervised Machine Learning

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

Fine for Gun-Jumping

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

Highest Ever Antitrust Fine in Austria

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

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

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...

Publications

RPM

Detecting RPM with Unsupervised Machine Learning

The data-driven investigation of potential antitrust violations has found more and more applications in recent years, including through the use...
ÖZK (002)

Insights into the Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

In the current issue of the Austrian Competition Journal (Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht), David Führer takes a look back at the Vienna...
Algorithm

Recommendation Algorithms as Antitrust Remedy

In a new working paper, Jana Lasser (IDea_lab, University of Graz) and Vicky Robertson discuss how alternative recommendation algorithms could...

Talks

DMA

DMA and Collective Redress

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

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

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

News & Media

Brau Union

The Austrian Brau Union Case

In the Austrian national radio’s news show “Ö1 Mittagsjournal”, Vicky Robertson discussed the newest case brought by the Austrian Competition...
Standard

„Pink Tax“ as a Competition Law Infringement?

In a recent contribution in Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Vicky Robertson and Christian Berger point to gender-specific aspects of competition policy (accessible here, in German)....
Breaking up Google

Breaking up Google?

For Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten, Vicky Robertson was recently interviewed on the ongoing US case against Google, its repercussions on...