Thibault Schrepel
Associate Professor of Law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Faculty Affiliate, Stanford CodeX
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Publications in the Network Law Review
Newest first- 1 October 2026
Reading suggestions – September 2026
I share the papers and articles I enjoyed reading this month. This edition runs from what acquirers actually keep when they buy a startup to the causation element in monopolization cases, a practical R&D-intensity test for…
- 31 August 2026
Reading suggestions – August 2026
I share the papers and articles I enjoyed reading this month. This edition runs from why breakup remedies rarely restore competition to confirmation bias in LLM pricing recommendations, a framework for characterizing AI agents…
- 31 July 2026
Reading suggestions – July 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include the European Commission’s draft merger guidelines, how well merger simulations predict price changes, why data neutrality can shrink the data a platform…
- 30 June 2026
Reading suggestions – June 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include when and how to rescue efficiencies in horizontal merger control, recent U.S. antitrust decisions from April through June, a large language model that…
- 31 May 2026
Reading suggestions – May 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include innovation on rugged technological landscapes and its implications for competition policy, the error costs of populist antitrust in the wake of the Spirit…
- 30 April 2026
Reading suggestions – April 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include AI agents and complexity economics in antitrust, the limits of the waterbed effect, Europe’s regulatory drift toward American dependence, the consumer value…
- 31 March 2026
Reading suggestions – March 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include AI’s reshaping of research and publishing, end-to-end automation of scientific inquiry, the economics of AI talent in universities, AI detectors’ unintended…
- 23 March 2026
The Matthew Effect at Scale: Attention Scarcity and the AI Output Explosion
Generative AI is lowering the marginal cost of academic writing. A natural prediction is that this will allow more researchers to exercise scientific influence. This article argues that the effects are more complex.
- 2 March 2026
Reading suggestions – February 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include the constitutional limits of the Digital Markets Act, antitrust’s fixation on structural remedies, AI’s productivity impact on firms, the fickleness of…
- 30 January 2026
Reading suggestions – January 2026
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include market power and competition regimes, the limits of AI scaling, the impact of large language models on scientific production, price discrimination, and…
- 1 January 2026
Reading suggestions – December 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include measure market power, nascent competition and killer acquisitions, the end of the Brussels effect, the welfare effect of price discrimination, great-powers…
- 2 December 2025
Reading suggestions – November 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include post-profit antitrust, anticompetitive directors, the dynamic competition approach, Moore’s Law, GenAI and creativity, complex systems in AI, the scaling of…
- 12 November 2025
Special Issue: Industrial Policy and Competitiveness
Thibault Schrepel and Dirk Auer
Industrial policy is back in fashion. Governments in the United States, Europe, and China increasingly deploy subsidies, trade restrictions, and regulations to promote domestic champions and secure supply chains.
- 31 October 2025
Reading suggestions – October 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include economic analysis in the DMA, justice automated by AI, the innovation costs of extreme success, agent-based models, how Europe crushes innovation, futarchy…
- 1 October 2025
The Future-Proof Fantasy of AI Regulation
The EU’s quest for “future-proof” AI regulation is a fantasy. AI evolves through emergent properties that defy prediction, yet Brussels continues to draft rules with an industrial, linear mindset.
- 30 September 2025
Reading suggestions – September 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include the DMA’s impacts on EU users, killer acquisitions, auditable AI systems, the political economy of the AI Act, GenAI and democracy, reinforcement learning…
- 1 September 2025
Reading suggestions – August 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include AI openness, how AI improves itself, the unintended consequences of privacy regulation (it’s bad), vertical integration and consumer choice, GenAI in legal…
- 29 August 2025
Special issue on “The Law & Technology & Economics of AI”
Adrian Kuenzler, Thibault Schrepel and Volker Stocker
Regulators across the globe are rushing to ramp up their regulatory frameworks to rein in and deal with Big Tech and AI. Brussels has seized first-mover status and already rolled out a dense corpus of digital acts.
- 1 August 2025
Reading suggestions – July 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include the economics of online default positions, what ant colonies can teach AI governance, how to run an LLM on your laptop, how AI is eating the Internet, the…
- 2 July 2025
Reading suggestions – June 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include computational antitrust, efficient data sharing, an assessment of the DMA, GenAI through the lens of complexity science, proposals to fix the GDPR, new…
- 30 June 2025
Computational Antitrust: Evidence From 25 Antitrust Agencies
This paper explores patterns from the Stanford Computational Antitrust project’s fourth annual report, which includes contributions from 25 agencies worldwide.
- 2 June 2025
Reading suggestions – May 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include: the populist challenge to consumer welfare standards in antitrust, AI startup competition and technological sovereignty, Bitcoin reserve skepticism and…
- 2 May 2025
Reading suggestions – April 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include: concentration in AI agents, computational antitrust, Lina Khan 2.0, AI liability, AI 2027, GDPR ineffectiveness, technological complexity, democracies and…
- 31 March 2025
Reading suggestions – March 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include: computational antitrust, efficiencies in the DMA, open-source AI, access to innovative AI, copyright in generative AI, a new GDPR, a new crypto task force…
- 28 February 2025
Reading suggestions – February 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions. Topics include: the Vestager years, GPUs, policy cycles in the age of AI, business models eating law, the national security internet, GenAI at work, scaling intelligence…
- 25 February 2025
The Vestager Years: A Data-Driven Assessment
Teresa Ribera assumed the role of EU Commissioner for Competition just a couple of weeks ago on December 1, 2024. As a new chapter in EU competition law begins, Janneke Parrish and I present an empirical analysis of Margrethe…
- 31 January 2025
Reading suggestions – January 2025
Here are Thibault Schrepel’s monthly reading suggestions: topics include competition amongst AI foundation models, computational antitrust in Egypt, the horizontal acquisitions of growth potential, the EU AI Act, the DMA, new…
- 13 January 2025
A Framework for Assessing the Competitiveness of AI Partnerships
The year 2024 marked a pivotal moment as antitrust agencies accelerated their efforts in generative AI (see our database). AI partnerships have drawn significant attention in the space, with the CMA, DOJ, European Commission, and…
- 31 December 2024
Reading suggestions – December 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions: topics include Lina Khan’s farewell, antitrust failures, AGI, the evolution of technology, poor industrial policy, Hayek’s insights on psychology, DOGE, Nobel minds…
- 2 December 2024
Reading suggestions – November 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions: topics include breaking up Big Tech, the evolution of market structure reasoning, regulating AI without stifling innovation, IKEA, an evolutionary take on platforms…
- 31 October 2024
Reading suggestions – October 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions: topics include innovation competition, how IP stimulates online competition, empirical work on merger control, AI compliance tools, the story of Meta, the new crypto…
- 30 September 2024
Reading suggestions – September 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions: topics include digital refusals to deal, antitrust litigation against academic publishers, antitrust policy under the Biden administration, competition among AI…
- 2 September 2024
Reading suggestions – August 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the Commission guidelines on exclusionary abuses, the myth of lax merger enforcement, competition in platform ecosystems, the myth AI scaling, fully automated AI…
- 27 August 2024
In Praise of World Controllers: For A World Without Change
Context: In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the World State is governed by ten men known as World Controllers. They oversee a society where stability, order, and happiness are preserved at the expense of individuality, freedom…
- 31 July 2024
Reading suggestions – July 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on neo-brandeisians, privacy and antitrust, killer acquisitions, the AI Act impact on innovation, openness in AI, the link between AI, capitalism and democracy…
- 1 July 2024
Reading suggestions – June 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on neo-brandesians, digital tying, innovation networks, AI’s persuasive power, scaling plurality, VCs and startups, Kenneth Arrow and more... brought to you by…
- 31 May 2024
Reading suggestions – May 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the openness of AI models, populism in antitrust, antitrust myths, AI regulation, the AI Act, the great flattening, crypto regulation, Adam Smith, law & political…
- 20 May 2024
A New Measure For GenAI Competition
This short article serves as an introduction to the working paper by Thibault Schrepel and Jason Potts entitled “Measuring the Openness of AI Foundation Models: Competition and Policy Implications”
- 30 April 2024
Reading suggestions – April 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on computational antitrust, the DMA, Microsoft, open-source AI, the evolution of technologies, dynamic competition, and more... brought to you by Thibault Schrepel…
- 2 April 2024
Reading suggestions – March 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the dynamics of generative AI, networks-of-networks science, global computational antitrust, the Apple Music streaming case, dynamic competition, AI doomsayers, AI…
- 27 March 2024
The Apple Music Streaming Case: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
On March 4, 2024, the European Commission fined Apple €1.84 billion “over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers”. In particular, the Commission was concerned about the anti-steering provisions that Apple imposed…
- 14 March 2024
Privacy or Antitrust First? Answering with Agent-Based Modeling
Legal scholars have long been interested in predicting the effects of new rules and standards. They have focused very little on the timing of regulation.
- 7 March 2024
Toward A Working Theory of Ecosystems in Antitrust Law: The Role of Complexity Science
Antitrust agencies are getting increasingly interested in understanding digital ecosystems. As someone who has long advocated for examining ecosystems in antitrust (ah, Ph.D. days...), I can only welcome this development.
- 29 February 2024
Reading suggestions – February 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the dynamics of generative AI, big tech’s R&D expenditure, a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation, the unreasonable effectiveness of algorithms, synthetic data…
- 7 February 2024
Introduction to the symposium on Generative AI
Thibault Schrepel and Volker Stocker
Generative AI is capturing the attention and imagination of policymakers and researchers worldwide. Hundreds of working papers are being published every month, while technical advances are blossoming daily.
- 31 January 2024
Reading suggestions – January 2024
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on how to design better antitrust agencies, computational antitrust, generative AI, the fight for open source, computable law, Chinese AI regulations, crypto islands…
- 23 January 2024
A Database of Antitrust Initiatives Targeting Generative AI
Antitrust agencies are increasingly interested in generative AI. This can be good news. As Sandy Pentland and I wrote last year, the competitive dynamics in this space can be supported by a careful antitrust agenda.
- 19 January 2024
Situating Dynamic Competition: A Reenactment of Chicagoan Antitrust
Nicolas Petit, Bowman Heiden and Thibault Schrepel
This short article serves as an introduction to the full-length version available on SSRN.
- 15 January 2024
The Fight for Open Source in Generative AI
The fight for permissionless innovation is a timely and recurring theme. Today, it translates into the fight for open source in generative AI ecosystems.
- 31 December 2023
Reading suggestions – December 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the concept of future markets, superhuman science, trustworthy AI, the AI Act and its impact on innovation, the resurgence of crypto, cypherpunks, the post-open…
- 1 December 2023
Reading suggestions – November 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on FTC rulemaking on noncompetes, neo-Brandeisianism’s democracy paradox, natural selection of artificial intelligence, blockchain antitrust, nano contracts, the…
- 31 October 2023
Reading suggestions – October 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on how the AI Act impacts competition (law), how the Brown Shoe case glorifies waste, the DSA’s appeal for authoritarian regimes, Binance’s antitrust issues, the law…
- 23 October 2023
What competition experts should know about the AI Act
This short article serves as an introduction to Thibault Schrepel’s latest working paper, “Decoding the AI Act: A Critical Guide for Competition Experts” (open-access)…
- 29 September 2023
Reading suggestions – September 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on generative AI, the new merger guidelines, AI in legal analysis, complexity science, Nvidia, the metaverse, the Trolley Problem, regulatory capture, and more…
- 14 September 2023
Complexity Science for Antitrust Lawyers
This short article serves as an introduction to Thibault Schrepel’s latest working paper, “Being an Arthurian: Complexity Economics, Law, and Science” (open-access)…
- 31 August 2023
Reading suggestions – August 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on the new merger guidelines, startup failure, deglobalization, EU protectionism, ChatGPT political bias, lessons from GDPR, complexity economics applied to generative…
- 31 July 2023
Reading suggestions – July 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on computational antitrust, antitrust by intimidation, a discussion of AI smartness, climate impacts of bitcoin mining, the Worldcoin, innovation and appropriability…
- 3 July 2023
Reading suggestions – June 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on competition between ai foundation models, dynamic competition, computational antitrust, how AI will save the world, DAOs, the AI Act, unfair machine learning, MiCA…
- 29 June 2023
Competition Between AI Foundation Models
Thibault Schrepel and Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland
This short article serves as an introduction to Thibault Schrepel and Sandy Pentland’s latest working paper, “Competition between AI Foundation Models: Dynamics and Policy Recommendations” (open-access)…
- 3 June 2023
Rankings of “law & technology” journals
This post features several rankings of “law & technology” journals and reviews, none of which were produced by the Network Law Review. Most of these rankings are US-centric.
- 31 May 2023
Reading suggestions – May 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on automated antitrust, great power competition, killer acquisitions big hype, generative AI, crypto exchanges, pro-innovation policies, complexity, and more…
- 17 May 2023
The Expected Impact of “Great Power Competition” on Antitrust Policy
Yogi Berra once said, “[i]t’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” He also said, “[y]ou can observe a lot by watching.”
- 2 May 2023
Reading suggestions – April 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on antimonopolism, innovation in antitrust law, the DMA, killer acquisitions and populism, AI doomers, generative AI, the end of big business, and more... brought to…
- 13 April 2023
Innovation in European Antitrust Law
This short article serves as an introduction to Thibault Schrepel’s latest working paper, “A Systematic Content Analysis of Innovation in European Competition Law” (open-access)…
- 31 March 2023
Reading suggestions – March 2023
Here are the Network Law Review’s monthly reading suggestions on digital antitrust, AI regulation & dominance, complexity theory, Amazon NFTs, vampire attacks, authoritarian privacy, Adam Smith, Seinfeldonomics, doomsday mergers…
- 27 March 2023
A “Proof of Vigilance” for Antitrust Constitutional Moment
This short contribution seeks to propose the implementation of a “Proof of Vigilance” to meet the challenges of antitrust constitutional moment.
- 3 March 2023
A Conversation with Vernon Smith on Complexity Theory, Adam Smith, Web3, and More
The following transcript has been lightly edited.
- 1 March 2023
Reading suggestions – February 2023
Reading suggestions about the AI search war, cartel dynamics, the computable economy, Web3 protocols, bitcoin’s future, ChatGPT, legal prompt engineering, the matrix of privacy, complexity theory, how to make good presentations…
- 17 February 2023
Competition Is One Prompt Away
Counter-positioning is a business strategy in which a company positions itself in a way that its competitors are unwilling to replicate to avoid cannibalization.
- 31 January 2023
Reading suggestions – January 2023
Reading suggestions about noncompete, creative evolution, ChatGPT, generative AI platforms, neural networks, textualism in antitrust, and more... by Thibault Schrepel…
- 27 January 2023
Tech Podcasts for Social Scientists
The number of lists documenting the best tech podcasts is almost infinite. This list is specifically designed for social scientists – lawyers, economists, political scientists, complexity theorists, etc. I hope it helps.
- 10 January 2023
Big Tech and Web3
This short article serves as an introduction to Thibault Schrepel’s latest working paper, “The Complex Relationship Between Web2 Giants and Web3 Projects” (open-access)…
- 31 December 2022
Reading suggestions – December 2022
Reading suggestions about market power, ChatGPT, plurality, blockchain governance, trustless systems, the end of programming, systems thinking, market concentration, the best scientific breakthroughs of 2022 and more... by…
- 19 December 2022
VIDEOS: Computational Antitrust, Implementing Antitrust 3.0
I am pleased to be sharing 12 videos discussing how to implement computational antitrust, the challenges, and potential the field creates.
- 12 December 2022
Social Media vs. Social Network: Implications For Antitrust Law
The recently published Digital Markets Act (Regulation 2022/1925) applies to gatekeepers providing a “core platform service.” “[O]nline social networking services” are listed as one of these services (article 2); social media…
- 1 December 2022
Reading suggestions – November 2022
Reading suggestions about antitrust revival, Facebook’s decline, decentralized social media, Elon Musk, the FTX meltdown, AI’s future, technopolarity, internet fragmentation, Silicon Valley layoffs, how to create a new state and…
- 23 November 2022
The Not-So-Pathetic Dot Theory
Is the dot really that pathetic? The Pathetic Dot Theory Lawrence Lessig famously introduced the Pathetic Dot Theory in 1999; I quote: There are many ways to think about “regulation.”
- 11 November 2022
Stanford CodeX Computational Antitrust 2nd annual conference
I am thrilled to announce the 2nd edition of the Stanford CodeX Computational Antitrust Project annual conference. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers waiting for you to discuss antitrust 3.0.
- 7 November 2022
The Effect of Venture Funding on Killer Acquisitions
The subject of killer acquisitions is capturing the ever-increasing attention of antitrust scholars and agencies. Several reasons explain this trend.
- 31 October 2022
Reading suggestions – October 2022
Reading suggestions about Facebook vs. FTC, antitrust APIs, antitrust and democracy, blockchain law, the end of programming, complexity science... by Thibault Schrepel…
- 12 October 2022
The Antitrust API
Computational antitrust promises not only to help antitrust agencies preside over increasingly complex and dynamic markets, but also to provide companies with the tools to assess and enforce compliance with antitrust laws.
- 3 October 2022
Blockchain and The Law: A Reading List
Last April, I published a Twitter thread exploring some of my favorite articles dealing with blockchain and the law. I have decided to reproduce the list in the present article. 1– Philip E. Agre, “P2P and the Promise of Internet…
- 30 September 2022
Reading suggestions – September 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in September 2022.
- 31 August 2022
Reading suggestions – August 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in August 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow…
- 22 August 2022
Blockchain Online Course
I am thrilled to be presenting you with the Blockchain Online Course (https://blockchainonlinecourse.org) offered by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. What’s in it?
- 1 August 2022
Reading suggestions – July 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in July 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 30 June 2022
Reading suggestions – June 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in June 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 1 June 2022
Reading suggestions – May 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in May 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 30 May 2022
A proposal to improve the European AI Act
Europe is getting ready to regulate artificial intelligence. The European Commission presented its proposal for regulation in April 2021 and the European Parliament published a first interim report in April 2022.
- 26 May 2022
- 9 May 2022
Hello, Network Law Review!
I am thrilled to announce Le Concurrentialiste is becoming the Network Law Review. When I created Le Concurrentialiste back in April 2012, I was still a student in Paris.
- 3 May 2022
Reading suggestions – April 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in April 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 28 April 2022
What to make of “business models eat law”
Codex Future Law 2022 conference has been fantastic in several respects. The world’s top experts in computational law gathered on the campus of Stanford University for several days to talk about computational contracts, contract…
- 1 April 2022
Reading suggestions – March 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in January 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 31 March 2022
Tips to write a great master thesis (in law)
My objective with this video is to help you score a good grade for your master’s thesis or a final paper. I have about 30 tips for you. Now, sorry to disappoint you already, but there is no magic.
- 21 March 2022
The Future of Blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 17 March 2022
How to regulate blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 16 March 2022
Competition policy and antitrust law in Biden’s blockchain executive order
If you were still doubting the interaction between blockchain and antitrust is promising, Joe Biden just made it obvious. On March 9, 2022, President Biden released an executive order on “ensuring responsible development of…
- 15 March 2022
An overview of blockchain-related litigation (USA – 2010 to 2021)
In April 2020, I published an article exploring the past decade of blockchain litigation. I have some updated numbers to share with you for the period 2010 to 2021 (included).
- 14 March 2022
Law + technology (blockchain + antitrust)
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 10 March 2022
Blockchain and merger control
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 7 March 2022
Complexity-Minded Antitrust
Nicolas Petit and I are delighted to present you with our newest article, “Complexity-Minded Antitrust”. Here is the abstract: Complexity science is widely used across the policy spectrum but not in antitrust.
- 7 March 2022
Blockchain and monopolization
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 5 March 2022
Algorithmic collusion in just one graphic
The OECD defines algorithmic collusion as the practice whereby firms use algorithms “as a facilitating factor for collusion” in order to “enable new forms of co-ordination that were not observed or even possible before.”
- 5 March 2022
Reading suggestions – February 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in January 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 3 March 2022
Blockchain power
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 28 February 2022
Collusion using blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 24 February 2022
Collusion within blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 21 February 2022
Blockchain governance
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 17 February 2022
Blockchain is not a firm
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 14 February 2022
Blockchain antitrust: the dynamics
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the video transcripts over here.
- 10 February 2022
Blockchain decentralization
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the transcripts over here.
- 7 February 2022
What Darwin can teach us about blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the transcripts over here.
- 3 February 2022
Understanding blockchain in just 7 minutes
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the transcripts over here.
- 1 February 2022
Reading suggestions – January 2022
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in January 2022. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 31 January 2022
History of Blockchain
I am delighted to publish a 15-video series dedicated to my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization formula”. You can access all the chapters over here, and all the transcripts over here.
- 10 January 2022
Blockchain + The Law
I am delighted to be announcing a new conference entitled “Blockchain + The Law”, to be held on February 3 (online). We have quite a fantastic lineup if you ask me, see for yourself (below), and be sure to join us 🚀. — Thibault…
- 30 December 2021
Reading suggestions – December 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in December 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 30 November 2021
Reading suggestions – November 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in November 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 29 November 2021
“How should antitrust agencies approach AI?” (an article written by a very special guest)
AI is a rapidly evolving technology that will have an increasing, and possibly overwhelming, impact on consumers, markets, and the economy.
- 22 November 2021
Stanford CodeX Computational Antitrust first annual conference
I am thrilled to announce the very 1st edition of the Stanford CodeX Computational Antitrust Project annual conference. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers waiting for you to discuss antitrust 3.0.
- 12 November 2021
A conversation with Bill Kovacic
Yesterday, I had the great pleasure to discuss ongoing antitrust evolutions with Bill Kovacic, Professor of Competition Law at GW, Non-Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority, and Former Chair of the Federal…
- 4 November 2021
Reading suggestions – October 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in October 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 27 October 2021
A report for the European Commission on smart contracts
At the initial request of the European Parliament, the European Commission asked me to write a report on smart contracts’ legal environment.
- 14 October 2021
Book your introduction to blockchain antitrust
You work for an antitrust agency (anywhere in the world!) and you would like me to introduce #blockchainantitrust to your team? Send me an email at schrepel @ stanford.edu; happy to schedule a lecture with you. All the best…
- 6 October 2021
“Blockchain + Antitrust” is now available
“Blockchain + Antitrust” is officially out. The hardcover version is for sale on all platforms (Book Depository, Elgar, Amazon, Barnes, Thriftbooks...), and you can access the digital version in open-access at…
- 5 October 2021
Reading suggestions – September 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in September 2021.
- 21 September 2021
Blockchain + Antitrust: The Video
Here is a video I made to promote “Blockchain + Antitrust: The Decentralization Formula”.
- 7 September 2021
Blockchain + Antitrust
Dear all, I’m beyond thrilled to announce that my book, “Blockchain + Antitrust”, is coming out later this month. I explore the relationship between blockchain and antitrust in it, analyze all existing cases, highlight the mutual…
- 30 August 2021
Reading suggestions – August 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in August 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 1 August 2021
Reading suggestions – July 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in July 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 30 July 2021
Antitrust Jukebox #1 — Video highlights
Last June, Nicolas Petit and I organized what appears to be the first edition of the Antitrust Jukebox. We invited six of our friends — Anna Tzanaki, Babette Boliek, Bill Kovacic, Michelle Connolly, Okeoghene Odudu, Pablo Ibáñez…
- 30 June 2021
Reading suggestions – June 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in June 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 31 May 2021
Antitrust Jukebox: three (very) unique webinars
Nicolas Petit and I are pleased to welcome you to the Antitrust Jukebox. During three (very) unique webinars, we will question our (very) special guests on their top 3 academic articles ever written, their top 3 advice to young…
- 31 May 2021
Reading suggestions – May 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in May 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on Twitter…
- 25 May 2021
A concrete proposal to improve the DMA
A few weeks ago, Nicolas Petit kindly invited me to discuss the Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) at the European University Institute. I had prepared one slide for my presentation (above).
- 20 May 2021
Digital Markets Act: a conservative piece of regulation
The Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) is a complex piece of regulation. It includes some great ideas (as tackling predatory innovation) while being surprisingly conservative (defined as “the wish to resist great or sudden change” by…
- 13 May 2021
A list of open-access resources to learn computer science
With each passing day, our societies become a little more digital. In this context, I decided to list free access resources to learn the fundamentals of computer science (basic programming, artificial intelligence, blockchain…
- 30 April 2021
Reading suggestions – April 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in April 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 8 April 2021
Documenting computer science resources for social scientists
Dear all, I have created this short Google form to document open-access resources that could help social scientists (lawyers, economists, political scientists, psychologists...) learn (about) computer science (broadly speaking…
- 31 March 2021
Reading suggestions – March 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in March 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 22 March 2021
Why “future proof” regulation is a bad idea
One day, we will be in a position to develop evolutive regulation. The law will modify on “its own” using different machine learning systems adapting to their environment.
- 15 March 2021
“Control = liability”: exploring Section 230, the DSA, Big Tech, Wikipedia and Blockchains
Control equals liability. Anyone who controls an area, product, or service—whether physical or digital—is responsible for what happens there (or with it). There are some exceptions to this rule, but the principle remains.
- 1 March 2021
New podcast: Stanford Computational Antitrust
I am thrilled to be introducing our new podcast. 🎙 Link: https://taplink.cc/stanfordcomputationalantitrust The Stanford Computational Antitrust podcast explores how computational tools impact antitrust analyses and procedures.
- 1 March 2021
Reading suggestions – February 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in February 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 1 February 2021
Reading suggestions – January 2021
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in January 2021. As I tend to favor the active sharing of open-source publications, you can follow me on…
- 28 January 2021
Competing with new combinations: the case of DALL·E
In early January 2021, OpenAI introduced DALL·E, a trained neural network “that creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language.”
- 18 January 2021
“Computational Antitrust”
I am pleased to be introducing the Computational Antitrust project at Stanford University’s CodeX Center (visit the website). The project gathers over 40 antitrust agencies and 30 scholars.
- 30 December 2020
Reading suggestions – December 2020
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in December 2020. As I tend to favor open-source publications and active sharing, you may follow me on…
- 30 November 2020
Reading suggestions – November 2020
This post features my latest reading suggestions based on the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in November 2020. As I tend to favor open-source publications and active sharing, you may follow me on…
- 9 November 2020
Resources for antitrust law students
Over the last couple of months, I’ve published several articles and chronicles with the hope that they could benefit antitrust (U.S.) and competition law (E.U.) students (as well as the community?!).
- 2 November 2020
Reading suggestions – October 2020
You’ll find below the academic papers and press articles that I enjoyed reading in October 2020. You can follow me on Twitter (@LeConcurrential) or LinkedIn (here) if you want to find out about similar articles on a more regular…
- 13 October 2020
Newsletters for antitrust law enthusiasts
Last year, I published a list of podcasts for antitrust law enthusiasts. I am pleased to be posting a new list, this time around, about newsletters.
- 1 October 2020
Reading suggestions – September 2020
Please find below the papers and articles that I enjoyed reading in September 2020. You can follow me on Twitter (@LeConcurrential) or LinkedIn (here) if you want to find out about similar articles on a more regular basis.
- 8 September 2020
Antitrust law professors’ favorite articles
Last year, I asked European professors of competition law to list their three favorite articles ever written in the field (they’re here). Today, I am delighted to be publishing the American counterpart.
- 31 August 2020
Links of August 2020
Please find below the papers and articles that I enjoyed reading in August 2020. You can follow me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential if you want to find out about similar articles on a more regular basis.
- 31 July 2020
Links of July 2020
Please find below the papers and articles that I enjoyed reading in July 2020. Surprisingly good for the summer period. You can follow me on Twitter at @ProfSchrepel if you want to find out about similar articles on a more…
- 27 July 2020
Google, Facebook, and Amazon are no platforms
It’s been a while since I wanted to write about Ben Thompson’s aggregation theory because it has significant implications for antitrust law. Today is the day I’m finally doing it. Yay.
- 16 July 2020
“Blockchain Code as Antitrust” in video
Dear all, Vitalik and I are very pleased to present you with this 12-minute video discussing (part of) our article entitled “Blockchain Code as Antitrust”. Thank you for watching!
- 2 July 2020
A dialogue between Darwin and a blockchain
One day, Darwin encountered a young public permissionless blockchain. Here is the transcript of their conversation (all Darwin’s quotes are directly taken from his book, “On the Origin of Species”)…
- 30 June 2020
Links of June 2020
Please find below the papers and articles that I enjoyed reading in June 2020. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 23 June 2020
A brief history of Article 102 TFEU
Today, the Bundesgerichtshof (German Federal Court of Justice) has sided with the Bundeskartellamt against Facebook (see). By doing so, the Court has deemed the absence of causality link between Facebook’s size on the market and…
- 8 June 2020
The antitrust literature of the 2010s
In March, I launched a survey to document the most essential antitrust literature of the 2010s. As I said at the time, my objective was to build a database of the most valuable antitrust/competition law academic papers published…
- 2 June 2020
Links of May 2020
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed reading in May 2020. I don’t recall having read so many good ones in a single month. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 28 May 2020
The first case of “blockchain antitrust”: Gallagher v. Bitcointalk.org
We often talk about “history books” as if such things still existed, or mattered. Oh well, for what it’s worth, let me discuss the first (U.S.) case of blockchain antitrust.
- 18 May 2020
NEW ARTICLE: “Blockchain Code as Antitrust” (co-authored with Vitalik Buterin)
I am absolutely delighted to let you know about the publication of a new article I co-authored with Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of the Ethereum): “Blockchain Code as Antitrust”.
- 30 April 2020
Links of April 2020
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of April 2020. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 27 April 2020
Analyzing one decade of blockchain litigation
Blockchain was first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto with her/his/their article “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” published on October 31, 2008 (although... interestingly enough, Satoshi Nakamoto never used the word…
- 14 April 2020
Libra: A Concentrate of “Blockchain Antitrust”
Blockchain antitrust is a fascinating subject. The number of cases is rising (I will discuss that shortly), and antitrust agencies are slowly but surely starting to devote resources to the topic.
- 31 March 2020
Links of March 2020
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of March 2020. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 2 March 2020
Links of February 2020
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of February 2020. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. There’s more than usual.
- 28 February 2020
The “Theory of Granularity” in videos
Video #1: Understanding the theory of the firm as used in antitrust law In this video, I explain what the “theory of the firm” is, and its importance for modern antitrust and competition law.
- 24 February 2020
- 14 February 2020
The subject of “predatory innovation” in the Google hearing (T-621/17)
It all started on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. ALL? The (first) Google hearing, of course. It has been a long wait, but hopefully worth it.
- 8 February 2020
Blockchain-based collusion, NOT algorithmic collusion
I am pleased that my article entitled “The Fundamental Unimportance of Algorithmic Collusion for Antitrust Law” as just been published at the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology website.
- 3 February 2020
Video #3: What is the theory of granularity?
Again, for more information, you may read my article entitled “The Theory of Granularity: A Path for Antitrust in Blockchain Ecosystems“(freely accessible on SSRN). Thank you for watching.
- 31 January 2020
Links of January 2020
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of January 2020. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 27 January 2020
- 20 January 2020
- 14 January 2020
NEW ARTICLE: “The Theory of Granularity”: Blockchain & Antitrust
Following months of (d̶o̶u̶b̶t̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶b̶u̶s̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶h̶e̶a̶d̶) research, I am very pleased to share my latest article: “The Theory of Granularity: A Path for Antitrust in Blockchain Ecosystems”.
- 30 December 2019
Links of December 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of December 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 27 December 2019
Most data doesn’t pre-exist = it can’t be used for payment or exchange
This post is a response to John’s response to my post entitled “Why you are not paying with your data” (that’s confusing!). I am publishing it on December 27th to make sure that John is away and can’t criticize it further (<…
- 20 December 2019
Repeal Continental Can
In a world in which competition agencies would always rely on empirical evidence, I would be teaching the following to my students: when agencies investigate potential abuses of dominant positions, they are required to show (1) a…
- 16 December 2019
Understanding the Zero-Price Economy: We’re the Producers, Not the Consumers
Understanding zero-price markets has never been more important. With the FTC reportedly weighing whether to block Facebook’s plans to integrate its various apps, and various investigations underway across the globe, more scrutiny…
- 10 December 2019
Why you are not paying with your data
Conferences are full of buzz words and gimmicks. In 2019, two of them are trending: “data is the new oil”, and... “you are paying with your data”. The first has been debunked by my friend Alec Stapp, see here.
- 2 December 2019
Links of November 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of November 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 12 November 2019
Anarchy, State, and Blockchain Utopia
Imagine a space in which the Rule of Law does not have the same prevalence it has in the real space. Imagine a space where fundamental rights are created and enforced by the technology, a space in which your rights are absolute…
- 31 October 2019
Links of October 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of October 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 16 October 2019
Dynamic Competition and Online Platforms: join us in Paris on Dec. 4, 2019
This conference entitled Dynamic Competition and Online Platforms: Evaluating Recent Government Reports will be held in Paris on December 4 and will have for focus to examine the merits and drawbacks of the spate of recent…
- 8 October 2019
Retooling antitrust law for digital markets
I was recently invited by Concurrences (thank you!) at the French Parliament to assess the need to retool antitrust law for digital issues.
- 30 September 2019
Links of September 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of September 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 23 September 2019
A conversation with Vernon L. Smith
I am very pleased to add one Nobel laureate to my “Antitrust Conversations”: Vernon L. Smith. Vernon has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2002 for “having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical…
- 9 September 2019
Competition law academics’ favourite articles
I asked European academics (and friends) specializing in competition law to send me the list of their three favourite articles ever written in the field, and to explain their choice.
- 2 September 2019
Links of August 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of August 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 19 August 2019
Heuristic antitrust
In Thinking, Fast and Slow (2013), Daniel Kahneman (Nobel recipient, 2002) devotes a chapter to what he calls “heuristic questions.” See for yourself: “A remarkable aspect of your mental life is that you are rarely stumped.
- 12 August 2019
Candid impressions from a trip in the heart of the Brazilian antitrust scene
I spent last week in Brazil, where I was invited by the International Chamber of Commerce to discuss blockchain and antitrust. The event has been very informative, a great success!
- 31 July 2019
Links of July 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of July 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 25 July 2019
“Antitrust Without Romance” in videos
Friends, over the last several weeks, I’ve discussed my article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” using videos. It has been a fun (and weird) experience.
- 22 July 2019
- 15 July 2019
Antitrust law is not a statement
Here’s the seventh and final video of the series dealing with the article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here). This post discusses a simple idea: antitrust law is not a statement.
- 8 July 2019
The redesign of antitrust authorities
Here’s the sixth video of my series dealing with the article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here). This post discusses the invisible hand; not the one of Adam Smith, but the one protecting top…
- 1 July 2019
Links of June 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of June 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 1 July 2019
State-owned enterprises and the de facto protection by antitrust agencies
Here’s the fifth video of my mini-series dealing with the article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over). This post discusses the independence of antitrust agencies.
- 24 June 2019
Antitrust and moral concepts: recipe for a (very) bad soup
Here’s the fourth video of my series dealing with the article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here). This post discusses the use of moral concepts in antitrust law, and I’ll take fairness as an example…
- 17 June 2019
The newest trend in antitrust: focusing on the small picture
Here’s the third video of the short mini-series dealing with my article entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here).
- 10 June 2019
Populism at antitrust agencies
Here’s the second video of the short miniseries dealing with my most recent article, “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here).
- 3 June 2019
Antitrust needs public choice
Friends, I’m glad to introduce a series of short videos dealing with my most recent article, “Antitrust Without Romance” (to be downloaded over here).
- 3 June 2019
Links of May 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of May 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 28 May 2019
Antitrust Without Romance
I have the distinct pleasure of introducing my newest working paper entitled “Antitrust Without Romance” in which I discuss the extent to which the romantics are taking over antitrust law.
- 10 May 2019
Beware the unfair use of behavioral insights by antitrust agencies (a story of Google and the European Commission)
Let’s play a game: I pretend to write the script of a movie, and you tell me which movie that could be. OK, here we go…
- 30 April 2019
Links of April 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of April 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 15 April 2019
Podcasts for antitrust law enthusiasts [updated in 2024]
Here is a list of all podcasts (I listen to) antitrust law enthusiasts may enjoy—whether to get new information or bold ideas to change the world. There is no particular order... unless there is a spontaneous one... 😉…
- 1 April 2019
Links of March 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of March 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. Learn about them on a more regular basis by following me on Twitter at @LeConcurrential.
- 20 March 2019
Podcast: three episodes on “blockchain and antitrust”
I had the honor of participating in Professor Caron Beaton-Wells’ terrific podcast, Competition Lore. We talked at length about blockchain antitrust.
- 28 February 2019
Links of February 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of February 2019. Mostly antitrust-related, but not limited to it. General antitrust: Private Enforcement (CPI) Europe Needs Competition More Than Industrial Giants…
- 20 February 2019
BOOK: Predatory innovation in antitrust law
Published by Bruylant (Larcier), it contains 661 pages of declarations of love (in French) to competition law, plus a foreword by Philippe Aghion.
- 14 February 2019
The Very Best of Petit manuel (irrévérencieux) d’économie
Voici le troisième article de notre série “The Very Best of” dans laquelle j’extrais le “meilleur” de livres traitant de problématiques concurrentielles dans le but de vous les présenter avec les mots de l’auteur.
- 31 January 2019
Links of January 2019
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of January 2019. Mostly antitrust, but not limited to it. General antitrust: Behavioral Antitrust (CPI) Geo-blocking of Audio-visual Services in the EU: Gone with the…
- 14 January 2019
Collusion by Blockchain and Smart Contracts
I am very pleased to finally introduce my second article on the subject of blockchain and antitrust/competition law: “Collusion by Blockchain and Smart Contracts”.
- 10 January 2019
Workshop: Smart data and Competition Law
It is said that data is the new oil; that competition is (partially) dead because big data creates barriers to entry to the digital markets, preventing companies from effectively competing with tech giants.
- 28 December 2018
Links of December 2018
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of December 2018. Mostly antitrust, but not limited to it. General antitrust: Reinvigorating Criminal Antitrust?
- 3 December 2018
Links of November 2018
Please find below the articles that I enjoyed during the month of November 2018. Mostly antitrust, but not limited to it. General antitrust: Competition law should remain focused on consumer welfare (ACCC) Quality considerations…
- 19 November 2018
The (coming) Amazon probe proves antitrust hipsters to be wrong
Antitrust hipsters – or Neo-Brandeisians, as self-proclaimed – have been playing on fears (“be very afraid,” OK?) for the past two years or so.
- 2 November 2018
The Very Best of “Radical Markets”
Here is the second article in our series “The Very Best Of” following a first installment about The Antitrust Religion. As a quick reminder, this new series aims at taking the “best” extracts from books dealing with competition…
- 31 October 2018
Links of October 2018
Please find below the links that I enjoyed during the month of October 2018. Mostly antitrust, but not limited to it. In no particular order: Quality considerations in digital zero-price markets (OECD) Pricing Algorithms (CMA)…
- 1 October 2018
Links of September 2018
Please find below the links that I enjoyed during the month September 2018. Mostly antitrust, but not limited to it. In no particular order: High Time for Rhyme and Reason (Philip Marsden) Requiem for a Paradox: The Dubious Rise…
- 11 September 2018
BOOK: Predatory innovation in antitrust law
Published by Bruylant (Larcier), it contains 661 pages of declarations of love (in French) to competition law, plus a preface by Philippe Aghion (here in French).
- 18 July 2018
The European Commission is undermining R&D and innovation: here’s how to change it
Regardless of which standard you want to apply to competition law – consumer welfare, total welfare, hipster or redneck antitrust – it’s never good when competition/antitrust agencies are undermining innovation.
- 16 July 2018
Ohio v. American Express: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down what may prove to be the single most important antitrust decision of this decade. For the laissez-faire crowd, Ohio v. American Express was a resounding victory.
- 11 June 2018
Blockchain Antitrust
We often hear that the end is near, that we’re all going to die (Keynes / Steven Spielberg’s movie) and that technology (especially robots) is leading us to our end.
- 3 May 2018
NEW antitrust conversations with Nobel laureates
I’ve questioned three other Nobel laureates – Michael Spence, Alvin Roth, and Robert Aumann – on some “hot topics” covering antitrust law, including merger control, cartels, the politicization of the law, behavioral economics…
- 27 April 2018
The Very Best of The Antitrust Religion
Here is the first article of a new series on Concurrentialiste Review in which I summarize books on antitrust law – not by writing an analysis myself, but by taking the “best” extracts from them.
- 17 April 2018
Thibault Schrepel wins the “Academic Excellence Award”
Thibault Schrepel, founder of the Revue Concurrentialiste and Research Associate at the University Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne), has won the “Academic Excellence Award” last week which rewards “an academic competition specialist…
- 1 March 2018
Three antitrust conversations with Nobel laureates in Economics
I have interviewed them (and others, to be published in the coming months) to understand how useful their work could be to antitrust law. Given the rigor and importance of their body of work, antitrust scholars, lawyers…
- 12 February 2018
GCR Academic Excellence Award: VOTE THIBAULT!
Vote now for the GCR Awards 2018: category “Academic Excellence” Dear readers, It’s a great honor for me, I have just been nominated in the “Academic Excellence Awards” of GCR (along with some of the best academics).
- 1 February 2018
A new test to eradicate predatory innovation (and non-price strategies)
In this paper, I explain how to improve the very famous “no economic sense test” in order to deal with predatory innovation and other practices unrelated to price.
- 17 January 2018
Concurrentialiste Welcomes a Co-author: John Newman
I am very pleased to be joining Thibault Schrepel as a co-author of Le Concurrentialiste. Since we are interested in many of the same areas—particularly the intersection of technology, design, and antitrust—I do not foresee…
- 11 December 2017
How to kill innovation
It’s Christmas time, it’s time for a little humor (isn’t it?! no? really? oh comonn!). Yeah, innovation is overrated (...). Competition authorities should kill it, here are the ten forty commandments on how to process (on how…
- 6 November 2017
The “Better Deal”: Neither Better Nor a Deal
Download our article freely: HERE I am very pleased to introduce a new paper entitled “The Democrats’ “Better Deal” is Neither Better Nor a Deal” that Dan Crane (Michigan Law) and I have co-wrote.
- 6 July 2017
Predatory Innovation: what it is + which rules to catch it
Predatory innovation had been my Ph.D. topic and here is the first article explaining in such details WHAT IS PREDATORY INNOVATION and which practices should be condemned as such.
- 27 June 2017
Google v. European Commission (June 27, 2017): the first 10 lessons
June 27, 2017, will be remembered in the world of antitrust. The European Commission has just fined Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service (link…
- 31 May 2017
Antitrust Conversations with Dennis W. Carlton (Chicago) & Guillaume Loriot (DG Comp)
In the first one, we talked about economists’ influence on antitrust law, the opposition between the rule of law and regulation, the development of the tying doctrine, the importance given to market shares as well as the growing…
- 15 May 2017
Here’s why algorithms are NOT (really) a thing
You have probably noticed that algorithms are the new black in the antitrust world. As I pointed out last year, writing about “big data” was fashionable in 2015 and 2016, but things have changed, algorithms are now KINGS.
- 2 May 2017
Résultats de la « Grande Consultation » de droit de la concurrence
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Grande Consultation de droit de la concurrence conduite par Dr. Thibault Schrepel, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2017…
- 29 March 2017
Petit précis sur l’ « innovation prédatrice » à l’usage des dirigeants d’entreprises
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, Petit précis sur l’ « innovation prédatrice » à l’usage des dirigeants d’entreprises, Revue Libellio d’AEGIS, Vol. 13, n° 1, pp. 131-139 (2017)…
- 13 March 2017
La “Grande Consultation” de droit de la concurrence
Chers lecteurs, je suis heureux d’introduire la première “Grande Consultation” de droit de la concurrence. Souvent décrit comme étant un droit ésotérique et technocratique, nous avons pensé que donner la parole au plus grand…
- 15 February 2017
Analyses statistiques de l’effet des sanctions prononcées par l’Autorité de la concurrence sur la réputation des entreprises – et sur elle-même!
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, Analyses statistiques de l’effet des sanctions prononcées par l’Autorité de la concurrence sur la réputation des entreprises – et sur elle-même !, Revue…
- 2 February 2017
Une nouvelle règle de raison pour les marchés technologiques
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR ACCÉDER À L’ARTICLE Chers lecteurs, Je suis heureux de vous présenter mon dernier article qui paraît aujourd’hui à la Suffolk University Law Review: lien vers l’article.
- 9 January 2017
Regard d’un prix Nobel d’économie sur la politique concurrentielle (par Thibault Schrepel)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, Regard d’un prix Nobel d’économie sur la politique concurrentielle, Revue Concurrentialiste, Janvier 2017…
- 31 October 2016
The “Berkeley School of Antitrust”
A limited academic circle recognizes the honor of having a “school of thought” named after it, yet it remains an enviable distinction. The substantial body of academic work on innovation in antitrust law, authored by professors…
- 20 July 2016
L’activité de l’Autorité de la concurrence en matière de nouvelles technologies
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, L’activité de l’Autorité de la concurrence en matière de nouvelles technologies, Juillet 2016…
- 6 May 2016
Applying the Neo-Chicago School’s framework to high-tech markets
The “antitrust law community” loves to argue over which school of thoughts is the best suited to the New Economy. And indeed, it’s a lot of fun.
- 1 February 2016
U.S. cases: “product redesign” as anti-competitive strategy
This post is from our series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: « Let’s Stat ».
- 25 September 2015
Chart: Huawei v. ZTE (ECJ, 16 July 2015)
Le Concurrentialiste is very pleased to present you our very first “understand a case by looking at a chart,” or something like that. The first case under the spotlight is Huawei v. ZTE (C‐170/13), which was settled by the…
- 10 June 2015
Les fonds souverains de brevets: course à l’armement
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, Les fonds souverains de brevets: course à l’armement, Revue Concurrentialiste, Juin 2015…
- 2 June 2015
Antitrust Letter #23
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release analyzes major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 20 May 2015
La doctrine Colgate et les alternatives aux accords de prix de revente imposés (Jarod Bona)
Cet article a été écrit et publié sur le site Internet de Jarod Bona, The Antitrust Attorney (lien) Sa traduction a été effectuée par Morgan Carbonnel créateur du Concurrentialiste The original english version of this article…
- 24 April 2015
Antitrust Letter #22
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release analyzes major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 17 April 2015
China Antitrust Review 2014 and Perspectives for 2015 and Beyond
Download the article over here This article was written by Nathalie Boué, lawyer and professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law (Tokyo, Japan campus) and Sorbonne-Assas International Law School (Singapore campus).
- 10 April 2015
The investigations in the food retail sector and the standard of proof for per se infringements
This article was written by Valentin Mircea (PhD in Antitrust Law). Valentin was a Board Member of the Romanian Competition Council and later on its Vice-President.
- 23 March 2015
Antitrust Letter #21
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release analyzes major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 13 March 2015
Le Concurrentialiste joins the iLINC network of Strategic Partners
Le Concurrentialiste is happy to announce that it is joining the iLINC Strategic Network Partners team. What is it? iLINC is the European Network of Law Incubators.
- 20 February 2015
Antitrust Letter #20
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release analyzes major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 2 February 2015
Friedrich Hayek’s Contribution to Antitrust Law and Its Modern Application
Le Concurrentialiste is pleased to announce the publication of a new article by one of its creator, Thibault Schrepel, in the annual review of Queen Mary University of London, the Global Antitrust Review.
- 26 January 2015
L’innovation de rupture: de nouveaux défis pour le droit de la concurrence
Je suis heureux de vous annoncer la publication d’un nouvel article à la Revue Lamy de la concurrence, numéro 1/2015 (janvier-mars). Intitulé “L’innovation de rupture: de nouveaux défis pour le droit de la concurrence », cet…
- 15 January 2015
Antitrust Letter – The Year 2014
Antitrust Letter(s) – The Year 2014: click here (in french and english) Dear Readers, Le Concurrentialiste is pleased to offer you this article bringing together all of the Antitrust Letter(s) published during the year 2014.
- 13 January 2015
Antitrust Letter #19
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 13 January 2015
Antitrust Letter #18
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 13 January 2015
Antitrust Letter #17
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 31 October 2014
Patent privateering, or patents as weapons (in english)
This article was the subject of a first publication at the Centre for Policy Studies, to whom I extend my warmest thanks. Please find a PDF version of this paper at this link: PDF version…
- 28 October 2014
Antitrust Letter #16
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 26 September 2014
Antitrust Letter #15
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 10 September 2014
Nouveau Commissaire européen à la Concurrence: Margrethe Vestager
La liste des commissaires européens sous la présidence de Jean-Claude Juncker vient d’être dévoilée. Margrethe Vestager sera le prochain Commissaire européen à la Concurrence.
- 1 September 2014
Cinq conseils relatifs au droit de la concurrence américain pour les entreprises étrangères
Cet article a été écrit et publié sur le site Internet de Jarod Bona, The Antitrust Attorney (lien) Sa traduction a été effectuée par Thibault Schrepel, créateur du Concurrentialiste The original english version of this article…
- 19 August 2014
Antitrust Letter #14
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 25 July 2014
Les brevets: un mal nécessaire? Étude d’une possible remise en cause
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, Les brevets: un mal nécessaire? Étude d’une possible remise en cause, Revue Concurrentialiste, Juillet 2014…
- 19 July 2014
Antitrust Letter #13
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 17 July 2014
La Federal Trade Commission est-elle libertarienne? (par Jarod Bona)
Cet article a été écrit et publié sur le site Internet de Jarod Bona, The Antitrust Attorney (lien) Sa traduction a été effectuée par Thibault Schrepel, créateur du Concurrentialiste The original english version of this paper…
- 26 June 2014
“Predatory practices” in U.S. antitrust cases
This post is from our series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 20 June 2014
Antitrust Letter #12
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 19 May 2014
Nespresso s’engage: le droit de la concurrence l’emporte-t-il? Pas vraiment!
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Concurrentialiste, Nespresso s’engage: le droit de la concurrence l’emporte-t-il? Pas vraiment !, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2014…
- 16 May 2014
Antitrust Letter #11
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 7 May 2014
European Commission’s Annual Reports by the numbers
This post is from our new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 23 April 2014
“Behavioral economics” in U.S. (antitrust) scholarly papers
This post is from our new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 14 April 2014
Antitrust Letter #10
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 3 April 2014
La procédure de règlement par transaction devant la Commission européenne
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, La procédure de règlement par transaction devant la Commission européenne, Revue Concurrentialiste, Avril 2014…
- 12 March 2014
Antitrust Letter #9
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 3 March 2014
“Disruptive innovation”: statistical comparison between cases and scholarly papers
This post is from our new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 25 February 2014
The “interoperability” issue in U.S. antitrust scholar papers
This post is from our new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 13 February 2014
Antitrust Letter #8
The “Antitrust Letter” is a monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal precedents…
- 10 February 2014
The Microsoft case by the numbers: comparison between U.S. and E.U.
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, The Microsoft case by the numbers: comparison between U.S. and E.U., Revue Concurrentialiste, February 2014…
- 3 February 2014
“Reverse payment settlement”: statistical comparison between cases and research papers
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, “Reverse payment settlement”: statistical comparison between cases and research papers, Revue Concurrentialiste, February 2014…
- 27 January 2014
“FRAND”: statistical comparison between cases and research papers
This post stems from our new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”.
- 22 January 2014
Les programmes de fidélité enfreignent-ils le droit de la concurrence? (Jarod Bona)
Cet article est publié en partenariat avec The Antitrust Attorney. Il a été écrit par Jarod Bona. Jarod est avocat of counsel à DLA Piper, diplomé cum laude de la Harvard Law School en 2001.
- 14 January 2014
“Patent troll”: statistical comparison between cases and research papers
This post introduces a new series dedicated to statistical analyses of antitrust law. We called it: “Let’s Stat”. Methodology: We entered the keywords “patent troll” on the Papers SSRN search engine, as well as on WestLaw (for…
- 14 January 2014
Nouvelle édition de l’ouvrage « Droit de la concurrence interne et européen », Pr. Malaurie-Vignal
Veuillez trouver une courte présentation du nouvel ouvrage de Madame le Professeur Marie Malaurie-Vignal, membre du Comité Scientifique du Concurrentialiste.
- 10 January 2014
Antitrust Letter #7
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 9 December 2013
Antitrust Letter #6
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 12 November 2013
Antitrust Letter #5
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 31 October 2013
Parution du troisième numéro du Concurrentialiste
(suivez-nous sur Twitter: lien) Chers lecteurs, Le troisième numéro de la revue du Concurrentialiste est disponible: lien Ce numéro est l’occasion d’annoncer la venue de deux nouveaux membres au sein de notre Comité Scientifique…
- 18 October 2013
Les programmes de conformité au droit de la concurrence (seconde partie)
Cette partie élabore un guide pratique de la mise en oeuvre des programmes de conformité (I), avant de s’intéresser à leur pertinence en comparant les avantages dont peut bénéficier l’entreprise aux risques qui en découlent (II).
- 14 October 2013
Les programmes de conformité au droit de la concurrence (première partie)
1. – Nul n’est censé ignorer la compliance? (1) L’interrogation semble légitime tant la compliance occupe une place importante dans le débat juridique en Europe depuis la dernière décennie (2).
- 8 October 2013
Antitrust Letter #4
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 16 September 2013
L’entreprise face au risque concurrentiel: analyse des principaux dangers liés aux pratiques anticoncurrentielles
1. Propos liminaires – Si le risque est omniprésent dans nos sociétés, on se rend compte qu’il recouvre des réalités différentes selon qu’il est étudié du point de vue scientifique, philosophique, politique, économique ou encore…
- 4 September 2013
Antitrust Letter #3
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 9 August 2013
Antitrust Letter #2
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 8 July 2013
Antitrust Letter #1
The “Antitrust Letter” is a new monthly series of articles written in french and english by founding member Thibault Schrepel. Each month’s release will analyze major changes within United States antitrust law and legal…
- 31 May 2013
Le bien-être du consommateur, une rencontre possible entre juriste et économiste? (Pr. Marie Malaurie-Vignal)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Marie Malaurie-Vignal, Le bien-être du consommateur, une rencontre possible entre juriste et économiste ?, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 27 May 2013
L’apport de Milton Friedman au droit de la concurrence (Thibault Schrepel)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Thibault Schrepel, L’apport de Milton Friedman au droit de la concurrence, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 24 May 2013
Point de vue économique sur la concurrence (Pr. Christian Bialès)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Christian Bialès, Point de vue économique sur la concurrence, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 20 May 2013
L’influence de la théorie économique du crime sur la politique répressive des autorités concurrentielles (J.L. Jaumard)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Jean-Loup Jaumard, L’influence de la théorie économique du crime sur la politique répressive des autorités concurrentielles, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 17 May 2013
Le droit d’auteur en France: un monopole menacé? (Me. Brad Spitz)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Brad Spitz, Le droit d’auteur en France: un monopole menacé ?, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 13 May 2013
L’innovation et son partage: finalité économique commune des droits de la propriété intellectuelle et de la concurrence (Pr. Edith Blary-Clément)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Edith Blary-Clément, L’innovation et son partage: finalité économique commune des droits de la propriété intellectuelle et de la concurrence, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2013…
- 13 May 2013
Le droit de la concurrence et l’analyse économique
Le 29 avril 2012, Le Concurrentialiste publiait son tout premier article avec le désir de proposer à ses lecteurs un espace d’échange entre les différents acteurs du droit de la concurrence.
- 1 April 2013
À l’horizon: une grande réforme du droit anglais de la concurrence. Faudrait-il larguer les amarres?
Le gouvernement britannique a récemment présenté les quelques points d’une très importante réforme à venir en droit de la concurrence. Si de nombreuses améliorations concrètes sont envisagées, d’autres points peuvent laisser plus…
- 28 February 2013
Le deuxième numéro de la revue Le Concurrentialiste est disponible
Lien vers le deuxième numéro du Concurrentialiste Chers lecteurs, C’est avec grand plaisir que nous vous proposons un nouveau numéro de la revue Le Concurrentialiste.
- 22 February 2013
Le droit de la distribution en France et en Europe: questions de concurrence (vidéos)
Le Concurrentialiste vous l’avait annoncé, s’est tenu le 21 novembre dernier un colloque organisé par le Master 2 Droit des contrats et de la concurrence de Versailles en partenariat avec la Laboratoire DANTE.
- 4 February 2013
En Europe comme aux Etats-Unis, le temps n’est pas à la liberté des entreprises
Le 31 janvier dernier, la section Antitrust du DOJ (« United States Department of Justice ») a officiellement interdit l’acquisition du groupe Modelo par Anheuser-Busch InBev, deux géants de la bière (1).
- 19 December 2012
Pièces détachées automobiles: la capitulation du droit et la victoire du libéralisme économique (Pr. Malaurie-Vignal)
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Marie Malaurie-Vignal, Pièces détachées automobiles: la capitulation du droit et la victoire du libéralisme économique, Revue Concurrentialiste, Décembre 2012…
- 30 November 2012
De l’opportunité de la reconnaissance du « passing-on defence » pour les consommateurs victimes
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Jean-Loup Jaumard, De l’opportunité de la reconnaissance du « passing-on defence » pour les consommateurs victimes, Revue Concurrentialiste, Novembre 2012…
- 29 October 2012
Canal Plus et le Conseil Constitutionnel: le droit de la concurrence s’en souviendra
Le 30 août 2006, le ministre de l’Économie, après avis favorable du Conseil de la concurrence, autorisait la prise de contrôle de TPS et CanalSatellite par les groupes Canal Plus et Vivendi.
- 25 October 2012
Colloque: “Le droit de la distribution en France et en Europe: questions de concurrence” (21 novembre 2012)
Le laboratoire de Droit des affaires et nouvelles technologies (DANTE) et le Master 2 de Droit des contrats et de la concurrence de l’Université de Versailles organisent, en partenariat avec l’AFEC et l’AFJE, un colloque sur le…
- 10 October 2012
Stratégie concurrentielle: opérations de concentration et relation avec l’autorité de concurrence (2/2)
(Cet article constitue la deuxième partie d’un focus sur les négociations durant les opérations de concentration. Cliquez ici pour accéder à la première).
- 4 October 2012
Stratégie concurrentielle: opérations de concentration, engagements et principe de proportionnalité (1/2)
Cet article est la première partie d’un focus sur la stratégie concurrentielle que peut adopter une entreprise lors d’une opération de concentration.
- 28 August 2012
Retour sur les clauses d’exclusivité territoriale en droit de la distribution
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Morgan Carbonnel, Retour sur les clauses d’exclusivité territoriale en droit de la distribution, Revue Concurrentialiste, Août 2012…
- 23 August 2012
Dommages-intérêts compensatoires et punitifs: le Royaume-Uni passe en tête
Le 5 juillet 2012, le Competition Appeal Tribunal anglais (ci-après “CAT”) a rendu un arrêt très important relatif au droit de la concurrence.
- 12 July 2012
Secret des affaires et concurrence à travers la “proposition Carayon”
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Marie Malaurie-Vignal, Secret des affaires et concurrence à travers la “proposition Carayon”, Revue Concurrentialiste, Juillet 2012…
- 28 June 2012
Distribution automobile: lorsque la CJUE définit le terme “défini”
Le 14 juin 2012, la CJUE a apporté une réponse à la question préjudicielle posée, le 29 mars 2011, par la Cour de cassation. Il s’agissait de savoir si la validité d’un réseau de distribution sélective quantitative est…
- 13 June 2012
Ententes et concentrations: ce qu’il faut retenir de l’année 2011
Cet article a pour objectif de présenter un panorama des plus importantes décisions ou arrêts français rendus au cours de l’année 2011. Seules seront évoquées les affaires relatives aux ententes (Antitrust, article L. 420-1 du…
- 7 May 2012
De l’art de rompre (valablement) une relation commerciale établie.
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Morgan Carbonnel, De l’art de rompre (valablement) une relation commerciale établie., Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2012…
- 5 May 2012
Le scandale du Libor: la plus importante affaire de droit de la concurrence?
Il se pourrait bien que le droit de la concurrence se trouve bientôt lié au plus grand scandale financier de tous les temps. L’affaire du Libor n’a pas fini de faire parler d’elle. Voici les premiers décryptages concurrentiels.
- 5 May 2012
L’aspect dissuasif des sanctions en droit communautaire de la concurrence
Pour (éventuellement) citer cette étude: Jean-Loup Jaumard, L’aspect dissuasif des sanctions en droit communautaire de la concurrence, Revue Concurrentialiste, Mai 2012…
- 30 April 2012
L’action de groupe (class action): le débat est relancé
La revue Concurrences vient de faire paraitre une interview croisée de François Hollande et Nicolas Sarkozy (lien). De nombreux thèmes concurrentiels y sont abordés dont celui de l’introduction de l’action de groupe en France.
- 29 April 2012
Soyez les bienvenus
Bienvenue sur Le Concurrentialiste. Ce site internet a pour vocation de traiter de l’actualité relative au droit économique. Si le droit de la concurrence et de la distribution représentent nos centres d’intérêts principaux…