The @uclcles.bsky.social and @kcllaw.bsky.social recently held a high-profile conference at UCL Laws to bring together leading voices in competition law. Private enforcement mechanisms in the EU and UK were discussed, including achievements and challenges. Read the news story ⬇️
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A sunset view of London from the air, with the River Thames and the Millennium Bridge in the foreground, and the dome of St Paul's in the background. The UCL Centre for Law, Economics and Society and ASCOLA logos are overlaid.
We’re excited to announce that @uclcles.bsky.social will be hosting the 21st @ascola.bsky.social Conference in London in 2026, reinforcing the capital’s role as a global hub for competition law scholarship! 🎡💂🏼♂️🇬🇧 Congrats @ilianos.bsky.social @dmantzari.bsky.social
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If you missed it, only about 2 weeks until our next conference on "Forging A New Paradigm in a Crisis-Driven World", details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
We had our conference on Private Enforcement of EU and UK Competition Law yesterday, it want great! There were six panels including a keynote speech from Lord Bellamy KC (Monckton Chambers).
Details: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Our conference on private enforcement in EU & UK competition law is happening in two weeks! We have over thirty very distinguished speakers scheduled.
Don't wait to sign up because ticket spaces are limited: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Did you notice that Meta has integrated its AI assistant into WhatsApp? 🤖 I did, and think the company risks violating EU competition law by doing so. ⚖️
Blog post in @wolterskluwer.com here: competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw.com/2025/04/30/d...
With sessions on scale and economic growth, industrial policy, innovation concerns, and a roundtable with heads of competition agencies, it's sure to be a topical and insightful event. We can't wait!
More info and sign up (at no cost) here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
We're pleased to announce a conference on Competition Law, Innovation and Growth!
Jointly hosted with Hong Kong University and in cooperation with the Inclusive Competition Forum, it's happening on the 16th of May in Hong Kong 🧵
🚨 New paper from Prof. Ioannis Lianos (@ilianos.bsky.social) 🚨
"The emergence of an epithet in EU Competition Law: 'naked' restrictions and Article 102 TFEU"
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🚨 Today is the last day to get early bird rates for our executive course on a complexity approach to competition law, public policy and technology. 🚨
A 20% discount is available to commercial organisations sending 3+ members!
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/short-c...
🏃➡️ Run, don't walk! Take advantage of our early bird discount for the "Competition Law Public Policy and Technology: A Complexity Perspective" Exec Course if you sign up by Friday.
*A 20% discount is available to commercial organisations enrolling three+ delegates.
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/short-c...
Pandemics, climate change, inflation, AI. How should competition law respond?
Our executive course on "Competition Law, Public Policy and Technology: A Complexity Perspective" offers some answers. Early bird sales are ending soon!
Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/short-c...
Then as a bonus, on the 17th of June we have a conference on "promoting competition in technology ecosystems: economics, business and legal issues". Also happening in the Faculty. The line up is fantastic!
Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Second, on the 18th of March we have an event on "Standard-Essential Patents: Competition / IP law and recent global developments" which is happening in the Faculty's Bloomsbury campus.
Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Calendars out! We have two exciting events coming up in March.
First, on the 6th of March, we have a conference on Academic Capture in Competition Law & Policy taking place in Brussels. It's an important topic and not to be missed!
Sign up here: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Mark your calendars!
➡️ Wednesday, 12th Feb at 6:00pm
'From trucks mass claims to tech class action'
Speaker: Nicholas Frey (Partner, Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer LLP)
Chaired by @GurkaynakGonenc UCL Laws
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
@ilianos.bsky.social is at the University of Stockholm today to deliver the keynote speech at the Swedish competition day conference at the Centre for Commercial Law organized by the great @bjornlundqvist.
Focus on ecosystems, new competition tool, data act, competitiveness, quite exciting times!
Fernando Castillo de la Torre needs no introduction!
Joins us tomorrow 22 January at UCL Faculty of Laws at 18.00 on "Litigating for the European Commission". Fantastic speaker and excellent topic.
Chair: @Stavros Makris
To register:
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...
Along with Sciences Po (@sciencespo.bsky.social) and the Inclusive Competition Forum, we recently hosted a roundtable event on 'Competition Law and Policy and the Technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution'. 🧑💻🔬🧑⚖️
Here's a summary: www.ucl.ac.uk/cles/news/20...
Happy reading!
@ucllaws.bsky.social @uclcles.bsky.social
10. Deni Mantzari and Andriani Kalintiri:
‘Empirically Mapping the Evolution of Competition Law Scholarship: A Methodological Blueprint and Some Tentative Findings’
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9. Deni Mantzari
‘Fairness in Platform to Business Relationships: The Case of Regulating Access to App Stores on FRAND terms under Article 6(12) DMA’
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8. @todddavi.es and Spencer Cohen
‘Error Costs, Platform Regulation, and Democracy’
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7. Ioannis Lianos
‘Academic “capture”? The Hidden Costs of Corporate Funding in Competition Policy Research and Proposed Remedies’
6. Ioannis Lianos
‘Synthetic Futures and Competition Law: Towards the Emergence of Precautionary Principle-Minded Approaches’
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5. Ioannis Lianos
‘Access to Health Data: Competition and Regulatory Alternatives - Three Dimensions of Fairness’
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4. Azza Raslan and
Ioannis Lianos
‘Global Value Chains, Competition Law and Sustainability: Insights from the Cotton Global Value Chain’
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3. Ioannis Lianos and Claudio Lombardi
‘Causation and Private Enforcement of Competition Law’
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2. IoannisLianos ‘Minding Competition in Complex Adaptive Social Systems: The Sociological Approach to Competition Law’
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1. @IoannisLianos @KlaasEller and Tobias Kleinschmitt
‘Towards a Legal Theory of Digital Ecosystems’
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