26 June, 2023 - In every aspect of life, it is invaluable to know and understand the causes of things. Antitrust and competition law and policy is no exception to this rule.  In his recent book, "Monopoly in America", a follow on project of his previous one, "Antitrust and Competition Laws", our guest today, Prof. Barry Hawk, sheds invaluable light to the better understanding of current law and policy, as well as the institutions of competition law in the US.  Studying the history of the...

11th May, 2023 - At a time when the “consumer welfare” standard seems to be under attack in the competition law and policy world, Assimakis Komninos contributes to the debate with an article on how the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union has viewed that standard over the years.  While the Europeans observe the heated discussions in the US, Komninos asks himself: (i) if the Europeans are embracing a wrong dogma that has fallen out of favor in its birthplace? and (ii) if...

26 de abril de 2023 - En diciembre de 2018, Ricardo Riesco fue designado por el Presidente Piñera como titular de la Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE), la autoridad de competencia de Chile, responsabilidad que ejerció hasta recientemente.   Previo a ello, Ricardo obtuvo su maestría (LLM) en la Universidad de Columbia (EEUU) y trabajó en estudios jurídicos importantes en Chile y los EEUU, tanto en el área de derecho de la competencia, como en litigios y arbitraje. También fue profesor de...

16 November, 2022 - This is the inaugural meeting of our IDC Conversations' Series, with Prof. Eleanor M. Fox (NYU). Eleanor Fox needs no introduction to the antitrust and competition law community. We will explore the most diverse issues on competition law and policy, such as “why competition”, challenges ahead, state intervention in markets, democracy and competition, trade-offs or compatibilities, landmark cases, and a wide variety of related matters. This session will be co-moderated by...

11 August, 2022 - Marco Botta is part-time Professor at the European University Institute (EUI), where he is the coordinator of the Florence Competition Programme (FCP) and ENTraNCE for Judges. In addition, he is Affiliated Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI) in Munich (Germany). Finally, he is Adjunct Professor at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (Austria), where he teaches EU, competition and State aid law. Prof. Botta's most recent...

4 July, 2022 - Liza was appointed Senior Advisor at UK’s Financial Conduct Authority in May 2020. She is a Senior Research Fellow and the director of the Competition Law Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). Her role at BIICL is to chair the Advisory Board of the Competition Law Forum, where they host events for its members and get the Forum involved in national and international competition policy debates and engage in competition law research. Liza is...

9 March, 2022 - Prof. Philip Marsden, opens the debate with his thoughts on how administrative decision-making procedures should bolster before the waves of digital infringement cases arrive. 

18 de agosto de 2021 - El tercer episodio del "Ciclo de Referentes" es con el Dr. Baldo Kresalja (Perú), quien es entrevistado por Lucía Quesada (Argentina). El "Ciclo de Referentes" es presentado por el IDC, como un ciclo de charlas-entrevistas periódicas con los referentes de la libre competencia de la región, a partir de tres disparadores: tres casos, tres propuestas y conclusiones.

30 de junio de 2021 - El primer episodio del "Ciclo de Referentes" es con el Dr. Guillermo Cabanellas (h) (Argentina), quien es entrevistado por Carla Bordoli Calcutta (Chile).  El "Ciclo de Referentes" es presentado por el IDC, como un ciclo de charlas-entrevistas periódicas con los referentes de la libre competencia de la región, a partir de tres disparadores: tres casos, tres propuestas y conclusiones.

24 de marzo de 2021 - El Prof. Francisco Marcos analiza las novedades de Europa y España en materia de reclamación de daños por ilícitos antitrust, apuntando a las novedades que supone la Directiva UE 2014/104 y las lecciones que pueden extraerse de la incipiente litigación en la materia. 

19th  November, 2020. Keynote Speaker: Philip Marsden, Author, Professor of Law and Economics, College of Europe, Belgium. Commentator: Simonetta Vezzoso, Professor of Competition Law, IP & Digital Policy, Università di Trento, Italy. Philip Marsden presents the study "Restoring Balance to Digital Competition – Sensible Rules, Effective Enforcement", wrote together with Rupprecht Podszun, with comments from Prof. Vezzoso.

8 October, 2020 - Professor Tommaso Valletti, from Imperial College London (UK) and former Chief Competition Economist of the European Commission, gives a provocative presentation on various aspects of current antitrust and competition law hot topics.  Prof. Valletti departs from his recent article "Doubt is their Product", published on Promarket, the publication of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

24 September, 2020 - Presentation of the book "Competition Overdose" by its co-authors, Professors Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke, with comments by Anneleen Straetemans and Nicolás Lewin as moderator.

23 April, 2020 - Prof. Spencer Waller, from Loyola University Chicago, speaks about the dark side of antitrust or the political face of US antitrust. 

26 March, 2020 - Judge Simon Holmes, from the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT, UK) and Visiting Professor of Oxford University. Climate change is an existential threat. Judge Holmes argues that competition law must be part of the solution and not part of the problem. He draws on the constitutional provisions of the EU treaties and remarks by leaders to show how competition law need not stand in the way of urgent action and co-operation by the private sector to fight climate change. He also...