The second and final day of the SCiDA Conference 2026 at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf opened with a frank interview with the former Chair of the CMA and closed with a reflection from AG Kokott that gave the assembled scholars, enforcers, and practitioners much to carry home. Where Day 1 had asked what digital competition […]
SCiDA Conference 2026 Day 1: Shaping Competition in the Digital Age
The first day of the SCiDA Conference at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf brought together competition law scholars, enforcers, and practitioners for a packed programme spanning digital regulation, AI, enforcement effectiveness, and the political dimensions of platform power. What follows is a summary of the key discussions across the day with some photos (more photos at the end). […]
Conference Debrief: Highlights from the Concurrences Innovation Ecosystem Conference
The Concurrences Innovation Ecosystem: Legal and Economic Perspectives Conference was held on 16 March 2026 at Kings College, London. The conference brought together senior competition practitioners, regulators, judges, and academics to discuss pressing issues in UK and EU competition law across panels on merger control reform, digital markets regulation, cartel enforcement, EU-UK cooperation, and class […]
The SCiDA Database and the DMA Explorer – Start your comparative research on digital competition now!
We are excited to present two tools to facilitate your research on digital competition: The SCiDA Database and the SCiDA DMA Explorer!
Highlights from The Economist’s Antitrust Summit 2026
The Economist’s Antitrust Summit 2026, held on 26 February 2026 in City Hall, Westminster, brought together a formidable gathering of competition authority heads, senior regulators, practitioners, and industry representatives to take stock of the evolving global competition landscape. Co-chaired by Tamzin Booth, Editorial Director (B2B) at The Economist Group, and Jan Piotrowski, Finance and Economics […]
AI made in Europe? For sure!
AI innovation does not arise from political reunions, but from incubators, co-working spaces and research labs. So, what better place to visit than the AI Day by Europe’s largest tech startup association, to understand where Europe’s AI innovation is headed. On 10 February 2026, France Digitale brought together over 2.500 tech and AI leaders in […]
Google AdTech Decision: The Commission’s Landmark Self-Preferencing Case and the Path to Structural Remedies
On 5 September 2025, the European Commission issued a landmark decision in Case AT.40670 – Google Adtech, finding Google guilty of abusing its dominant position in online display advertising intermediation in violation of Article 102 TFEU. With a €2.95 billion fine and the Commission’s preliminary view that structural remedies, potentially including divestiture, may be necessary […]
Japan’s Smartphone Act (MSCA)in the Shadow of Competition Law Under-Enforcement
Following the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Japan has enacted a digital competition regulation (a form of sector-specific regulation that blends competition principles with prescriptive provisions, as Lazar Radic et al. 2024 describe) with a more targeted scope in the smartphone software ecosystem: the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA). This blog throws some light […]
SCiDA BULLETIN: OPPORTUNITIES & UPDATES
As we move through an eventful 2025 full of developments in digital markets, we’re pleased to share some exciting news from the Shaping Competition in the Digital Age (SCiDA) project—ranging from open positions, a team promotion, the launch of the SCiDA Database and some latest publications. SCiDA is a joint UK-German research initiative, funded by […]
Towards effective remedies in EU competition law: Recalibrating Reg. 1/2003 to match digital market realities
European competition law has a remedy problem. As digitisation changes how markets work, it becomes harder to find effective remedies. In this week’s blog, Jasper van den Boom discusses the papers [1][2] he has written together with Fiona Scott Morton, in which the authors theorise on how the EU remedy design can be recalibrated to […]