Day 1: Advanced Issues on Agreements (Friday 8 November 2024, 2pm-6pm)
- The evaluation of agreements under Article 101 TFEU.
- The role of the relevant economic and legal context in the assessment.
- Factors that impact the anticompetitive risk of certain practices.
- Recent developments in relation to vertical restraints, horizontal agreements and intellectual property (both patents and copyright).
Day 2: Advanced Issues on Abusive Practices (Friday 15 November 2024, 2pm-6pm)
- The practical evaluation of potentially abusive practices under Article 102 TFEU.
- How anticompetitive effects are considered by EU courts.
- The progressive shifts in the case law, and the role of the various tests.
- Sectoral overview of key developments and their implications
Day 3: Focus on Digital Markets (Friday 22 November 2024, 2pm-6pm)
- Ongoing developments and emerging case law in digital markets.
- Interaction between competition law and regulation.
- Underlying theories of harm and novel legal issues raised by them.
- Comparative overview of approaches taken across Europe.
Day 4: Advanced Issues on Merger Control (Friday 29 November 2024, 2pm-6pm)
- The changing jurisdictional landscape in EU merger control: Illumina/Grail, Towercast and beyond.
- Non-coordinated effects before courts: legal and economic challenges.
- New theories of harm in merger control: ecosystems and the revival of non-horizontal mergers.
- Merger control in digital markets.