Letter from the Editor Dear Readers, This edition of the Chronicle brings together a collection of insightful articles exploring key developments in competition law and policy, with a particular focus…

Interoperability has frequently been highlighted as a key element of policy reform aimed at addressing concerns over competitive dynamics in digital markets. In mobile ecosystems, the smooth integration of interoperability…

The use of economic models and simulations to provide empirical estimates is considered central to antitrust litigation, particularly in merger cases. Since the introduction of demand estimation and merger simulation…

We provide evidence based on the database of DG COMP decisions of Katsoulacos & Makri (2024) from 1992 – 2021 that Effects-Based (“EB”) increases the rate of acquittals significantly in EC…

The European Commission’s Draft Guidelines on the application of Article 102 TFEU represent a disappointing shift from the effects-based approach of the 2008 Guidance Paper, reintroducing a form-based framework for…

Japan has employed three tools of competition policy in the regulation of digital markets: 1) advocacy and soft-law, such as market study reports and guidelines, 2) a whole government approach…

The paper discusses the decline in leniency applications and cartel decisions, a trend largely attributed by scholars to the rise in private enforcement. It offers a rather different perspective, showing…

Attention to cartel enforcement seems to have faded more towards the background in today’s public debate. This can have unintended adverse consequences. Reduced attention may lead to less vigilance from…

The 2024 judgment from the European Court of Justice in the Illumina/GRAIL case provided a major clarification on the possibility for the European Commission (“EC”) to review transactions that fall…

In Europe, the majority of discourse regarding Illumina/GRAIL has focused on the jurisdictional issues that played out before the European Commission and the European Court of Justice. The case’s substantive…

The European Commission has demonstrated in recent cases in dynamic and innovative industries that it is willing to undertake competitive assessments well into the future and hence subject to significant…

Illumina/Grail marks a “critical juncture” in EU merger control. Breaking with the past, reliance on a centralized and predictable administrative system of ex ante merger control is no longer a…