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Jasper van den Boom
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marklemley.bsky.social Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · Jun 17
My newest empirical study, with Rory Van Loo and Lane Miles, finds that more than 10% of companies in the US share board members with a direct competitor, a per se violation of the antitrust laws

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ANTICOMPETITIVE DIRECTORS
In search of answers for declining competition, antitrust scholars have in recent years devoted considerable attention to a few institutional owners—such as Bla
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June 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Come to DICE and do some Research with us! We are hiring a #postdoc in International Economics and Economic Policy to start in October.
June 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Meta & Apple 🍏 were slapped with the first non-compliance-decisions in the (short) history of the Digital Markets Act #DMA. This regulation for taming Big Tech finally shows its teeth. Or does it? Here is our report in the SCiDA blog!

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April 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.
OpenAI Would Buy Google’s Chrome Browser, ChatGPT Chief Says
OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome browser if a federal court orders it to be spun off, the head of ChatGPT said in a court hearing Tuesday.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In our recent paper Fiona Scott Morton and I argue in favour of revising Reg. 1/2003 to give the Commission more space for effective remedies.

Read the blog and papers here:

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Towards effective remedies in EU competition law: Recalibrating Reg. 1/2003 to match digital market realities - SCiDA
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]...
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March 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Not complying with EU law and whining about it, not incendiary.
samuelstolton.bsky.social Samuel Stolton @samuelstolton.bsky.social · Feb 26
As we edge closer to a key March milestone in the EU's Digital Markets Act, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu remains intent on pursuing potentially incendiary cases into Apple and Meta -- a move that could provoke the ire of Trump and his trigger-happy tariff policy...
Trump’s Tariffs Threat Tests EU Resolve to Hurt Apple and Meta
The European Union’s resolve to take on the might of Silicon Valley is set to be tested to the limit after Donald Trump threatened retaliation for fines that hurt some of America’s biggest companies.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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AI Action Summit in Paris: Here is our conference debriefing on our SCiDA blog. We checked out whether mille-feuille 🎂or 🍔is better for the #GenAI tech stack - and what role #competition and the DMA can play in shaping the future of AI in Europe 🇪🇺. Enjoy the read:

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February 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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✈️ Booking a last minute winter getaway? If you're in the EU, it's worth checking the hotel's website.

In the new #SCIDA Blog, Sarah Hinck and I discuss the Booking compliance workshop. #Booking has made changes for parity, anti-steering, data collection & sharing.

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Booking’s compliance workshop: a road well travelled? - SCiDA
On 25 November 2024 the Commission hosted its seventh DMA compliance workshop which was a first for two reasons: 1. The first European gatekeeper had to explain and answer to market participants inter...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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We have a new big research project 🪜, cooperation of @hhu.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social! We analyse the Digital Markets Act (DMA), section 19a of the German competition act and the UK DMCC Bill. 💡 @jaspervandenboom.bsky.social Here is our website:
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SCiDA – Shaping Competition in the Digital Age
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March 30, 2024 at 1:03 PM