The Competition
Law Hub

A platform for independent research into competition law and policy

eSports and Antitrust Law

In a contribution to the edited volume Esports Law and Practice (Edward Elgar 2025), Soojin Nam, Vicky…

Conceptualising Virtual Worlds

In a recent working paper, Ayse Gizem Yasar (LSE) and Fabian Ziermann explore the concept of virtual worlds….

Competition Law in Austria 2025

Vicky Robertson just published the second edition of her monograph Competition Law in Austria. Forming part of…

Events

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Insights into the Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

In the current issue of the Austrian Competition Journal (Österreichische Zeitschrift für Kartellrecht), David Führer takes a look back at the Vienna...
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Workshop on Market Definition

On 8 February 2024, the European Commission published its new Market Definition Notice 2024. This Notice consolidates knowledge and Commission practice...
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Vienna Competition Law Days 2024

On 12 and 13 September 2024, The Competition Law Hub once again hosted the Vienna Competition Law Days at the...

Publications

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Digital Democracy and Competition Law

On 6 December 2024, Vicky Robertson will be discussing the interplay between democracy, competition law and digital markets at the...
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COVID-19 and State Aid in Aviation

Petar Petrov’s article on the annulment by the General Court of the German support scheme granted to Deutsche Lufthansa in...
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Dark Patterns: Antitrust or Criminal Law?

Fabian Ziermann's recent article, entitled ‘Dark patterns: Can criminal law remedy the shortcomings of antitrust law?’ was published in the New...

Talks

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Digital Merger Remedies – EUI Roundtable

On 16 April 2025, Vicky Robertson contributed to a Roundtable on digital merger remedies, hosted by the European University Institute’s...
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Colloquium on AI and the Law

On 10 April 2025, the Université the Montréal and the University of Ghent convened a Colloquium entitled “Au-delà du battage...
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Big Data and the 2025 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

At the 2025 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, DC (2 to 4 April 2025), Vicky Robertson discussed the implications...

News & Media

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Big Tech in Europe

In an interview with Austrian newspaper Salzburger Nachrichten, Vicky Robertson discussed the market power of Big Tech companies in Europe,...
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Research Sabbatical

From March 2025 to February 2026, Vicky Robertson will be on research leave as a guest researcher at the Law...
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Fine for Gun-Jumping

Following the Austrian Supreme Court’s ruling to impose a fine  of € 70 million on supermarket chain Rewe for gun-jumping,...