Events and News

Blogs

• Análisis sistemático de la aplicación pública del Derecho de la competencia por las autoridades nacionales en España 2003-2022. Almacén de Derecho, 18/6/23
• La revisión judicial de las resoluciones de la autoridad nacional de competencia (ANC) en España (2004-2021). Almacén de Derecho, 13/12/2023

Presentations

• Rodger and Brook, The First Comprehensive Empirical Mapping of Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcement in the EU and UK: A Comparative Analysis, European Society for Empirical Legal Studies, annual Conference, Elche, June 20, 2024.
• European Commission/Association of European Competition Law Judges, Brussels, June 21, 2023, Judicial Review of NCA enforcement decisions project Panel session involving the project team and some rapporteurs.
• Rodger, Judicial review of Competition Law enforcement in the EU and UK - Empirical Mapping, Strathclyde Law School Research Seminar Series, 8 February 2023.
• Rodger and Brook, Judicial Review of Competition Law Enforcement in the EU and UK: Empirical Mapping, Vienna Competition Days, 17 September 2022.
• Rodger, Beyond ECN+ Directive - Empirical Study Mapping Judicial review of national competition law decisions, 16th ASCOLA conference, main panel presentation, July 3rd 2021.
• Roundtable - Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe, 8th Competition Law and Policy Conference in Memory of Prof Vedran Šoljan - Goals of Competition Law and the Changing World, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 25-27 May 2023. https://pptn.net.efzg.hr/home
• Joint ASCOLA SEE, ASCOLA CE, ASCOLA Baltics Webinar, 14 June 2023 "JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COMPETITION CASES: THE CEE AND SEE COUNTRIES PERSPECTIVES". https://ascolasee.net.efzg.hr/
• Keynote Speech: Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk, General Court of European Union, the Polish Academy of Sciences.
• Panel 1: Findings from the Judicial Review Project - Roundtable discussion
  • Speakers: Michal Petr, Olomouc University; Jurgita Malinauskaite, Brunel University London; Vytautas Magnus University; Ana Vlahek, University of Ljubljana.
  • Moderator: Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau.
  • Discussant: Jasminka Pecotić Kaufman, University of Zagreb; Maciej Bernatt, University of Warsaw.

BULGARIA

• 21 June 2023 - AECLJ/COM event, Brussels, Belgium
• 15 November 2023 - ARC (Policymakers Day) (Personal invite from the EC), Brussels, Belgium
• 21 December 2023 - Inaugural conference of the Bulgarian Competition Law Association (BCLA), Sofia, Bulgaria
• 13 September 2024 - CPD training for Bulgarian judges, lawyers, and competition officials (co-organised by NU London, BCLA, and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)), Sofia, Bulgaria

CROATIA/BULGARIA

• Roundtable: "Judicial Review of Decision of NCAs: Comparison between Croatia and Bulgaria". Speakers: Alexandr Svetlicinii, Jasminka Pecotic Kaufman. 5 May 2022, University of Zagreb-Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb. https://hdpptn.hr/2022/04/29/hdpptn-okrugli-stol-o-sudskom-nadzoru-odluka-tijela-za-zastitu-trzisnog-natjecanja-5-svibnja-2022-18-sati-efzg-dv-2/

GREECE

• 'Judicial Review of HCC Antitrust Decisions: 2004-2021' Hellenic Competition Commission lunchtime seminar series on 31/03/2023, Andriani Kalintiri and Lefkothea Nteka. Neapolis University Pafos, "Review of HCC decisions by the Administrative Supreme Court and the Athens Administrative Court of Appeals: Pleas in law put forward by the parties and the extent of judicial review". Lefkothea Nteka.

LITHUANIA

• 'Judicial review of competition law decisions: an empirical study of the Lithuanian context' 19th Annual ASCOLA Conference 4 - 7 of July 2024, Jurgita Malinauskaite.

POLAND

• Presentation of the Polish report at: Workshop at the Ministry of Justice of Poland on May 22, 2024 on the functioning of the judiciary in antitrust cases in Poland.
• The Competition Law Association (SPK) and the Center for Antitrust and Regulatory Studies of the Warsaw University (CARS) joint workshop devoted to the review of judicial decisions in competition and consumer protection cases, held in Warsaw on December 6, 2023.
• Workshop on judicial review of the decisions of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, organised by the Discussion Forum of Practitioners of Competition Law and Consumer Law (Forum) and CARS on March 14, 2023.
• ASCOLA (chapters: Eastern Europe (Baltics), Central Europe, and South-East Europe) WEBINAR "JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COMPETITION CASES: THE CEE AND SEE COUNTRIES PERSPECTIVES", 14th June 2023.
• Maciej Janik and Maciej Bernatt, 'Judicial Review in the EU Member States' Competition Law: Poland's Search for a Balance and Lessons Beyond', ASCOLA 2023 Conference in Athens.

SPAIN

• Empirical Study of Judicial Review of Decisions of the Spanish Competition Authority (2004-2021) in 41st EALE Annual Conference, Torino, 13/9/24.
• Empirical Study of Judicial Review of Decisions of the Spanish Competition Authority (2004-2021) in 19th ASCOLA Annual Conference 2024, Würzburg, 6/7/24.
• The ineptitude of the sanctioning regime for anticompetitive conduct: Judicial annulments of Spanish NCA fines in 14th Annual Conference of the Spanish Association of Law and Economics, UPF, 27-28/6/24, Barcelona.
• Estudio empírico de la revisión judicial de las resoluciones de la autoridad española de la competencia (2004-2021) in IX Congreso Anual de la Red Académica de Competencia, 6/6/24, Vigo.
• How judges deal with competition cases. Some research all over Europe in OECD-GVH RCC Heads of Agency Meeting: Judicial Review and Merger Review, Budapest, 26/4/24.