Chillin'Competition

The Journal of European Competition Law & Practice (of which I am the Joint General Editor alongside Gianni De Stefano) regularly publishes special issues devoted to topical questions (see here for the one on the first-instance judgment in Google Shopping).

We are now working on a new Special Issue on ‘The Second Modernisation of EU Competition Law’. We welcome proposals addressing any procedural and substantive aspects relating to the two central questions that are currently under review: Article 102 TFEU (and the potential adoption of a new set of Guidelines) and enforcement (that is, Regulation 1/2003).

Topics include (but are emphatically not limited to) the following:

• The analysis of anticompetitive effects in abuse of dominance cases.
• The ‘as efficient competitor’ principle vs the ‘as efficient competitor’ test.
• The evaluation of foreclosure in digital marktes.
• Towards market investigations in EU competition law?
• The future of interim measures.
• Remedies in EU antitrust enforcement.
• Decentralisation and cooperation: how to tackle the risk of fragmentation?

If interested in publishing in the Special issue, please get in touch via email (P.Ibanez-Colomo@lse.ac.uk) by Friday of next week (21st July) with a brief outline of your potential contribution.

The proposal should take the form of an abstract of max. 250 words in which you identify:

• The question on which you would like to focus; and
• The contribution your piece is expected to make.

If your abstract is selected for publication, we expect the final article (of around 7,000-10,000 words) to be submitted by mid-September. As usual, please clarify in your proposal whether you have any conflicts of interests.

Do not hesitate to contact me with any other questions you may have. We very much look forward to reviewing your submissions!