Chillin'Competition

The Journal of European Competition Law & Practice (of which I am the Joint General Editor with Gianni De Stefano) is proud to announce that it will be publishing, later this year, a Special Issue devoted to EU merger control (and the changes it is undergoing).

Major developments are taking place on every front, from the jurisdictional to the substantive. We would be delighted to consider proposals on any major topic, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Market definition, and the impact of the recent Commission notice on the field.
• The application of Article 102 TFEU to merger control following the Towercast judgment.
• The meaning and scope of Article 22 of the EU Merger Regulation.
• Ecosystem theories of harm in the wake of Booking/eTraveli.
• Remedies in EU merger control.
• 20 years of the ‘oligopoly gap‘: where do we stand after the appeal in CK Telecoms?
• Judicial review in EU merger control.
• Interaction between EU merger control and other systems.

If you have an idea for a paper, please email Gianni (Gianni.De-Stefano@ec.europa.eu) and/or myself (P.Ibanez-Colomo@lse.ac.uk) by Friday of next week (3 May) with your proposal.

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

• The issue you would like to address;
• The angle you intend to take;
• The contribution your piece is expected to make; and
• Whether you have any actual or potential conflicts of interest.

If your abstract is accepted (we will let you know immediately), we expect the final article (of around 7,000-10,000 words) to be submitted by mid-June at the latest.

We will select abstracts to maximise diversity and balance in the Special Issue. We are, as ever, keen to give a voice to new authors and different approaches. If there was any doubt: we welcome legal and economic perspectives (and, to be sure, papers that combine both).

In the meantime, do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions or suggestions!