
Senior Lecturer in Competition Law at @UofGlaw and Honorary Senior Fellow at @MelbLawSchool. Tweets on #antitrust, #mergers and the like. RT ≠ endorsement.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined January 2012
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First episode of the new PhD Café now out: Lisanne Hummel (Utrecht) & Pankhudi Khandelwal (EUI, Florence) youtube.com/watch?v=JE12lPrI…
Inaugural episode of the series in which @oandriychuk1 and I talk with the brightest PhD scholars about their research and academic life.
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Unis told to manage own budgets after call for bailouts bbc.in/3WheiyB
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In our view @X doesn’t comply with the DSA in key transparency areas. It misleads users, fails to provide adequate ad repository and blocks access to data for researchers. It’s the first time we issue preliminary findings under the Digital Services Act. 👇 europa.eu/!CGPVCV
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We’ve published our issues statement, outlining our initial theories on what might be affecting competition and potential remedies in the #vet sector.
Have your say on the theories we've raised: gov.uk/cma-cases/veterinary-…
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I'm looking for participants to take part in a Research Survey on Photography and the Law - it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes and I would be so grateful - please help to spread the word too!
More information and links to the survey here: photographyandlaw.com/
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After years in the making, our Comparative Report: National #JudicialReview of #CompetitionLaw Enforcement in the EU and the UK is available at @SSRN! (w/@barryjrodger)
Check out this comprehensive, comparative empirical study: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4869…
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Really happy to have published a piece with my former colleague @davidmreader all about what has been happening over the last few years in the #veterinaryservices market (and the competition considerations that warrant exploration here) #privateequity
pymnts.com/cpi-posts/paws-fo…
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📢 For now, we conclude that @Microsoft has not acquired control of @OpenAI under 🇪🇺 Merger Regulation.
We will keep monitoring the relationships between all key players in the AI sector, incl. Microsoft & OpenAI.
#GenAIVirtualWorldsWorkshop
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Today we open a new case + we adopt preliminary findings against @Apple under the DMA.
👉We are concerned Apple's new business model makes it too hard for app developers to operate as alternative marketplaces & reach their end users on iOS.
More🗞️: shorturl.at/g5S5Q
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Part 2 🎮is now available👇
Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on #Microsoft’s game studio closures: create.ac.uk/blog/2024/06/13…
@MagaliEben @davidmreader
#videogames #gaming #Xbox #KillerAcquisitions #GameDevelopment #CompetitionLaw
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Is #judicialreview of UK #competitionlaw enforcement effective?
@barryjrodger and I offer quantitative & qualitative evidence in a recent report, empirically mapping all appeals launched against the @CMAgovUK's enforcement (2004-21)
Available at @SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Gaming studio closures are a killer – can innovation survive the fallout?
Read more in part 1 of our latest blog 👇
Press X to Kill: an IP-competition conversation on #Microsoft’s game studio closures: create.ac.uk/blog/2024/06/04…
@MagaliEben @davidmreader
#videogames #gaming #Xbox
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🚀Job Alert: Lecturer in Competition Law🚀We are excited to announce a vacancy for a Lecturer in Competition Law (Research & Teaching Track), Closing on June 27, 2024.🚨
More info: create.ac.uk/blog/2024/06/03…
#UniversityOfGlasgow #CompetitionLaw #AcademicJobs #CREATe #HigherEdJobs
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📢 Call for Papers: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement 📝
Submit to a special issue on market definition, guest-edited by @MagaliEben and @VRobCompLaw from @wu_vienna
More info here 👇
create.ac.uk/blog/2024/05/30…
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We’ve launched our investigation into Nationwide Building Society’s potential acquisition of Virgin Money.
More: gov.uk/cma-cases/nationwide-…
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CALL FOR PAPERS
JAE Special Issue on market definition, guest edited by @VRobCompLaw & myself. We explore market definition against the new Notice in EU and Merger Guidelines in US. See attached call for details. We are
Submit your abstract by 17 June.
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We’re launching a full investigation into the #vets sector, after consulting on our provisional decision to do so.
The investigation will explore our key concerns in more detail and shape any remedies to address them, if needed.
Read more: gov.uk/government/news/cma-p…
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BBC News (World)@BBCWorld23 May 2024
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US to sue Ticketmaster owner Live Nation bbc.in/3ywwewS
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We’re looking forward to hosting the 2025 @IntCompNetwork (ICN) Annual Conference in #Edinburgh!
We’ll be bringing together competition authorities and experts from across the globe, to share views and experiences on competition issues.
#ICN25
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I'm really excited to be able to join @oandriychuk1 in this. Are you doing PhD research on digital markets? Then please get in touch, we want to talk about it and showcase your ideas.
Very pleased to launch PhD Café, a place where @MagaliEben & I will be interviewing the brightest PhD students on their research in digital markets. If you are a PhD student and have an appealing topic to share, get in touch. Colleagues-supervisors please invite your students too




















