Wer erhält Zugang zu den Daten, die von smarten Geräten gesammelt werden? Im Internet of Things entbrennen an dieser Frage neue Verteilungskämpfe: Nur wer Zugang zu Daten hat, kann auch in Zukunft wirtschaftliche Leistungen erbringen. Die Europäische Union will mit dem Data Act für Klarheit...

The German Federal Cartel Office and the Austrian Federal Competition Authority have recently published a draft "Guidance on Transaction Value Thresholds for Mandatory Pre-merger Notification (Section 35(1a) GWB and Section 9(4) KartG)" for public consultation. Prof. Dr. Christian Kersting,...

The European Commission is charged with implementing the Digital Markets Act (DMA) which will impose a list of 22 do and don't to Big Tech platforms in March 2024. Based on economic and legal reasoning, this paper asks how the Commission can fulfil this challenging task effectively. The paper...