April Threads 2025
Threads from ICLE scholars on trending issues for the month of April 2025.
1/ One theory holds that the DMA’s vagueness is a bug—a regrettable by-product of a well-intentioned but rushed attempt to create a tool to rein in tech companies. Recent developments, however, suggest that this vagueness isn't an accident at all. ?
— Lazar Radic (@laz_radic) April 30, 2025
1/ One theory holds that the DMA’s vagueness is a bug—a regrettable by-product of a well-intentioned but rushed attempt to create a tool to rein in tech companies. Recent developments, however, suggest that this vagueness isn't an accident at all. ?
— Lazar Radic (@laz_radic) April 30, 2025
The next stage of the Google AdTech case is remedies, with a hearing this Friday and initial proposals due May 5.
September 22nd is the other date to remember.
A little background as we move into this next stage. pic.twitter.com/u5ZfFZTUIC
— Brian Albrecht (@BrianCAlbrecht) April 29, 2025
Proud to announce my coached team's victory in the Comparative Law in Action Challenge at @IEuniversity! They clinched 1st place and Best Legal Memoranda for their outstanding work on generative AI and IP rights.
Huge thanks to @ielawschool for a fantastic competition! pic.twitter.com/Dyloe21CCJ
— Lazar Radic (@laz_radic) April 29, 2025
Big decisions and fines against Apple and Meta today.
The coming hours and days will tell us whether the EU has exacerbated the ongoing trade war with the US.
But either way, these decisions are not a win for European consumers or its startups.
— Dirk Auer (@AuerDirk) April 23, 2025
Cracking open the 115?page ruling.
Going in, two Supreme?Court cases oomed large:
– Trinko (refusal?to?deal) and
– AmEx (two?sided platforms)I want to focus on those in this first pass ? https://t.co/qDZpAxX4aV
— Brian Albrecht (@BrianCAlbrecht) April 17, 2025
#Regulation #DigitalMarkets ??
Apparently the proposal of the Lula da Silva administration to regulate digital markets is coming soon in the form of a new bill… ? pic.twitter.com/3MMDGfpe2E
— Mario Zúñiga (@MZunigaP) April 17, 2025
I am pleased to announce the first edition of the “Competition Law Doctoral Forum” at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: https://t.co/WgykBEb7ZW
Co-organized by the @alti_VU and @LawEconCenter, the Forum aims to establish an annual gathering of promising PhD candidates in the… pic.twitter.com/MwWp0c9fL8— Thibault Schrepel (@ProfSchrepel) April 16, 2025
The FTC's trial against Meta is underway.
So far, it seems the FTC (and Zuckerberg in 2012) fundamentally misunderstands network effects and how they interact with competition.
A short thread on the economics of network effects as relevant to this case: pic.twitter.com/Dzc9qDhDIw
— Brian Albrecht (@BrianCAlbrecht) April 16, 2025
The "Brussels Effect " is collapsing.
For years, the EU thought it could prosper by being the world's n°1 regulator.
This was a mistake, and the EU is now seeking to pare back key regulations while ditching plans for others.
So how did we get here and what happens next?
— Dirk Auer (@AuerDirk) April 11, 2025
??Japan designates Apple, iTunes and Google for ex-ante regulation under the Smartphone Act. Why didn't the JFTC also designate Yahoo Japan — which surpasses the number of monthly active users? Some thoughts on the logic and consistency of the Act. 1/ https://t.co/ehn3uH2Uvz pic.twitter.com/8YxxW7ZyYD
— Lazar Radic (@laz_radic) April 4, 2025