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- Guest Lecture with students from Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) - Today we’ve had the penultimate class this semester. The class was very special. We had a guest lecture by Professor Viktoria HSE Robertson from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), who talked about ‘Competition Law in Digital Markets’. The class was particularly unique because Professor Robertson brought with her her LLM students … Continue reading "Guest Lecture with students from Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)"
- Wonderful Guest Lecture by Professor Cseres - Today we had a great pleasure to virtually host Professor Kati Cseres from the University of Amsterdam. Professor Cseres delivered a guest seminar exploring the role of competition law enforcement. She explicitly focused on the questions of democracy and institutional design, thereby engaging with some of the most topical issues currently discussed in the area … Continue reading "Wonderful Guest Lecture by Professor Cseres"
- Great Feedback - It seems that this year student evaluation of this module took place earlier than usual. I am delighted to report that the module recevied very high teaching scores, witht the overall score 4.7 out of 5. Needless to say– I am very glad students continue finding this class engaging, despite the challenges of the pandemic … Continue reading "Great Feedback"
- Recording of the Public Guest Lecture - I am pleased to let you know that the recording of the Public Guest Lecture by Ms Margarida Matos Rosa, the President of the Portuguese Competition Agency is now freely available online. See here: You can find that recording also on QUB School of Law YouTube channel. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZrJzN8pZ4U Many thanks to my colleague Deaglan … Continue reading "Recording of the Public Guest Lecture"
- Public Guest Lecture - Today we’ve been honored and delighted to host, virtually, Ms Margarida Matos Rosa, the President of the Portuguese Competition Agency. President Rosa delivered a very topical talk, entitled ‘Economic recovery: how competition policy can materialise potential growth’. Afterwards, she engaged with participants during a Q&A session. The talk was very well attended, including practitioners, enforcers … Continue reading "Public Guest Lecture"
- Peer review of teaching - In line with standard practice on this module– also this semester the module benefitted from a Peer Review of Teaching. I was very pleased that my colleague, Dr Ciara Hackett, took time to observe and reflect on the way this module is being delivered. Thank you Ciara! Peer Reviews are a very useful tool when … Continue reading "Peer review of teaching"
- New Semester - Happy 2021! In the coming semester—given the circumstances—the module will be taught by means of online sessions via MS Teams. These will be real-time, live interactions to facilitate class engagement. Last time round that worked very well. Fingers crossed for the technology and connections! As the new semester approaches I am delighted to share that … Continue reading "New Semester"
- Interacting with colleagues at the Jagiellonian University’s Chair in EU Law - This Autumn, despite all the adverse circumstances, I was delighted to visit the Jagiellonian University’s Chair of European Law, Poland’s leading cluster of scholars in this area of law. I was able to present some of my research in international competition law by means of in-person and, simultaneously, online seminar as well as to share … Continue reading "Interacting with colleagues at the Jagiellonian University’s Chair in EU Law"
- End of Teaching - This week we had our last session this semester. Apart from the substantive issues as per the syllabus, we also discussed the current affairs — the measures already taken and those being envisaged by competition agencies, and also what may await us, in the field of competition law and policy, later on during or after … Continue reading "End of Teaching"
- Virtual Guest Lecture by Professor Rupprecht Podszun - Yesterday we had a great pleasure to host a virtual guest lecture by Professor Rupprecht Podszun (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) on Competition Law and Big Tech. Needless to say the focus was highly topical and the guest covered all the key perspectives/ dimensions, providing some excellent food for thought. From the skills perspective, students managed to engage … Continue reading "Virtual Guest Lecture by Professor Rupprecht Podszun"
- Going online - In these difficult time the University switched to fully online provision. Our University key delivery platform will be now Microsoft Teams. Our first class went very well and we managed to continue with good in-class engagement which was great. In more general terms, in our class switching to fully online teaching is somewhat easier thanks … Continue reading "Going online"
- Annual Public Guest Lecture delivered by Dr Mirta Kapural, Member of the Croatian Competition Council - Last Tuesday the School hosted project’s Annual Public High Profile Guest Lecture. This year we were honored to host Dr Mirta Kapural, Member of the Croatian Competition Council. The lecture was well attended, bringing together students from across the levels in the School as well as external participants, inclusive of prominent local practitioners and academics, … Continue reading "Annual Public Guest Lecture delivered by Dr Mirta Kapural, Member of the Croatian Competition Council"
- Terrific guest seminar by Professor Takizawa - On Thursday we had the great pleasure to host an open seminar delivered by Professor Sayako Takizawa from Tohoku University in Japan. Professor Takizawa spoke about the challenges and practicalities of regulating powerful digital platforms from a comparative perspective. She analysed the recent developments in relation to Facebook in Germany as well as the recenlty … Continue reading "Terrific guest seminar by Professor Takizawa"
- Guest Lecture by Professor Sofia Pais - Yesterday, students had a terrific opportunity to benefit from a special guest lecture delivered by Professor Sofia Pais, Jean Monnet Chair at Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, Portugal. The class focused on the important issue of abuse of dominance. As always the class included a fusion of analysis of substantive issues and in-class exercises, this … Continue reading "Guest Lecture by Professor Sofia Pais"
- Great start - I am delighted to share that this semester we have a very engaging and diverse group of students from all over the world, with variety of educational backgrounds and career plans. Needless to say, this greatly contributes to very positive class dynamics. So far, substantively, we managed to cover competition laws aims, key institutional aspects … Continue reading "Great start"
- Here’s to the new semester! - Next week the new semester starts for our postgraduate students. For students taking this Erasmus+ Comparative Competition Law module this will be some exciting time, with a variety of interactive activities and exercises in the weeks to come. We are delighted to announce that the highlights of the semester include: Public Guest Lecture by Ms … Continue reading "Here’s to the new semester!"
- Sharing insights on using OneNote - We’re pleased to let you know that in the most recent issue of the Reflections (ie Dec 2019) there is an article sharing some of knowhow of using OneNote in the scope of this module to encourage students engagement in and outside classroom. It is freely available online at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/AcademicStudentAffairs/CentreforEducationalDevelopment/CoursesEventsProfessionalRecognition/Publications/ReflectionsIssues/Filetoupload,940279,en.pdf Reflections is a journal focusing … Continue reading "Sharing insights on using OneNote"
- Open Guest Seminar focusing on technical assistance in legal transplantation of competition law - We are looking forward to a visit of Dr Wendy Ng from the University of Melbourne. Wendy is going to deliver a guest talk, entitled ‘Does technical assistance matter in legal transplantation? A case study of competition law in ASEAN’. She will draw from her ongoing empirical project involving numerous interviews in the relevant jurisdictions. … Continue reading "Open Guest Seminar focusing on technical assistance in legal transplantation of competition law"
- A unique opportunity to learn more about private enforcement of competition law in the EU - Next Thursday, on 9th May (ie Europe Day), our Centre for European and Transnational Studies will be hosting a guest talk by Professor Francisco Marcos from IE Business School (Madrid, Spain). Francisco will talk about private enforcement of competition law and damages claims in the European Union. This is a very topical issue– following the … Continue reading "A unique opportunity to learn more about private enforcement of competition law in the EU"
- Public guest lecture by the Head of the Romanian Competition Agency - This week we were privileged to host Dr Bogdan Chirițoiu, Chairman of Competition Council of Romania. Dr Chirițoiu delivered a guest lecture about challenges of competition law enforcement and cooperation within the European Competition Network. Some of the highlight included discussion of the evolution of Romanian enforcement and some insights into practical aspects of dealing … Continue reading "Public guest lecture by the Head of the Romanian Competition Agency"
- A fusion of in-class activities and active engagement - I am delighted to share that, based on feedback collected anonymously via an online form, decisive majority of students find this module intellectually stimulating and challenging, with ALL considering that the class is interactive and encourages participation. What do students enjoy most? Here are some unredacted comments: ‘Interactive Sessions and I feel really motivated and … Continue reading "A fusion of in-class activities and active engagement"
- The School of Law receives a Jean Monnet Module plaque - We are delighted to share that our School received a Jean Monnet Module plaque- ‘a label signifying quality in European integration studies’. It follows a last year Jean Monnet Erasmus+ award enabling development of this new module in Comparative Competition Law. Our School has been considerably successful when it comes to Jean Monnet actions. In … Continue reading "The School of Law receives a Jean Monnet Module plaque"
- Exploring exploitative abuses in competition law - This week we were honoured to host a guest speaker—Professor Tadashi Shiraishi from the University of Tokyo. Professor Shiraishi delivered a guest lecture outlining and analysing exploitative abuses in competition law from the EU, US and Japanese perspectives. The presentation holistically built on our in class work so far with a variety of interlinkages to … Continue reading "Exploring exploitative abuses in competition law"
- Looking into the Chinese competition system - This week we were delighted to benefit from a guest appearance of Dr Yichen Yang, from the Sichuan University, who outlined to students the Chinese competition system from a comparative perspective. Dr Yang started by contextualising the introduction of competition law in China. She then analysed the Chinese institutional design as well as the key … Continue reading "Looking into the Chinese competition system"
- Public Guest Lecture by the Chairman of the Romanian Competition Council - We are truly delighted to advertise a guest lecture by Dr Bogdan Chirițoiu, Chairman of the Romanian Competition Council. Dr Chirițoiu will visit Queen’s in March. He will speak about the latest developments in the competition law case law as well as about the cooperation within the European Competition Network. All are welcome! Please register … Continue reading "Public Guest Lecture by the Chairman of the Romanian Competition Council"
- Movie screening: the Informant! - Last week we had fist of our special movie watching session in the course of this module. We’ve seen the Informant!, a movie about uncovering and investigation of the international lysine price-fixing cartel in the United States. One just could not have a more appropriate movie made for this class, in terms of touching upon … Continue reading "Movie screening: the Informant!"
- Here’s to a great semester! - On Tuesday we had our first class in Comparative Competition Law with a lot of active engagement and good energy in the room. The class is nicely diversified with students from both Northern Ireland and further afield (including from a variety of countries and different legal systems)—allowing us to draw from students’ previous learning and … Continue reading "Here’s to a great semester!"
- Personal link between competition and the Erasmus programme - As the new semester is about to start next week for our postgraduate students, I thought it may be appropriate to note an interesting personal link between competition law (maybe even international competition law and free trade) and the Erasmus programme. The Erasmus programme was initiated in the mid-1980s. The ‘education’ portfolio in the European … Continue reading "Personal link between competition and the Erasmus programme"
- The Economist on the long reach of U.S. laws: Extraterritoriality is much alive - The recent edition of the Economist, a liberal weekly, devoted two pieces to the phenomenon of extraterritoriality, that is application of domestic rules beyond the country’s shores. See here and here. The extraterritoriality is by no means a new phenomenon. Competition law (or antitrust law, as it is called in the U.S.) was most likely … Continue reading "The Economist on the long reach of U.S. laws: Extraterritoriality is much alive"
- Comparative study of Competition Law - As the new semester approaches I was wondering whether I should assign a reading from what is one of the first books comparatively exploring competition law and the one doing so from the legal and economic perspectives– namely ‘Cartels and Trusts’ by Dr Roman Piotrowski— published in London in 1933. In this book Piotrowski critically … Continue reading "Comparative study of Competition Law"
- Chinese scholar to make a guest appearance in the Spring - We are delighted to let you know that Dr Yichen Yang, Lecturer in Law at the Sichuan University (China) accepted our invitation. Dr Yang will make a guest appearance in the Spring. She will outline the operation and functioning of the competition law system in the People’s Republic of China.
- Module Syllabus ready to go! - As the new semester approaches, the syllabus for this module is getting finalised. It has benefited from feedback of five professors with considerable expertise in this area from three different EU Member States. This exercise was undertaken with a view to enrich this offering for the benefit of students.
- Setting up a OneNote classroom - With a view to facilate students’ active engagement within and outside the classroom in this module we will be using a OneNote classroom. This platform allows for various types of interactions, inclusive of group work, and it can be very handy in encouraging engagement with the module content throughout the semester. This is a highly … Continue reading "Setting up a OneNote classroom"
- Distinguished visiting speaker to give a class in March 2019 - We are delighted to inform that Professor Tadashi Shiraishi from the University of Tokyo (Japan) accepted our invitation. He will deliver a guest lecture to students taking this module in March 2019. The lecture will focus on exploitative abuses in a comparative perspective. Professor Shiraishi is a leading Japanese and world competition law expert. We … Continue reading "Distinguished visiting speaker to give a class in March 2019"
- Terrific teaching venue secured - The University designated a terrific venue for the weekly sessions in this module. All the classes will take place in the Moot Court in the School of Law. This is the centrepoint of the building of the School. It is a flexible interactive teaching and learning space which can be configured, for example, for mooting, … Continue reading "Terrific teaching venue secured"
- Welcome! - Welcome! This is a website of an LLM module ‘Comparative Competition Law: the Case of the EU as the Leading Model’ taught in the QUB School of Law. This module is recognized and supported by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Jean Monnet programme. This website is there to disseminate information about the project and … Continue reading "Welcome!"