Gunnar Niels

The European Commission is consulting on updating its 1997 Market Definition Notice, which provides important guidance on identifying relevant markets in competition cases. One hotly debated topic is defining markets for two-sided platforms. We discuss some common misunderstandings on this (...)

In March 2018 the Court of Amsterdam issued a verdict in a long-running abuse of dominance case involving funda, the largest property website in the Netherlands. The Court found funda to be dominant, but did not consider the company’s discriminatory listing of rival estate agents to be (...)

1 Introduction Damages actions under competition law have become a mainstream in many EU Member States. Competition practices in law firms and economics consultancies trumpet their expertise in damages alongside mergers, cartels and abuse of dominance. National judges are increasingly aware (...)

Introduction If the main objective of competition law is to promote consumer welfare, prohibiting excessive prices surely makes sense. Or does it? The answer to this question is surprisingly complex and controversial, for a host of practical, legal, economic and ideological reasons. US (...)

In Bookmakers’ Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd v Amalgamated Racing Ltd (2008)(BAGS v AMRAC), the UK High Court dismissed allegations of anti-competitive conduct by a new sports broadcaster part-owned by racecourses. BAGS v AMRAC is one of the significant private actions in recent years (...)