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Alba Ribera Martínez (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Progress at the Expense of Accountability: Why the European Commission’s Approach to DMA Compromise Falls Short

September 4, 2026

A few days ago, Apple announced that it would be introducing changes to its apps in the European Union, “following close collaboration with the European Commission (… to) resolve Apple’s…

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Yakup Gokalp (Turkish Competition Authority)

Beyond the Parties to an Investigation: Do Sector-Wide Remedies Have a Place in the Turkish Competition Board’s Decisional Practice?

September 3, 2026

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not represent the institutional views of the Turkish Competition Authority. As is well known, Article 9(1) of Law…

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Neha Vyas (Newcastle University)

When Competition Failed Its Stress Test: The IndiGo Crisis and Regulation Beyond Conduct

September 2, 2026

The Market's ResponseCompetition law rests on the assumption that when the largest undertaking in a market falters, its rivals compete harder rather than following its failure upward. The disruption…

Mustafa Ayna, Selim Turan, Yavuz Yıldız, Ceren Özer (ACTECON)

Between Prohibition and Permission: Trade Associations and the Rise of Informal Ex Ante Control in Information Exchange

September 1, 2026

1. Introduction: Why Trade Associations Seek ClearanceCompetition law limits the exchange of commercially sensitive information among competitors to preserve strategic uncertainty. Trade…

Francisco Marcos (IE Law School)

From Public Enforcement to Private Enforcement: Is Information Getting Lost Along the Way?

August 31, 2026

On 17 August 2026, the Official Journal published notice of an action brought before the General Court by Creditell GmbH against the European Commission (T-397/26). The case concerns two apparently…

Kasia Czapracka (White & Case, Belgium)

Merging for Competitiveness: Scale, Resilience, and the Promise of a Theory of Benefit in EU Merger Review

August 28, 2026

The assessment of efficiencies has been among the most contested topics in the review of the European Commission’s Merger Guidelines. Under the existing framework, efficiency claims have proved…

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Alba Ribera Martínez (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Barbara Justen (University of Vienna), Eva Fischer, Lena Hornkohl (University of Vienna, Austria), João Otávio Bacchi Gutinieki (Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil & Univ. of Vienna, Austria), Nils Imgarten (University of Göttingen, Germany), Peter Citron (White & Case, Belgium)

Summer Break and Summer Treat

August 5, 2026

During August, the Kluwer Competition Law Blog will be taking a summer break. We will resume publishing on 1 September 2026. In the meantime, we will continue to welcome submissions so that we can…