Competition Law - All Boxed Up with Professor Suzanne Rab

Introduction

From artificial intelligence to top tips for risk management, this 4-part webinar box set will provide you with the latest update on competition law.

What You Will Learn

This modular webinar will cover the following:

Module 1 - Artificial Intelligence, Competition Law & Regulation

This module will provide you with an exploration of how practices relating to AI are increasingly a focus of competition and regulatory authorities:

• What is AI?
• Whether AI leads to anti-competitive outcomes or other concerns
• Whether there might be other (not anti-competitive) outcomes from the use of AI
• Views from the regulators on attribution of liability for AI decisions
• Examples of competition law scrutiny of AI practices in the UK, USA and internationally
• Case studies from sectors which have grappled with AI and what lessons can be learned (including fintech, telecoms, robotics, and autonomous vehicles)

Module 2 - Competition Law - Data, Data Protection & Digital Markets

This module provides an exploration of how data and data protection law are increasingly a focus of competition authorities and will cover the following:

• A summary of the concepts of data and big data and how these phenomena affect competition law
• A reminder of the key principles of the EU General Data Protection Regulation
• A summary of the common characteristics of data protection and competition law and where they overlap and diverge
• Examples of competition law interventions in business practices involving data concerns including the CMA Market Study into online platforms and the German Federal Cartel Office’s interventions against Facebook for abuse of dominance
• Emerging trends in the relationship between data protection and competition law and the scope for future convergence

Module 3 - Competition Law & Regulation of Digital Platforms - Key Themes Explored

This module answers the key question on whether to establish ex ante economic regulation of ‘digital platforms’, with or without ‘enhanced’ competition law - and what form any regulatory structures might take in relation to digital platforms and will cover the following:

• The features of digital platforms which have attracted competition law and regulatory scrutiny
• Examples of recent and ongoing reform initiatives including the UK Digital Markets Unit, the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act and US state antitrust probes into Big Tech
• Emerging challenges for the regulation of digital platforms and the problem of definition of digital platforms that should be in scope of regulation
• Ongoing policy interventions and issues relating to digital platforms outside of mainstream competition law including state aid, and national security issues

Module 4 - IPR Settlement & Competition Law - What’s New?

Recent cases and litigation suggest a renewed focus on competition concerns in settlement agreements with implications in and beyond the pharmaceutical sector. This module provides an exploration of how settlements concluded in the context of IPR licensing can raise competition law compliance issues and will cover the following:

• A reminder of how UK and EU competition law affects settlement licensing agreements
• Spotlight on patent licensing and ‘pay for delay’ cases in the UK, EU, and USA
• Update on recent high-profile UK and EU cases including Laboratories Servier and GSK
• Practical case study
• Top tips for risk management

This webinar was recorded on 25th July 2022