This book provides the first comprehensive account of the New EU Competition Law: an emerging
understanding of the discipline that breaks from the consensus that emerged in the early 2000s
and that leads it into uncharted territories. Competition law has undergone fundamental
transformations in the past decade: from the rise and fall of the 'effects-based approach' to
the challenge of Big Tech and the growing interaction with intellectual property. Making sense
of these changes and fully grasping their implications can be difficult. The book discusses the
shift from traditional enforcement in the industrial era to the sort of regulatory intervention
that a knowledge-based economy demands. It presents the changes that the field is undergoing
(policy priorities relationship with regulation and intangible assets move away from
efficiency and consumer welfare) and illustrates them by reference to the most significant
developments in the field. The analysis includes an up-to-date evaluation of the Digital
Markets Act and discusses the application of EU competition law to key areas including energy
pharma telecommunications and online platforms. The companion website (https:
www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com the-new-eu-competition-law) provides access to the data
behind the charts and tables included in the book and gives readers the tools to investigate
the latest developments in this fast-changing area. Conceived as a 'modular' book
practitioners and advanced students will find it useful as a map to navigate the underlying
trends in the field and as an in-depth dissection of the key case law and administrative
practice of the past decade.
